In this part of the
universe, the sooner you realize you live in a Bears’ world, the better—or
not. The bite is that it doesn’t matter
because all the media here knows is Bears-Bears-Bears, 24/7.
Given the American
fixation on football, this shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. I’m sure other parts of the country are the
same way, the difference being that New Englanders are a whole lot happier
being bombarded with Patriots’ news, 24/7.
Heck, 49ers’ fans have a franchise history that could pretty much go
toe-to-toe with the Bears’, and their rebuild leapfrogged over ours with the
acquisition of a good, young quarterback to go with a good, young
offensively-minded head coach. And what is
Chicago media fixated on? Why, the John
Fox death watch, of course.
Think about it. Going into the last week of the 2015 regular
season, no one outside of the White Sox fan base cared whether or not Sox
manager Robin Ventura was returning.
Ventura’s stepping down and Rick Renteria replacing him registered as a
mere blip on the Chicago sports’ landscape, rendered nearly invisible by
college and, yes, Bears’ news (along with the Cubs’ run to the World Series).
Maybe I should consider
getting my news off my iphone; that way I could structure what if any sports to
get. That sure beats the Sun-Times,
which adorned its back page today with a big picture of a scruffy-bearded Fox,
to be followed by seven pages devoted to pro and college football. (Technically, the Bears fall under the “pro”
category, though I think the semi-pro Owls from the 1960s could give them a
run.)
Due to its “broadsheet”
format, the Tribune could afford to be generous and fit in Bulls’ and Blackhawks’
stories to go along with its near half-page photo of quarterback Mitch
Trubisky. You see, Trubisky is the bright
future and Fox the soon-to-be-discarded past.
I hope so, because a universe devoted to so much crappy football isn’t
one I want to live in, not once you factor in the cold and the snow.
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