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    Full Super Bowl broadcasts on YouTube

    We are two days away from Super Bowl XLV, with the Pittsburgh Steelers (6-1 in Super Bowls) and Green Bay Packers (3-1) aiming to add upon their storied histories. Thankfully, for Super Bowl historians and fanatics like me, a myriad of YouTube users have posted...

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    On the John: The turf is always greener.

    Three days after the Bears lost The Most Important Bears-Packers Football Game of the Past 70 Years, I stopped into Poitin Stil in Rogers Park to congratulate Tony the Packers Fan on a well-earned victory. He was there, and greeted me with the same underhand...

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    The Postmortem

    Damn…that was a tough one. It’s going to take a little while to get over Sunday at Heinz Field. Normally, I can bounce back pretty quickly after a loss, but I had managed to convince myself that we were going to win on Sunday prior...

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    On the John: Final thoughs on a team with a shot

    We would not be here without Jay Cutler. This statement is as true as it is forgotten. The NFC Championship Game kicks off in less than two hours, and the Chicago Bears might not be participants – let alone hosts – if not for the...

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    The Ride to a Championship

    I’m sitting here the night before the game watching a replay of the Week 15 matchup between the New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers being replayed on the NFL network. The wild ride of the last month makes the most recent Jets-Steelers game feel like...

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    On the John: One game to rule them all

    Then it’s war! Then it’s war! Gather the forces! Round up the horses! It’s war! — Rufus T. Firefly ****** Steelers-Ravens was Armageddon, and Patriots-Jets was Spy Gate and Foot Gate and power-yaps between Antonio Cromartie and Tom Brady, but the NFC Championship needs no...

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    Not The Same Old Jets

    If I were to ask you how many times the New York Jets have finished with a losing record over the last 14 seasons, would you know the answer? If you were to listen to any media assessment of the Jets history, you would think...

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    On the John: Imagine me and you, I do…

    “Yeah but, just imagine it,” Ricky said in the second quarter of the Packers-Eagles wild card game. “Bears. Packers. NFC Championship.” The Packers had just scored their second touchdown of the game, and possessed a stout 14-0 lead over Philadelphia, the two and a half...

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    Hasselbeck’s brilliance, Lynch’s strength propel Seahawks to remarkable win over Saints

    There was a sign held by one of the 66,336 in attendance at raucous Qwest Field that read as follows: 7-9 is the new 10-6. The Seattle Seahawks, in defeating the St. Louis Rams last weekend, won their division with a 7-9 record. In taking...

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    The Rematch

    As Adam Vinatieri’s game-winning field goal went sailing through the uprights to clinch the #5 seed for the Indianapolis Colts, the New York Jets realized that their next playoff appearance would be a return trip to Indianapolis, the scene of their last playoff appearance. The...

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