With NFL Hall of Fame festivities just around the corner, I wanted to take a look at the career of Charles Tillman, a cornerback for the Chicago Bears from 2003 to 2014. Over his career, he served as the ChicagoBears’ number one corner and anchored the secondary of numerous elite defenses that carried Chicago to a Super Bowl berth in 2006 and NFC Championship game in 2010.
Charles Tillman was an elite defensive back for one of the NFL’s founding franchises in the Chicago Bears but was often underappreciated. Nonetheless, he is worthy of enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
When he retired from the NFL in 2016, I was not sure of Tillman’s case for Canton. I figured he would (and should!) be enshrined in the Bears ring of honor. I did not think the Hall of Fame was in reach because of the national media’s tendency to focus on the Bears’ decades-long issues at quarterback instead of the players on defense that kept them relevant this entire millennium.
However, as more players retired and had their cases broken down in the national spotlight (i.e. Philip Rivers), I decided to take a deeper dive into Tillman’s career and see how strong his case was for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Charles Tillman deserves to represent the Chicago Bears in the Hall of Fame.
Ultimately, what I found is that while Tillman is most likely not going to be enshrined on an early ballot, there is a very strong case for him to be inducted into the Hall of Fame on a later ballot. What follows here are three reasons why Charles Tillman ultimately does deserve to end his career with a bust in Canton, Ohio.
Jesse James, the former tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Detroit Lions, will join the Chicago Bears on a one-year deal, confirmed by multiple sources.
James, 27, played tight end at Penn State, where he racked up over 1,000 receiving yards and 11 total touchdowns in three years of college football.
He was drafted in the fifth round of the 2015 NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he ended up playing for the first four years of his career. With the Steelers, he started in 36 of the 56 games he played, recording three seasons with 300+ receiving yards and nine total touchdowns.
After playing with the Steelers, James signed a four-year $25 million deal with the Detroit Lions. He struggled in Detroit, never eclipsing over 200 yards in the two seasons he played with them.
The #Bears are signing former #Steelers and #Lions TE Jesse James to a one-year deal, source says.
Now, the veteran tight end will join a top-heavy crowd of tight end talent in Chicago. Led by Jimmy Graham and Cole Kmet, the Bears also have recently signed Jake Butt to add to the roster of Scooter Harrington, J.P Holtz, and Jesper Holsted.
James has similar characteristics to the two starters, Graham and Kmet, in terms of physicality. He is 6-foot-7 and weighs 250 pounds. James has great hands, can create space for himself, and can run deep routes downfield.
Signing a tight end to the roster at this point seems like a stereotypically arbitrary move for Ryan Pace & Co., considering they went into training camp with 10+ on the roster last season. However, James offers a certain depth at the position that the others behind Graham and Kmet can’t offer.
James’s size, athleticism, and starting job experience around the league make him an A+ signing for tight end depth.
It will be interesting for fans to see if Matt Nagy will use all three at the same time on the field. After seeing how often the Bears threw to Graham in the RedZone last season, it wouldn’t be surprising if Nagy tried to get fancy with tight ends built like NBA power forwards within reach of the endzone.
It appears Nagy is stirring the creative juices for the offense, especially following the reports that the Bears might implement Allen Robinson in the slot to allow deep threats Darnell Mooney, Marquise Goodwin, and Damiere Byrd to thrive on the outside.
Per a league source with reason to know, the Bears plan to deploy Allen Robinson more out of the slot in 2021 following the departure of Anthony Miller
Ran 25% of routes out of the slot in 2020
Would imagine he’s flanked by Darnell Mooney and Damiere Byrd on the outside
Bringing on James gives the Bears a cheap depth option for size in the passing game and blocking the outside lanes. His presence on the Bears should give Nagy more options to get creative with the playbook, leading to a more successful offense than last year’s 22 .4 points per game.
Either way, this signing attributes to the Bears’ offseason focus of rebuilding the depth of the offensive skill players and giving Nagy more options to use in the passing game behind their newly acquired gem, Justin Fields.
