NFL’S ’96 DOSSIER: CHANGE LINKS LIKE CHAIN LINKS
Plausibly live from the National Football League, another adventure dawns. Cleveland is out, Baltimore is in. Don Shula is gone, Jimmy Johnson is taking names. Bill Walsh is back in,...
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THE BIG QUESTION IS NOT MERELY WHO’S NO. 1
With another college football season prematurely upon us, we find, fortunately, that there are still just as many answers as there are questions. Question--What could possibly be worse than Illinois'...
LOTS OF BANG FOR JUST A MILLION BUCKS
The concerned attendant at Arlington wanted to make sure I could see the big horse race. She asked if she should make any of the people in front of me...
AT LEAST BUTLER DID IT; WHAT REMAINS SIMPLY CAN’T
He had a nice little career here did Kevin Butler, for a kicker, only the best ever for the Bears. Scored more points than Payton, stayed more years than Butkus,...
THERE WAS NO GOOD REASON TO SLOSH ON, ANYWAY
Kansas City was the first to leave the field, showing better sense than the Bears, and a better football team, too. Lightning zapped overhead to cheers, bigger than those for...
RODMAN’S WEDDING, `THE FAN,’ THE MACARENA–SPARE US
Some things you suspect, some things you guess at and some things you just know. The phony nuptials of Dennis Rodman are without a doubt the anti-social event of the...
BEFORE IT’S OVER, CUBS COULD BE A REAL HAPPENING
The sweet torture that is the Cubs lingers yet, making .500 a respectable decimal, keeping hope and September alive, as well as the occasional large inning. "We might be a...
HAWKS REALLY SHOWED ROENICK, EH?
Being only hockey, the eviction of Jeremy Roenick from sweet home Chicago to the dusty distance of Arizona is not as dreadful as it might otherwise be. I mean, Roenick...
DESPITE ATLANTA, GOOD GAMES MADE GOOD GAMES
Goodbye from Hooterville. Eb says y'all come back now. Eb means it, too. Imagine that. The world came, the world stayed and the world left its empties, as well as...
IMPRESSIONS OF THE GAMES
CELESTE BERNARD Four days into the Games, the quality of my Olympic experience hinged on finding a package I needed for deadline and was a day late reaching me. I...