Mark Potash
@MarkPotash
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Native Chicagoan born under the 49-star flag; Chicago Sun-Times sportswriter, 1987-2025. Mizzou '81. Niles West '77. Pill Hill '67. Founder of https://t.co/sVz1RS0XZ0.
Chicago, Ill.
Joined July 2011
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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“Pay Her What You Owe Her”.
Incredible weekend in Indy!! Our organization gave everything to make this the best WNBA All-Star Weekend yet—and it delivered in every way. Grateful to call this city home and beyond thankful for the incredible fans who brought the energy and made it special ❤️.
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Patriots sign 2025 second-round draft pick RB TreVeyon Henderson:
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Yet another White Sox rebuild is on target.
“Yeah, it's definitely encouraging, and it validates the vision that we had and the work that's gone into it." Check out the White Sox midterm report, with an added look forward:
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Early speed bump for a 2025 Bears opponent ….
Packers' Elgton Jenkins, Quay Walker, Christian Watson open camp with injuries.
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RT @patrickfinley: For the afternoon crowd: a spectacular deep dive on #Bears first-rounder Colston Loveland by my guy @SLGreenberg: .https….
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If we’re going to be serious about getting to know this enticing Bears first-round pick, a potential star tight end on the field, we ought to at least try to take the unvarnished truth into account....
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Which championship team was better — the '85 Bears or the 1995-96 Bulls? Ranking Chicago's championship teams from the last 40 years .
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One former Cub and one future Cub.
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Pete-Crow Armstrong improves to .195 vs. left-handed pitchers this season with this hit (23 for 118).
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Fun Fact: Pete Crow-Armstrong is the first Cub to make the All-Star Game with the player he was traded for since Hank Leiber/Billy Jurges in 1940. (Aroldis Chapman and Gleyber Torres made the All-Star Game in 2018 and 2019, but both were with the Yankees.🤔).
Javy Báez is experiencing a career renaissance after switching to CF. PCA, the man who was traded for him (and an excellent CF in his own right) marveled at the transition that led to them starting the same All-Star Game at the same position: .
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The 2005 White Sox — a bittersweet celebration of a patchwork, but worthy, championship team — maybe even better than the Cubs' 2016 World Series championship season:
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The White Sox celebrated the 20th anniversary of their 2005 AL Central championship team last weekend at Rate Field. And was a typically glorious event — what celebration of a championship team...
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All the haters who said Noa Essengue was going to spend his rookie season with the Windy City Bulls are awfully quiet right now.
Noa Essengue had with 21 points on 50% shooting. Showed confidence with his three-point shot, was aggressive attacking the basket. Great progress for him.
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With or without a contract extension, Ryan Poles' fate is tied to Ben Johnson. If Johnson fails, they'll both be gone — and before the end of the 2029 season.
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Bears coach Ben Johnson was hired to make a quarterback out of Caleb Williams, a general manager out of Ryan Poles, a team president out of Kevin Warren and an NFL owner out of George McCaskey....
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20 reasons why Mark Buehrle had the perfect baseball career:
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As a kid, I envied the life of the superstar athletes, but as an adult — after witnessing superstars like Michael Jordan up close, Aaron Rodgers from close proximity and Barry Bonds from far away — I...
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After all that, no mound visit to face the No. 9 hitter in the bottom of the ninth, and then … 🤔
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