The matador defense comes to the NFL.
Tag: Rick Telander
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There must be more to Derrick Rose than what we’re getting
On the media’s shallow coverage of Derrick Rose
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Telander welcomes Derrick Rose’s stand on Eric Garner
The Sun-Times sportswriter says its good to see Rose “become a man.”
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Bears writers get to kick ass
Sportswriters let the Bears have it, Krugman lets SCOTUS have it
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Who’s ultimately responsible for the Ray Rice disgrace?
The media look for the ultimate power—and scapegoat—in the NFL’s latest scandal.
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Don’t waste your indignation on Bruce Levenson—save it for Ray Rice
Indignation is media’s default response to vexing sports news.
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Reason for concern? The Ricketts family own the Cubs and DNAInfo
Joe Ricketts launched DNA Info. His son Tom runs the Chicago Cubs. What are we to think?
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Are baseball predictions—and by extension our annual Golden BAT awards—falling out of fashion?
Are baseball predictions—and by extension our annual Golden BAT awards—falling out of fashion?
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Murder and segregation: till death do they part
“We have to help Chicago,” education secretary Arne Duncan says.
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I will not judge Derrick Rose. But you can.
The Derrick Rose file—let God sort it out.
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Baseball writers’ fierce stand against steroids doesn’t extend to their own ranks
On guarding the gates of the Hall of Fame
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“Freaking” in
Sun-Times sportswriters disagree on need for a euphemism for “pissed off”
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Serving as Rick Telander’s conservative foil
I was headed downtown on the train the other day, immersed in Solomon Burke, whose singing about lost love is so freaking great that I’d undoubtedly taken on the look of one of those miserable, iPod-listening professionals Ben Joravsky is so worried about—though I’m actually just a melancholy, iPod-listening semi-professional, and pretty happy to wallow […]
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A Virtual Honor, a Real Job
Sun-Times sports editor Chris De Luca has extra reason to appreciate our Golden BAT award.