Attaching this signing as the rebuttal for trading away Anthony Miller for minimal cap space and a swap of late-round draft picks certainly seems like a positive. Unlike Miller, James should see quality playing time for the Bears and the ability to make an impact on the offense.
Well done front office, another great signing to cap off a beautifully executed offseason thus far.
Wildfire, Lincolnshire. The place where it happened!
You have helped me negotiate modern ethics before. You all gave me permission to accept a prize for being a top fundraiser for the annual SEABlue Prostate Awareness run*. Barb appreciates the very high-powered cordless electric broom. So I am hoping you all can help me out one more time.
As COVID and its aftermath have collapsed everyone’s world our dining-out choices have become more limited. A quick perusal of my credit card charges confirms that about 90% of our dining-out dollars are spent at one or another of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises’ many restaurants.
And that is OK with us. Wildfire has been one of our favorite restaurants for years. Di Pescara and Saranello’s are just minutes away for tempting fish and Italian fare. I even chose to celebrate my last birthday at L Woods, the Lettuce restaurant a short hop down the Eden’s Expressway. I considered it a tribute to my late parents, who loved Sunday family dinners at Bones, the LEYE restaurant that preceded L Woods in that Lincolnwood location.
And…drumroll…Lettuce Entertain You restaurants give points. Their Frequent Diner Club awards bonus points for every dollar spent. Sometimes special deals award double points or more. Points add up to dollars off future visits. I usually accumulate enough points for a few macadamia nut-crusted halibut and horseradish-crusted filet dinners a year. Yum.
Which leads to my social dilemma. Some dear Florida friends of ours are spending the summer in Chicago and invited us out for dinner. The little celebration was a thank-you for Barb’s assistance in setting up our friend’s Chicago residence. A second helpful couple was also invited.
Our host’s restaurant choice for the evening? Wildfire.
It was a lovely evening. And as our hosts paid the substantial bill, I realized that being out-of-towners, they were not Frequent Diner members. All I could think about was those potential points floating away into the kitchen miasma!
I knew Lettuce is usually very lenient about letting anyone in the dining party claim the points. I knew all I would have had to do to get those award dollars would have been to ask our hosts if they minded my putting in a claim. But… I froze–I couldn’t do it.
So my question to you, my knowledgable readers–if I had asked for the Frequent Diner points to be credited to my account, even though I did not pay for the meal, would have I been committing a major social faux-pas? Or would it have been absolutely fine after a relaxed dinner with great friends? Yes, I know it is a typical “first world problem.” But I want the answer!
Let me know your thoughts–leave a comment here, or email me at [email protected].
Hi! I am Les, a practicing pathologist living in the North Suburbs and commuting every day to the Western ones. I have lived my entire life in the Chicago area, and have a pretty good feel for the place, its attractions, culture, restaurants and teams. My wife and I are empty-nesters with two adult children and a grandchild. We recently decided to downsize, but just a bit! I will be telling the story of the construction of our new home, but also writing about whatever gets me going on a particular day. Be sure to check out the “About” page to learn more about where we plan to go with this blog!
Since Leela James put out her debut album, 2005’s A Change Is Gonna Come, the soul siren has released a steady stream of music, exploring new stylistic elements while staying remarkably focused. In a press bio from 2010, she said, “My sound today may be different than where I was five years ago, but my core is always the same.” More than a decade later, that still rings true. On the new See Me (BMG), the production by Rex Rideout and Jairus “JMo” Mozee, which features lots of electronic samples, might be the most experimental yet on a Leela James record. The opener, “Break My Soul,” includes a rap by Mumu Fresh, and on the down-tempo “Trying to Get By,” James sings against ominous guitars about the seeming impossibility of making it from day to day, with layers of overdubbed vocals crooning in assent. She never lets the production dominate, though, and remains in the center of the action at all times–on the title track, a reflective ballad, she makes demands of an errant lover rather than pleading for a change or caving in and accepting bad behavior. Nearly two decades into her career, See Me shows that James is still making vital work. v
Jumaane Taylor is staking his claim as Chicago’s new top tapper.
