That on the
fourteenth day of February in the year of our Lord 2020 the Chicago Tribune ran
a sports section without mention of a certain “professional” football team. Contrary to any widespread fears in the
sports’ department, the sky did not fall.
In other words,
I couldn’t believe my eyes this morning.
The White Sox and Cubs both found their way onto the front page of
sports, with spring training not even officially started yet. Each team merited the equivalent of a full
page of coverage, sans ads, no less. As
for the NFL, it rated an eight-line story on the quarterback situation in San
Diego. As we say on the South Side from
time to time (though not in these exact words), who cares about stuff like that?
The Sun-Times
was just as impressive, with six tabloid pages devoted to the Cubs and White
Sox. As with the Trib, NFL news was
relegated to a few paragraphs in the sports’ briefs, and nowhere did I find a
hint of the Bears or the McCaskeys, who probably will have their PR people working
overtime placing stories on the family’s latest donation to charity. Did I say, who cares?
Ah, if only this
delightful turn of events could last into the summer months. Now, that’s a hope to spring eternal.
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