Never Knew Badminton Was So Intense

If Ryan Poles has said it once, he has said it a thousand times. He’s not so much interested in seeking short-term satisfaction as he is eager to develop a formula for sustainable achievement. Thus as his second offseason as the Chicago Bears general manager gets rolling, Poles has made no promises of a 2023 playoff breakthrough, instead working to strengthen his roster with a longer view. Earlier this month, Poles sang a new verse in that familiar tune, reiterating his overall philosophy two days after the Bears finished their wayward 3-14 season. “I want to stair-step this thing to the top,” Poles said, “and then stay up there as long as absolutely possible.” Slow and steady.

Q: It might be time to blow this thing up. Mediocre at best. – Lazaro. A: The notion of “blowing up” means trading those perceived as a team’s leading men. I don’t see that happening with Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro. And with all due respect to Kyle Lowry, any move beyond Butler, Adebayo or Herro would still leave the Heat with the same core.

In March 1984, less than two weeks before Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott was born, the National Football League’s Baltimore Colts bolted for Indianapolis in the middle of the night. Scott is confident the city won’t have a repeat when it comes to the Orioles. “Baltimore knows what it feels like when a team is disinvesting in and going to leave, right?” Scott said at a news conference earlier this month with Orioles CEO and chairman John Angelos seated beside him.

It’s never a good day for Giants fans when the division rivals from Philly book passage to the Super Bowl. Sunday, no less a New York City icon than the Empire State Building rubbed salt into a few million local wounds by lighting up in Eagle green and white for the NFC champs.

Police power trips are not about public safety Manhattan: The Target at 86th St. and Lexington Ave. on Sunday, 8:10 a.m.: As I came in, two policemen were apprehending a young Latino male for stealing. When he began to mildly resist after they roughly grabbed him by the shoulders, they wrestled him to the ground like a wild animal before cuffing him. I couldn’t get over it.

Texas Tech hosts No. 13 Iowa State in a Big 12 Conference game on Monday night in Lubbock.