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1,500-Meter Swim In Lake Michigan, 40-Kilometer Bike Ride And 10-Kilometer Run
“Gwen Jorgensen won the ITU World Triathlon Series’ Grand Final [in Chicago] on Friday for her second straight season championship,” KSTP-TV reports.
“Jorgensen, from St. Paul, Minnesota, has won 12 straight events. She finished the 1,500-meter swim in Lake Michigan, 40-kilometer bike ride and 10-kilometer run in 1 hour, 55 minutes, 36 seconds.”
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Posted on September 22, 2015
By Jim Coffman
Can’t I just write about the Cubs this week?
I mean, despite the tough loss yesterday, the local baseball team that was the inspiration for the name of the local football team (I still wish Mr. Halas had stuck with “Staleys,” but that name was awfully connected to Decatur), has more than a few things going for it. The Bears on the other hand? Zip, zilch, zero, donut.
For one thing, I’m pretty sure all the Cubs understand the rules, as opposed to, say, the Bears cornerbacks.
Posted on September 21, 2015
By Marty Gangler
After another week of baseball magic, it’s pretty certain the Cubs will make the playoffs. With this as a fact, the next issue is not who the Cubs will be playing. Nope. That is irrelevant to what we will be discussing here. The issue here is where do you watch the playoffs. Because this isn’t a “We’ll see how the series goes” type deal. This is a one-game, team-defining, possibly season-ending game. The Cubs haven’t played a game of this type in like forever. It’s like Instant Cup-O-Game Seven. So where do you watch the game? What are the pros and cons of each location?
Posted on September 21, 2015
By Roger Wallenstein
Sitting in the September warmth last Thursday as one of the announced crowd of 12,406 at the miserably named U.S. Cellular Field, I couldn’t help but think that my beloved team is rapidly becoming irrelevant.
This was even before heralded closer David Robertson was tagged for a ninth-inning, three-run homer off the bat of Billy Butler, giving the Oakland A’s a 4-2 win and a split of the four-game series.
I can understand if most observers realized long ago the irrelevancy of this team and its franchise, but there is this emotion called loyalty which gets in the way for many of us. Some might call it stupidity.
However, last week ghosts from across the street might have been stirring. Not White Sox ghosts from the old ball park called Comiskey which, of course, resided exactly where we had parked our car last Thursday. Cardinal ghosts.
Posted on September 20, 2015
By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
Worst press conference in Chicago sports history. Plus: John McDonough Is Tone-Deaf; Dueling Settlement Sources; City Psyched Bears Now Losing The Right Way; The Curious Case Of The Cubs; Chicago’s MVP; The White Sox Did Something This Week; The Chicago Fire Did Something This Week; The Waco Brothers Did Something This Week; We Don’t Care About Illinois And Northwestern Football.
Posted on September 18, 2015
By David Epstein/ProPublica
Earlier this month, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced that it had busted 16 underground labs and seized 134,000 steroid tablets and pills, 8,200 liters of injectable steroid liquid (that’s 140 kegs worth), and 1,400 pounds of the raw powder from which steroids are made. In Arizona alone, four labs and 150,000 doses of all types were taken by DEA agents in an undercover operation that spanned 20 states and four foreign countries.
There are, clearly, a lot of steroids out in the world. Investigators suspect there are hundreds more labs churning out performance-enhancing drugs. According to the DEA, most of the material used to make steroids isn’t even in the U.S. – it’s in China. As big as it was, the DEA inquiry offers a view through the smallest of keyholes of this illicit business.
One reasonable inference from the amount of steroids seized might be: there must be a heck of a lot of athletes who are doping. And that’s true.
Posted on September 17, 2015
By Carl Mohrbacher
Primer
Hi there!
I’m Carl and this is a sports-themed column primarily focused on the Chicago Bears, one of nearly a dozen franchises that participate in the National Football League.
If you’ve read this column before, welcome back! And more importantly, what is wrong with you?
Why would you subject yourself to this nonsense a second time?
If you’re new to the BAOKAR, it’s very nice to meet you and thank you for reading.
I’d like to provide a couple of quick tips to help maximize the “fun” within our upcoming shared literary experience.
Posted on September 17, 2015
By Dan O’Shea
After the first week of the NFL season, it’s always fun to look around your fantasy league to see who panics first. A lot of things that happen in Week 1 won’t happen again – or at least to such an extreme – for the rest of the season.
Is Adrian Peterson, RB, MIN, destined to deliver duds for the rest of the year, like he did in Week 1, with 31 yards rushing and 21 yards receiving? I don’t think so, and he should start rebounding in Week 2 against a Detroit defense that gave up almost 500 yards of offense in Week 1. So, if whoever drafted Peterson in your league is panicking and puts him on the trading block, go make a deal.
Posted on September 15, 2015
By Street League Skateboarding
Street League Skateboarding on Tuesday announced that the coming SLS Nike SB Super Crown World Championship – the official street skateboarding world championship as recognized by the International Skateboarding Federation – will include a women’s division allowing the world’s best female street skateboarders to compete for the title of SLS Nike SB Super Crown World Champion.
This historic announcement not only opens the competitive aspect of the sport up to all the world’s best street skateboarders, but further solidifies the competition framework for skateboarding. With the fast-paced growth of skateboarding, an accurately defined and credible pathway for both male and female competitive skateboarders around the world to achieve World Championship status is imperative.
Posted on September 15, 2015
By Jim Coffman
One game does not a season make. Yeah, it was the Packers, and yeah, it was at home, but let’s work within the context of this season, shall we? This Bears season is a little more promising after Sunday’s 31-23 loss.
Believe me when I tell you that I was sorely tempted to start today’s effort with something along the lines of: “What have we done to deserve year after year of Aaron Rodgers kicking Bears ass not long after year after year of Brett Favre kicking Bears ass?”
Posted on September 14, 2015
