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1896 France:
A Christmas snowball fight filmed by cinema pioneers the Lumiere brothers.
It's been colorized and had the speed adjusted.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone...
Ryan Pace overpaid for Mike Glennon. Ryan Pace needlessly traded up for Mitch Trubisky instead of taking Deshaun Watson or Patrick Mahomes.
The Bears need a quarterback. How do you let Ryan Pace make that call?
Hearing from a source that Gabriel Slonina will announce his commitment to a national team sometime today. Unclear whether he’s choosing the US or Poland, but this is the final and long-term choice. Not just this international window.
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My favorite sports stat survives:
An American team has won the Grey Cup (1995 Baltimore Stallions) more recently than a Canadian team has won the
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(1993 Montreal Canadiens).
No American teams have played Canadian football since 1995.
Greatest free-agent signings in Chicago history:
1. Marian Hossa
2. Jon Lester
3. Candace Parker
4. Jose Abreu
5. Carlton Fisk
6. Ben Zobrist
7. Akiem Hicks
BREAKING: Candace Parker, who led the Chicago Sky to the franchise’s first WNBA championship, has been named The Associated Press’ Female Athlete of the Year for a second time.
by
@dougfeinberg
A couple thoughts from my first time covering a Blackhawks game in years:
- Brandon Hagel is a really nice player and one of the few from this team who’d fit on the Cup-era squads.
- The Hagel-Toews-Kane line is promising but needs to stop trying to force a goal for Toews.
Hearing the Fire are in negotiations to transfer Przemysław Frankowski to RC Lens in Ligue 1.
Both clubs are working through a few final details but the structure of the deal is in place. Frankowski’s status for tonight’s game is unknown.
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Ezra Hendrickson brought a St Vincent and the Grenadines flag to the postgame presser, and I asked him about it. (I didn’t know what it was before he explained.)
“This is my lucky charm. This is my country's flag, so I keep that with me and it helps me.”
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Some of my earliest memories are of watching Cubs and White Sox games on WGN at my bubbe’s house in Michiana on her old crappy TV. She’s been gone for 7 years and that house for longer, but after tomorrow that link will be broken for good.
In a wide-ranging conversation with the Sun-Times, Fire owner Joe Mansueto asked for time and patience with the new logo, but didn't rule out an eventual change if it doesn't take.
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Update on Xherdan Shaqiri: the two sides are tying up loose ends on the personal terms and an announcement is expected within the next few days.
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0 for 5 on designated players
On track to miss the playoffs for a fourth straight season
Georg Heitz keeps his job, but Ezra Hendrickson is out.
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