The 35-year-old dancer, choreographer and teacher has been named artistic director of the 30th-anniversary edition of Rhythm World, the Chicago Human Rhythm Project’s (CHRP) annual festival of all things tap, which this year will feature a dozen teacher-performers and draw 200 or more students and hundreds of tap fans.
Besides being one of the oldest such summer tap festivals in the country, New York Times dance critic Brian Seibert, author of “What the Eye Hears: A History of Tap Dancing” and a lecturer at the event, calls it the most “robust.”
Rhythm World
When: July 26-Aug. 15
Where: 7 p.m. July 28, Navy Pier’s Polk Bros Park, 600 E. Grand; 7 p.m. Aug. 7, DuSable Museum of African American History, 740 E. 56th Place; 7 p.m. Aug. 14, Edlis Neeson Theater, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 220 E. Chicago
Tickets: July 28, free; Aug. 7, $30; Aug. 14, $30 and $85
Rhythm World, which took place virtually last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will run three weeks — July 26-Aug. 15 — for the first time with weekly mainstage performances and informal jam sessions and a host of workshops and classes.
In selecting festival artists like Ivery Wheeler of Los Angeles and Kaleena Miller of Minneapolis, Taylor said: “I’m thinking about: Who is really putting it down on the floor? Who is really respecting the dance?”
The lifelong Chicagoan is taking over the festival in the tumultuous aftermath of an open letter posted on Facebook in June 2020 to CHRP and its co-founder, Lane Alexander, and signed by Bril Barrett, founder and director of the Chicago-based M.A.D.D. Rhythms tap collective and some 900 other members of the dance community. In that letter, Barrett responded to an email he had received from Alexander and disputed points that he said Alexander made about Black Lives Matter protests.
Taylor sees the whole dustup as an old disagreement over the beginnings of tap turning ugly and personal, and he has received calls from dancers across the country trying to understand what is going on. “It’s like we’re watching a boxing match on pay-per-view,” he said. “It’s tricky but I’m trying to be open-hearted and understanding to it all.”
The origins of tap, a percussive kind of dance commonly performed with metal taps affixed to the heel and toe of the shoe, are debated, but its roots can be traced to such sources as African-American Juba dancing, Irish step dancing and English clog dancing.
In August 2020, Emmanuel Neal was named CHRP’s interim managing director, a change the organization said emerged from a 2019 five-year strategic plan that incorporates a leadership transition. Although Alexander now has the seemingly lesser title of director of institutional advancement, a CHRP spokeswoman confirmed he is still running the company.Taylor said he reports to Alexander.
Jumaane Taylor instructs young students in a tap dance class at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times
Taylor, who spent most of his childhood in Hyde Park, began taking tap lessons at the Sammy Dyer School of the Theatre, when he was 6 or 7. It has trained some of the best tap dancers from Chicago, like Ted Levy, who has worked closely with Savion Glover and will be honored at the festival.
Why was he drawn to tap vs. another art form? “I wish I knew,” Taylor said. “It’s so magical. My mother wanted to sign me up the year before I actually signed up, and it wasn’t until I saw young dancers doing tap that I became attracted to it. It looked so natural to me.”
He took part in every Chicago tap activity he could find as a youth, including summers at the Rhythm Festival’s festivals, where choreographer/tap dancer Derick K. Grant was able to watch what he called Taylor’s “constant progression.”
One summer around 2005, Grant recalled seeing Taylor perform a solo to Nina Simone’s version of “Love Me or Leave Me Alone,” and said he will never forget it. “The amount of freedom he had as a young person — he was laughing the whole time and reaching for things that I hadn’t even considered,” Grant said. “I just thought this kid is different. He was just so in the music.”
Tap dancer/choreographer Juumane Taylor grew up in Hyde Park and began taking tap lessons at the Sammy Dyer School of the Theatre when he was 6 or 7.Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times
Grant was set to serve as director and choreographer of “Imagine Tap!” and approached Taylor about taking part. The 2006 show at the Harris Theater featured singers as well as 18 tap and breakdancers, all of whom rehearsed in New York.
