Top 10 Bears safeties of all time
The 2024 NFL season is creeping closer, and as Chicago Bears fans get excited for what should be an exciting season, it’s always fun to take a trip down memory lane. Over the next few weeks, I will be highlighting the top 10 players at each position in franchise history. This will ideally serve as …
too many young people have worthless degrees
I have been a manager with hiring responsibilities just once. I felt deeply underwhelmed as I shuffled through CVs recording pointless degree after pointless degree. By pointless I mean a 2.1 in sociology, or film studies, or management, or journalism, or business studies, or sports studies, or those puzzlingly silly pairings that have become voguish …
TV channel, game time, live stream, odds for pre-Olympics exhibition
Team USA continues its pre-Olympics slate in London on Saturday as the star-studded American roster goes up against South Sudan in an exhibition. The Americans have played and won three previous exhibition games (against Canada, Australia and Serbia), and they’ll play a fifth tune-up game against Germany on Monday. Olympic basketball gets started next Saturday …
Team USA vs. Team WNBA picks, predictions from proven expert
Team USA and Team WNBA square off in the 2024 WNBA All-Star Game on Saturday evening. This is the second time that the WNBA All-Star game will be using this format. The last time this was used came in 2021. The Aces have four All-Stars, while the Liberty, Sun, Mercury and Fever are tied with …
The dresses and insane requirements are only bad under one condition.
I was the maid of honor at my best friend’s wedding recently, and I have a controversial confession to make: It was an absolute pleasure. Based on what you see on message boards and in advice columns, it would be easy to deduce that being a bridesmaid is akin to jury duty: a responsibility that …
Jordan Hicks’ time as a starter is nearing an end — for now
San Francisco Giants’ Jordan Hicks (12) pitches against the Toronto Blue Jays in the first inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, July 11, 2024. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) DENVER — The Giants will give Jordan Hicks the ball Sunday for his 20th start of the season, already more than twice …
Jake Paul vs. Mike Perry fight predictions, odds, preview, undercard, start time, expert picks
When Jake Paul meets Mike Perry on Saturday, he does so with a massively lucrative November clash with Mike Tyson hanging in the balance. At least, that’s what Paul has suggested. Whether that’s true or not is still to be seen — and entirely depends on whether Perry can pull the upset. There is risk …
CenterPointle$$ indeed. Why’s Houston cleaning up CenterPoint’s image.
Thumbs down: Those puffy letters graffitied on an I-10 underpass spoke for us all: CenterPointle$$. It’s not as if disasters started hitting Houston this year. Why can’t our utility company figure out how to keep the lights on? And how many times are we going to have to throw everything out of our freezers while …
Guru Purnima 2024: When is Guru Purnima? Time, rituals, shubh muhurat, and all you need to know
Guru Purnima 2024: We all have certain beliefs and values that we abide by. And in all of our lives, there is at least one mentor who taught us about the way of seeking the greater good and knowing what is right. The value and belief system instilled in us is through the efforts of …
Chiefs Charity Spotlight: J. Reid Indeed
The Kansas City Chiefs’ defense was a staple of their past two Super Bowl victories and their lockdown secondary has been one of the keys to their success and their two new rings. One of the reasons why their secondary has been so dominant was the addition of free safety Justin Reid three years ago. …