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Pro Football Weekly falls prey to shifting media landscape
Pro Football Weekly didn't start as a mom-and-pop business. More accurately, it was a mom-and-son enterprise. When Arthur Arkush launched the Chicago area-based magazine in 1967, his only employee was his mother, Rose, who served as the bookkeeper....
Tags: Chicago Blackhawks, Los Angeles Kings, Entertainment, Baseball, Walter Payton
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Bears to retire Ditka's No. 89
There seems to be a budding debate about whether the Bears can build a bridge to repair relations and retire the jersey number of a certain disgruntled former employee. It will happen this season. Dat's right. For Michael Keller Ditka Jr., the man...
Tags: Arts, Shea McClellin, Walter Payton, Philadelphia Eagles, Gale Sayers
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Urlacher deserving of 54-gun salute
When Brian Urlacher held up that navy blue jersey for the first time on that April day in 2000, his face a little pimply and his scalp covered with closely cropped blond hair, no one had any idea what 54 would come to represent. After 13 seasons, it's...
Tags: Chicago Bears, Football, Julius Peppers, Derrick Brooks, Pittsburgh Steelers
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Noon kickoff with Gators shows how far Miami, ACC have fallen
Running off at the typewriter … What does it tell you about how far Miami has fallen as a national draw and how little clout the ACC has among its TV partners when Miami's game against Florida on Sept. 7 is kicking off at noon on ESPN? That's...
Tags: Nerlens Noel, Dwight Howard, Social Media, Atlantic Coast Conference, Baseball
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ABC primetime schedule 2013-2014
Channel Guide MagazineABC announced its 2013-2014 prime time schedule on Tuesday, adding fourteen new shows and a Disney/Pixar special to its programming roster. “We are taking some big swings with groundbreaking shows this season, and staying close to our roots with... -
No athlete since Jordan symbolized Chicago more than Urlacher
Whenever Brian Urlacher does something to confirm he hates attention as much as he loves football — grunt through a news conference, breeze by adoring fans, retire via Twitter — my mind goes back to 2003 in a corner of the Bears locker room....Tags: NFL Pro Bowl, Chicago Bears, Football, Arizona Cardinals, NFL Draft
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Next stop for Urlacher is Canton
Like he did to so many NFL running backs in 13 years, Brian Urlacher hit Chicago hard Wednesday morning. To many fans who have bought his jerseys and loved his game, it hurt like a helmet to the gut. Urlacher announced his retirement via Twitter,...
Tags: Chicago Bears, Football, Sports, Ray Lewis, National Football League
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Ditka's 89 final number Bears will retire
Mike Ditka was a trailblazer at the tight end position for the Chicago Bears and he will also be the last of his kind. George McCaskey, the team’s Chairman of the Board, announced that when the Bears retire Ditka’s No. 89 jersey during a...
Tags: Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, Football, Sports, Gale Sayers
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The truth about Urlacher
Those of us in the opinion-making business are guilty of wanting it both ways. We require our superstar athletes to dazzle us not only with their performances, but also fill our notepads with colorful quips. Then when a jock offers total transparency...Tags: Chicago Bears, Football, Ray Lewis, Dan McNeil, Danieal Manning
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Butkus and Ditka both got over estrangement
When the Bears retire Mike Ditka's No. 89 jersey Dec. 9 at Soldier Field, a blinding snowstorm might provide the proper background. After all, the last two Bears to have their numbers retired were Dick Butkus and Gale Sayers during a torrential downpour...
Tags: Chicago Bears, Radio, Football, Michael McCaskey, Mike Ditka
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Warren Sapp: From picking oranges in Plymouth to Bucs Ring of Honor
TAMPA – "Just a little boy from Plymouth, Florida," Warren Sapp says, wiping away a single tear zigzagging down his cheek. A little boy who had a ginormous dream. "If they ain't laughing at your dreams," Sapp says, "you ain't dreamin' big...
Tags: Chicago Bears, Chris Berman, Football, Derrick Brooks, NFL Draft
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Bostic brings lot to Bears table
Jon Bostic may never be all that Brian Urlacher was. Or all that Mike Singletary, Dick Butkus or Bill George were. But the Bears, in the worst way, need him to be more than Dante Jones or Tom Hicks were. It's true there are no meager expectations...Tags: Chicago Bears, Football, Shea McClellin, Stephen Paea, Sports
Jun 5, 2013
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May 23, 2013
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May 22, 2013
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May 24, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 22, 2013
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May 22, 2013
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May 24, 2013
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May 23, 2013
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May 24, 2013
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May 2, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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