Mark Potash

Chicago Sun-Times sportswriter, 1987-2025. 2022 Rick Telander Lifetime Achievement Award. 2024 Illinois Sportswriter of the Year. Founder,

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A 45-year career in sportswriting in two pictures — from the Chiefs-Colts on Sept. 2, 1979 at Arrowhead Stadium to the Bears-Packers on Jan. 5, 2025 at Lambeau Field. I don't know whether to laugh or cry!

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Happy for the long-suffering Brewers fans, but feel kind of bad for the Rays fan.

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@scottmerkin After hitting .189 with a .536 OPS with the White Sox in 2025, Vaughn has hit .306 with an .849 OPS with the Brewers. 🤔

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Fun Fact: The Cubs and Brewers both hit .254 without runners in scoring position this season. But the Brewers hit .276 with RISP (second in MLB). The Cubs hit .243 with RISP (21st in MLB). 🤔

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Well done, Jalen Brunson.

[New York Basketball @NBA_NewYork]

"Can I say one thing? RIP Stacey King who we lost recently. A person I knew when I was in high school here. He supported our team…his kids went to Stevenson. Just to see him not here today…My thoughts & prayers are with him & his family. We miss him"

– Jalen Brunson in Chicago

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@KristaCBS2 It’s been so long, even I forgot, so …

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Who would have thought when the Cubs fired David Ross to steal Craig Counsell from the Brewers in 2023 that Pat Murphy (!) would win a World Series before Counsell?

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Milwaukee's first World Series championship since 1957! A particularly hearty congratulations to the Milwaukee baseball fans who have been waiting that long!

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The higher-paid team won — again. See you in 2028!

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@TotalProSports Nobody. There are two open seats there.

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@ThatEricAlper

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Well-deserved victory lap for @danwiederer here. Apologies accepted!

[Dan Wiederer @danwiederer]

Oh ... Wait. What specific example did Caleb cite today of something he left on the field vs. Patriots?

"There was one where my footwork was off, and we ended up missing. It was the first third down to Kalif (Raymond) on the right side. My footwork was off. Small things like that that show up in those moments, when you play versus a good team like we played or when you play versus a good team like we're about to play, you’ve got to be on."

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RIP Donnie Iris, an underrated rocker from the '70s and '80s. His solo hit, "Ah! Leah!" had unusual staying power — it peaked at No. 22 in 1981, but stayed on the Cash Box charts for 22 weeks, and still rocks 45 years later. He knew how to put on a show!
https://t.co/z12sPSSdXD

[Eric Alper 🎧 @ThatEricAlper]

Donnie Iris wrote “The Rapper” for the Jaggerz, played with Wild Cherry and rocked radio with “Love Is Like a Rock” and “Ah! Leah!,” a #6 hit in Canada. The Pittsburgh power pop rocker known as King Cool has died at 83. https://t.co/M7rE8vGC5e

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Looking forward to this!

[Prime Movies @primemovies]

And football commentary was never the same. #MaddenMovie. November 18.

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@AdamHoge Robbing Andrew Vaughn of a chance to be the hero was the worst part of that overturn.

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@MarkLazerus The famine that has followed the Cup run doesn't make the disappointing 2014 finish any easier for Blackhawks fans to digest. Just like 1971, it will always painfully be one that got away.

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@ThatEricAlper

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Only the White Sox would search from one end of Guaranteed Rate Field to the other for a GM and do a "national search" for a play-by-play announcer. Just hire Connor McKnight. He's earned the shot.

[Scott Merkin @scottmerkin]

The White Sox have informed John Schriffen that his contract will not be extended as the club’s lead play-by-play announcer.

A national search for his replacement will begin immediately.

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@MicheleSteele The NBA had similar issues in the '70s. The Warriors played Games 2-3 of the 1975 Finals at the Cow Palace because of an ice show at Oakland Coliseum. And they could not play Game 4 even at the Cow Palace because of a karate championship, so it turned into a 1-2-2-1-1 schedule.

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The “Green Bay Sucks” chant should only be done in “Bear Weather.”

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Are the "Green Bay Sucks" chants by Bears fans getting to be too much?

Vote on today's SportsClick to let us know what you think.
https://t.co/jfI5XrDMh2

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Fun Fact: Current winning teams that have played on Thursday night are 7-1 SU/ATS in their following game this season (3-1 SU/ATS on the road). 🤔