Taylor said he has had opportunities to move to New York, but has preferred to stay in Chicago, where he has built a career, putting an emphasis, among other things, on a renewed connection between tap and jazz bands.
“That’s a scene,” Seibert said, “that has high standards for musicianship and you can’t fake it. The kind of jazz musicians he is playing with know the real from the fakers, and he’s the real thing.”
In addition to performing, Taylor teaches at Roosevelt University and the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, mentoring young dancers just as he was mentored. The Red Clay Dance Co., an African American ensemble based at 808 E. 63rd., has approached him about leading a weekly tap class in its academy this fall, but up to now he has struggled to build diversity among his students and to generate interest in tap in and around the neighborhood where he grew up.
“That’s definitely is the goal,” he said, “but that’s been more difficult. But hopefully through Red Clay and other entities we can get more of the South Side youth and a more multicultural attendance in tap class.”
Seventy-two people were shot — eleven fatally, including a 17-year-old boy — in Chicago this weekend.
A man was shot and killed as he stood in front of a 24-hour convenience store Saturday evening on a busy street in Chatham on the South Side.
About 8:15 p.m., Theodore Smith standing outside the store in the 500 block of East 79th Street when someone walked up to him with a gun and shot him in the chest, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The 44-year-old was rushed to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The man was an employee of the store and was smoking a cigarette when he was shot, a person at the scene told the Sun-Times.
Chicago police work the scene where a 44-year-old man was shot and killed in the 500 block of East 79th Street, in the Chatham neighborhood, Saturday, July 24, 2021.Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times
On Saturday, a teenage boy was killed and another seriously wounded in a shooting in Englewood on the South Side.
The teens, 15 and 17, were in the backyard of a home about 1:15 a.m. in the 6800 block of South Peoria Street when someone opened fire, police said.
The 17-year-old was shot in the chest and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. He hasn’t been identified.
The other, 15, was struck in the stomach and taken to the same hospital in serious condition, police said.
At the same time, a man was shot to death in a drive-by in Austin on the Northwest Side.
The 37-year-old was standing on the sidewalk with a group of people about 1:15 a.m. in the 1700 block of North Moody Avenue when someone inside a blue-colored vehicle fired shots, police said.
He was shot in the head and was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office hasn’t identified him.
Another teen was fatally shot Friday night in South Shore.
About 7:30 p.m., Janarrow Deberry was near the sidewalk in the 7000 block of South Merrill Avenue when someone opened fire, striking him multiple times, police and the medical examiner’s office said.
Deberry, of Plainfield, was pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Medical Center, police said.
At least seven other people were killed in shootings over the weekend.
Chicago police work the scene where 5 men were wounded in a shooting in the 4800 block of West Race Avenue in the Austin neighborhood, Sunday, July 25, 2021.Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times
In nonfatal shootings, five men were wounded in an attack early Sunday in Austin on the Northwest Side.
They were gathered in the backyard of a home about 12:30 a.m. in the 4800 block of West Race Avenue when a male suspect entered and opened fire, police said.
The men, 23, 30, 36, 48 and 50, suffered gunshot wounds to the lower body, police said. They were transported to Stroger and Mt. Sinai hospitals, where they were stabilized.
Two people were shot, including a 17-year-old boy, Saturday in the Englewood neighborhood.
The pair were standing in the street about 12:45 a.m. in the 7100 block of South Ada Street when someone inside a black-colored vehicle fired shots, police said.
The teen boy, 17, was struck in the leg and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in serious condition, police said. A man, 21, was also shot in the leg and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in fair condition.
At least sixty others were wounded in citywide gun violence between 5 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday.
The Oak Brook monstrosity made a great comeback after years of neglect
It’s been 4 1/2 years since I told The Sad But Colorful Story Of Frank Thomas’ Massive Oak Brook Mansion. In case, like me 4 1/2 years ago, you haven’t heard of Frank Thomas before…he was a baseball player for the White Sox. At that time it had just sold for the 3rd time to Michael Sahli – a realtor, developer, and investor – for $2.3 MM. But it went on the market again 40 days ago, listed by Mr. Sahli at $5.95 MM which is $2 MM below what it sold for in 2003, and it’s already under contract as of last Tuesday. Of course we don’t yet know the sales price but I found it interesting that it sold so quickly.
