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For some people, there is little rhyme or reason to the baseball season. Thankfully, for the rest of us there is Bardball.com. It’s a Web site that’s a delight. Bardball offers up poetry and rhyme And a wonderful way to pass the time. The site proclaims: ”Reviving the art of baseball doggerel.” And the literate […]
If it’s time for the football season, it’s time for Mike Ditka. The former Chicago Bears tight end and coach of the franchise’s only Super Bowl champion is more than a media presence on ESPN. He also is the subject of Comcast SportsNet’s ”Inside Look” that is to air on Sept. 11. The show is […]
Just win, baby. That’s the best way to bring home the Lombardi Trophy at the end of an NFL season. Actually win the season opener, and that’s a good start. The record of the 45 Super Bowl winners for the opening game of their championship season is 37-7-1. Since 1978, when the league went to […]
Yes, the Chicago Luvabulls final auditions were a few days ago. Aug. 31 to be precise. To some of us, it seems like only last week. Thanks to modern technology, there still is video footage yet to be seen. So, once again in the pursuit of the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (or at least […]
Add Bryan LaHair to the list that includes Tony Campana as players who can excite Chicago Cubs fans. Maybe not hopes for a winning team any time soon, but what do you want? A recent callup from the minor leagues, LaHair homered on a 2-0 pitch with a man on base and two outs in […]
Oh, sure. Now the White Sox are playing like the team some folks thought would finish atop the American League Central this season. Better late than never? Something says it might be too late. Not that anyone on the editorial staff at elliottharris.com is a math whiz or anything, but the calculating is fairly simple. […]
Welcome to the Tuesday Afternoon Quarterback. Not much different from your basic Monday Morning Quarterback — give or take a day and a few hours. Rather than devote space (not to mention valuable time) to second-guessing the events of an NFL weekend, this space will try to find other entertaining entries to provide. In that […]
It didn’t take long for the Chicago Bliss to be exposed. As far as football goes in the Lingerie Football League. The uniforms speak for themselves. What the Sept. 2 season-opening loss to the Las Vegas Sin told Bliss coach Keith Hac was he needs a little more talent on the team. Consequently, he reached […]
OK, so the White Sox had a little trouble with the Detroit Tigers over the weekend. For Sox fans to give up would be like for Gen. George Custer to give up after the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Oh, wait. he was killed in that disastrous skirmish (look it up in a book in […]
Here’s what’s going on with the Chicago Bulls that is of some interest: Zip. Zilch. Nada. Nothing. All of which helps explain why today the editorial staff at elliottharris.com is running another video from the Luvabulls final auditions. As if there actually needs to be a reason for running such footage. This space is nothing […]