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Midday News Links: Mike Ditka Thinks The Bears Did Lovie Wrong

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jan 2, 2013 7:40PM

  • Because we can't move forward on this subject unless "Da Coach" weighs in: Mike Ditka doesn't believe Lovie Smith's firing was "fair" or "justified." Somewhere a Saints fan is digging up Ditka's record in New Orleans. [ABC 7]
  • Cook County Jail officials say they're always on the lookout for homemade shanks. As well they should. [Sun-Times]
  • White Sox executive vice president is engaged to former NBC 5 and current CNN anchor Zoraida Sambolin. That's what we call a good offseason acquisition. [WSCR]
  • A pastor who's been advising Andre Curry, who posted a photo last year of his daughter bound in duct tape, says Curry isn't the "monster" he was portrayed as in the media. [DNAInfo Chicago]
  • As J. Dilla's Donuts is set for a re-issue, four Chicago producers talk about his influence. [Reader]