It’s also very interesting how much better the home looks this time around. Check out the slideshow below but give it a minute to fully load so you can flip through it without leaving this page. The last couple of times it was clear that the home had seen better days. It looked like it was in a state of disrepair, the landscaping had clearly been neglected, the pools were covered, and there was extraneous “stuff” in the photos. In fact, the photos were just horrible – dark, poorly framed, and no captions. We shoot better photos for $200K condos. Who hires these realtors and why?
The description says:
A rare once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own an impressive rarely available PRIVATE ROAD ESTATE situated on over three pristine acres, in the Heart of centrally located Oak Brook with highly sought-after Hinsdale schools. This majestic, extremely secluded 27,000+ square foot resort-like estate has absolutely everything you could dream of and more. Entering through the wrought iron gates to the grand circular driveway, which surrounds the tranquil fountain that is centered to the front entrance of the house which was completely renovated in 2017. Enter the grand foyer with soaring 28-foot ceilings and dual grand staircases, a huge luxurious 5-star owner’s suite features a sitting/family room that overlooks the pool with remote curtains, remote drop-down T.V, walnut wet bar with wine cooler, dual vanities, soak-in tub, his & Hers toilets & bidet, 12-person hot tub, artistically designed luxury HUGE his & Hers boutique-like walk-in closets. All En-suite bedrooms with walk-in closets and bathrooms, the fabulous kitchen includes custom stainless-steel cabinetry, commercial-grade appliances, a large island, and a breakfast bar. Butler’s pantry with 3 wine coolers, warming drawers, microwave, and dishwasher. Generous size dining room with a marble table that comfortably sits 14 people, and a 43′ x 33′ great room. The First-floor marble floors and the lower level have radiant heated floors. The lower level features an indoor basketball court, a 14-seat theatre, over 1500 square foot gym with floor to ceiling mirrors, a 12-person steam room, massage room, a chef’s kitchen, your own hair salon, a full bar, wine cellar, and a cigar room with commercial filtration system. Heated dual garages for 8 cars and a whole house diesel generator. The spectacular grounds of this estate include two in-ground swimming pools, a spa, a waterfall, and a pool house complete with 2 full baths, lockers, a built-in grill, and a hibachi grill.
Now notice that the description says it was completely renovated. Despite the dramatic improvement in the appearance of the home I don’t think they did much in the way of actual renovation. The previous set of photos were so awful it’s actually hard to compare them but if you look closely it appears as though very little was actually changed other than a few counter tops and some decorating – e.g. paint, carpet and drapes. And they fixed the landscaping. Yet, with the right photographs, the home looks night and day better than it did last time. I wouldn’t be surprised if Mr. Sahli is making a very nice profit on this sale.
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A June Gallup poll found that only 43 percent of Americans, and just 31 percent of Democrats, are extremely proud to be American. This Democrat isn’t surprised.
A pandemic rages, yet in some states only one-third of adults have been vaccinated. Most of the unvaccinated say they won’t be vaccinated, arguing for a right to a personal choice that can hurt the rest of us.
Eight months after the presidential election, supporters of Donald Trump still insist that he lost by fraud. Rather than put the myth to rest, Republicans use it to make it more difficult to vote.
More than 100 people a day die from gun violence in the United States, but the gun lobby resists gun control.
Disparities between Blacks and whites in healthcare, wealth, housing, policing, education, and myriad other matters lay bare the country’s systemic racism.
We remain the only industrialized nation without universal healthcare coverage.
The country grows less democratic. Two of the last six presidential elections were decided by the Electoral College, not the popular vote. White, rural, and Republican voters are disproportionately represented in the Senate and benefit from gerrymandering more than do minorities.
Partisanship in Congress is so bad it even hampers investigating an attack on Congress itself.
I could go on, but you know our problems already if you’ve been paying any attention.
