Craig Sager RIP

So many plaudits in the media for the recently departed Craig Sager.  One story we heard this morning struck us:  after chemo treatments, he would don his colorful sports jacket and head back out to cover an NBA game.  That attitude helped him defeat leukemia in his first bout with it.

He got an ESPY award this summer and said:

“I will never give up, and I will never give in. I will continue to keep fighting, sucking the marrow out of life, as life sucks the marrow out of me. I will live my life full of love and full of fun. It’s the only way I know how.”

What courage.  What a comeback.  Nobody gets out of these blues alive, but Craig Sager showed us all how to fight back.  Hats off, RIP.

After being down 3-1, there was no way the Cubs could have won the World Series

Except they did.

An "extraordinary comeback."

Being called the greatest win in sports history.

We interrupt this blog for a bit of humor....

Never Give Up - The New Yorker

Comeback Kid Kyle Schwarber Rewarding Cubs' Faith with Impact World Series | Bleacher Report

Comeback Kid Kyle Schwarber Rewarding Cubs' Faith with Impact World Series | Bleacher Report

EXTRAORDINARY COMEBACK

Ninth inning down three runs, Cubs rally to win division title v SF Giants.

Amazing finish.

Reminds us all:  you can still win, even if the hour is late and you are behind and the odds are way, way against you .....

'Sing For Your Life' Recounts A Journey From Juvenile Detention To The Opera House : NPR

'Sing For Your Life' Recounts A Journey From Juvenile Detention To The Opera House : NPR

How the CSO's top oboist overcame neurological disorder to play again - Chicago Tribune

How the CSO's top oboist overcame neurological disorder to play again - Chicago Tribune

Remarkable Comedown for Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, Billionaire Poster Girl for High Tech Mega-Success

The End: Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Banned For 2 Years From Entering A Lab | Zero Hedge

The Yin and the Yang

Former Speaker goes to prison.

We know this story in Illinois very well.....ABC7 summarizes:

Of Illinois' last seven governors, four have ended up in prison.

Rod Blagojevich was governor from 2002 to 2009. He was convicted of numerous corruption charges in 2011, including allegations that he tried to sell or trade President Barack Obama's old Senate seat. He is currently serving a 14-year sentence at a federal prison in Colorado.

Blagojevich was impeached on this date, January 30, four years ago.

Dan Walker, governor from 1973 through 1977, pleaded guilty to bank fraud and other charges in 1987 related to his business activities after leaving office. He spent about a year and a half in federal prison.

Otto Kerner, governor from 1961 through 1968, spent three years in prison after being convicted of bribery related charges.

Herbert Williams and Underwater Energy

Former convict turns energy business upside down.

Superb comeback story.

Ron Kittle comeback story

Chicagoly magazine (new).  Jump over to page 44.

Worth the read....

Facebook's first blind engineer is revolutionizing social media as we know it

Facebook's first blind engineer is revolutionizing social media as we know it

Art of Norman Lewis Makes Comeback

CBS Sunday Morning feature

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/revisiting-abstract-artist-norman-lewis

Mozart and the Secrets of the Universe

How Mozart Unlocked a Galactic Secret - The Daily Beast

How Comebacks Are Made

How People Learn to Become Resilient - The New Yorker

COMEDOWN DEPARTMENT: How the mighty are fallen: from QB and corporate pinnacle to prison and poverty

Woman convicted in Art Schlichter fraud scheme: 'I cry every day' - Chicago Tribune



Earlier story:



http://myfox28columbus.com/news/local/tell-all-book-about-buckeye-great-who-fell-from-grace-and-into-prison



"Don't let a man take all your money..."  prescient advice, not heeded.....



Schlicter's federal term ends 2020, but he still faces more time due to state level conviction.

Comedowns are the flip side of Comebacks, here's one for a Super Bowl Great

Joe Montana at 59: 'I can't really run or do much'

An Extraordinary Comedown: RIP Chef Benoît Violier, gone too soon at 44

Why Did the World’s Greatest Chef Just Kill Himself? - The Daily Beast

In conversation with a friend recently, on the new book "Clementine," about the remarkable Winston Churchill spouse, and the Churchill family, whose history included affairs, alcoholism, depression, suicide et al, my bon ami made the assertion:  "All families are screwed up."   I think in just five words he summarized the history of humanity.  With the self-inflicted passing of this famous chef, here is yet another such tale, and more such evidence.

Suffice to say regarding those around us:  what we see on the surface is very often not what's going on underneath.........

The story of one very brave young woman and an extraordinary comeback

Facial tumor barely slows down Tashima | The Winnetka Current

Tenor performs Schubert while undergoing brain surgery without anaesthetic | Daily Mail Online

Tenor performs Schubert while undergoing brain surgery without anaesthetic  | Daily Mail Online