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George Clifton, ASGCA Fellow, dies at 72. Designed more than 90 projects as part of Clifton Ezell Clifton Golf Design Group with his late father, Lloyd, and ASGCA Fellow Ken Ezell. tinyurl.com/48zezrvz @asgca.bsky.social

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The Bulls scored only 19 points in the fourth quarter.

Wembanyama scored 18.

Pretty brutal final blow for the Bulls, who have now suffered a fourth-quarter collapse at the hands of a Star™️ — Giannis, Donovan Mitchell, Wemby — for the third loss in a row.

Chicago Bears keep finding a way to finish: Brad Biggs’ 10 thoughts on the Week 10 win The Chicago Bears, a team that for a few years had routinely found new and inventive ways to lose, are now winning games with clutch performances in key moments.

🏈Ben Johnson's team keeps stacking wins - now more than all last season

🏈Has anyone shined brighter with the Dennis Allen scheme change than Tremaine Edmunds?

🏈Caleb's legs, CJGJ instant impact, bad hands, NFC North & much more.

The #Bears are 6-3

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I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

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Thank you, Gov. Evers!

D’Andre Swift looks good to go, giving Chicago Bears a full backfield after Kyle Monangai’s breakout game Chicago Bears RB D’Andre Swift is expected to play Sunday after the Chicago Bears did not elevate a running back from the practice squad for the game against the New York Giants.

It's the move the #Bears did NOT make that signals RB D'Andre Swift should be good to go Sunday vs. the #Giants.

Ben Johnson should have a full choice of backfield options.

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1169 days.

win probability graph of Wisconsin WBB blowing it vs Marquette

Easy mode

Marquette had two extra coaches in the three weeks leading up to the season.

They were in meetings, film sessions, the locker room, closed-door scrimmages.

It was part of a program for international coaches. Here's what they learned:

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Thought this was interesting from Billy Donovan — one of his regrets from last season was overcomplicating the defense. Felt that he switched into “gimmicky” looks too often to compensate for the lack of physicality rather than meeting the problem head-on.

Mark Mungeam, ASGCA, elected president of American Society of Golf Course Architects. “When we raise the standard at a public facility it brings great appreciation from those who play the course.” tinyurl.com/2u5szncn @asgca.bsky.social

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JESUS CHRIST! We Just Fed 100,000 People! Bless you all!

I know the world won’t care because it’s not some EVIL thing Trump just did, but yesterday I marathon streamed for 11 hours and raised $10,000 for Feeding America, which they say will provide 100,000 meals for people in need.

Still The Happiest Anniversary There Is

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What he said Part 2: 💯 🎯

Sad that #Baseball season is over? Cheer up, I'll be here all offseason with colorful memories of baseball past.

Also, Dale Murphy should be in the #HallOfFame

Dear baseball,

I love you!!

Sincereley,
Me

So that’s what 2016 felt like if you didn’t have a rooting interest. Baseball…pretty incredible.

My God, I’m going to miss baseball.

Postseason baseball is awesome, Game 7s are amazing — holy cow!

Plate umpire for #Game7 of the #WorldSeries is the 42nd ranked ump in MLB. Makes total sense.

a man in a suit and tie says oh my god okay it 's happening .. ALT: a man in a suit and tie says oh my god okay it 's happening ..

I’d be feeling sick right now if I’m the Blue Jays or a Toronto fan with how that bottom of the 9th played out. But Game 7s are awesome and it’s fun that’s how the World Series will be decided

🕛 “It… is… midnight.”
When Lights Out hit the air, no one had ever heard horror like this. Arch Oboler’s twisted tales of people buried, burned, or devoured turned radio into pure nightmare fuel.
🎙️ 𝙄𝙉 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘿𝘼𝙍𝙆𝙍𝙊𝙊𝙈 — 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙙.

Column: Ryan Poles has been a dealer at the trade deadline before. Do the Chicago Bears have a move this year? Ryan Poles has been active enough in late October and early November that as long as he remains the Chicago Bears general manager, questions will come annually. Will the Bears be active at the trad…

Ryan Poles has been a wheeler dealer at this time of year. Does the GM have a move for the #Bears before the trade deadline - 3 pm Tuesday?

Examining the situation.

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Sean Jones hasn't played since suffering a devastating knee injury on Jan. 10, 2024.

What it took to get back transformed the person and player who will take the court for MU this season.

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If he wasn't in the #EPSTEIN_Files, a hardbound copy embossed in gaudy gold would be readily available for sale at his MAGA Merch site for the low, low price of $500, or IF YOU ACT NOW, a personally signed copy for the more-than-reasonable price of $1K: Courtesy of the gross greedy #GrifterInChief.💰

The 50th ASGCA Donald Ross Award presented at the ASGCA Annual Meeting to long-time USGA Executive Director David Fay (special Q&A featuring Rees Jones and ASGCA Executive Director Hunki Yun. @asgca.bsky.social

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