The Extra Point 9.21.20

Escape From New York The Bears started their Week 2 matchup with the Giants looking as though they would blow them out. What ended up transpiring was another uninspiring lapse in play that saw the Bears hang on to beat the Giants 17-13 after another last second stand. It was a tale of two halves…

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The Extra Point 9.14.20

Just BEAR-ly Getting By Through 3 quarters of the Bears season opener there was nothing I saw to suggest the Bears had any chance of winning their game against the Lions. The defense looked a step slow and unable to get pressure on Matt Stafford. Adrian Peterson and the Lions corps of running backs were…

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The Extra Point 5.22.20

Sports Are Coming Back… Sort Of With states across the country slowly reopening the major sports organizations are doing the same. Major League Baseball hopes to get started in July with a truncated season and expanded playoff with no fans present. The NBA is also planning to resume its season though it seems to be…

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Random Thoughts 5.22.20

Is This Your President??? Oh… how far we have fallen as a society with Donald Trump as president. I keep wondering when we will hit rock bottom and yet what I’ve come to discover is this: we have no bottom. Just this week alone the current occupant of the White House praised Henry Ford’s bloodlines,…

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Random Thoughts 5.8.20

I’m Done With People, Part I The murder of Ahmaud Arbery has caught the attention of the country due to a video that surfaced this week showing two men killing the 25-year-old man as he was going for a jog in Brunswick, GA.  That murder happened on February 23 and it wasn’t until the video was…

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Last Minute WrestleMania 36 Predictions

The COVID-19 virus outbreak forced Vince McMahon to move WrestleMania from Tampa, FL. to the Performance Center in Orlando.  The outbreak also caused several performers, most notably Roman Reigns, to skip this year’s Show of Shows.  With that this will be the 1st WrestleMania to be held without fans in attendance.  This will also be…

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Last Second WWE Royal Rumble Preview

It’s WrestleMania season and the road to The Showcase of the Immortals begins tonight with the Royal Rumble.  This year’s rumble will once again be headlined by the men’s & women’s Rumble matches but there are also four championship matches tonight. Here’s a preview of tonight’s festivities…. Singles Match: Sheamus vs. Chad Gable This match…

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WWE Survivor Series Predictions

Tonight continues WWE’s takeover of Chicago with the 4th & final major PPV of the year in Survivor Series.  For the 1st time ever NXT will go head to head against RAW & SmackDown for brand supremacy.  Here are The CTJ Report’s picks for the pay-per-view: WWE Championship: Brock Lesnar(c) vs. Rey Mysterio Brock Lesnar…

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The Extra Point 11.3.19

To be a Chicago sports fan today is a labor of love.  Some would say it’s the very definition of insanity.  Whatever the case may be, the sports scene in Chicago can be best described as being in total disarray.  Both the Bears & Bulls fandom entered their respective seasons with the expectations of being…

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