That Gallup poll found that Republicans are significantly prouder to be American than Democrats, with more than two-thirds of them extremely proud. Perhaps pride accounts for the attempts by Republican-controlled state legislatures to restrict the teaching of critical race theory in the public schools. They claim that it makes people feel bad about the country. Well, yeah. But I don’t want a patriotism founded on lies.
Patriotism isn’t believing one’s country is perfect. Patriots want its flaws to be fixed. They criticize to bring the reality closer to the ideals. If critics had been shut down, minorities and women in this country would not have gained any rights.
When I was a college student, Arkansas Sen. J. William Fulbright was a vocal critic of the US presence in the war in Vietnam. “To criticize one’s country is to do it a service and pay it a compliment,” Fulbright wrote. “It is a service because it may spur the country to do better than it is doing; it is a compliment because it evidences a belief that the country can do better than it is doing. . . . Criticism . . . is the highest form of patriotism.”
When I feel despairing about everything that is wrong today, I try to think of the patriots of previous generations, going all the way back to the Revolution, who saw what needed fixing and didn’t give in to despair.
I don’t know a way out of our messes, but when wiser people propose good solutions, they’ll have my support.
For our freedom to criticize, I am proud to be an American.
A retired university publications editor and journalist, I live in the South Loop and volunteer as a Chicago Greeter. Getting the most out of retired life in the big city will be a recurrent theme of this blog, but I consider any topic fair game because the perspective will be that of a retiree.
An off-duty police officer was shot at Sunday night in Uptown on the North Side.
The officer, 37, was sitting in the passenger seat of a car in the 1200 block of West Ainslie Street when someone outside pointed a handgun at him and fired about 11:30 p.m., Chicago police said.
The officer was not hit and no one else was injured. The gunman ran off and no one was in custody.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability was investigating.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – JULY 24: Kris Bryant #17 of the Chicago Cubs is congratulated by Anthony Rizzo #44 and Javier Baez #9 after Bryant hit a two-run home run against the San Francisco Giants in the top of the third inning at Oracle Park on July 24, 2019 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
The Chicago White Sox were on Sunday Night Baseball this week against the Milwaukee Brewers. It was a fantastic night for the Southsiders as they won the baseball game over the Brewers with some big things ahead down the stretch. However, late in the game, one of the game’s announcers made some comments that might interest Chicago Cubs fans. We all know that they are going to be sellers at the trade deadline but the question is about how far they take it.
Buster Olney is well connected in Major League Baseball. He is the announcer that brought up what some teams across the league might do before Friday’s trade deadline. The first thing that he mentioned is that the Boston Red Sox is the team that he believes lands Anthony Rizzo. He followed that up by naming Kris Bryant and Javier Baez as potential targets for the New York Mets.
First, we can start with Rizzo. He is one of the players that is believed to be someone the Cubs want long-term. There are rumors that the Cubs are going to try really hard to get it done before the deadline. However, if they don’t figure anything out, they would be smart to part ways with him instead of losing him for nothing. The Boston Red Sox, as Olney suggests, would be a perfect fit as they could really use an upgrade at first base.
Kris Bryant and Javier Baez being connected to the Mets is very interesting. They are each in different types of rumors as well. Baez is one of the players that, like Rizzo, the Cubs want to get extended before the deadline. Kris Bryant is as good as gone in the eyes of most people. If neither of them is extended by the looming deadline, they should really move them both.
ESPN announcer Buster Olney believes that Anthony Rizzo will end up on the Boston Red Sox. He also mentions Kris Bryant and Javier Baez as potential New York Mets.
The Chicago Cubs might have some big changes coming to their organization.
The Chicago Cubs are going to look very different after next weekend is over. Some of the players that helped deliver a World Series championship for the first time in 108 years are going to be gone. The way things have gone over the last three years has been sad for Cubs fans but that is what happens when you don’t hit or pitch well at different times.
Some people might not like it but rebuilding would be the best thing possible for the Cubs. If they can get anything of value for the stars on expiring contracts, they would be off to a good start as they look towards the future. We will see if any of Buster’s predictions come true this week.
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