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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO — Sports remain our greatest escape, offering a few hours of downtime from the daily dose of madness that surrounds us from when we awaken to the moment we crash. Hollywood surely had its day, but the pandemic taught us that watching films from a living room couch is preferable to driving to the local multiplex, and the nonstop deluge of superhero sagas and CGI-infused fare suggests the movie industry really isn’t interested in us anyway. So we look to our teams and favorite athletes to provide us with fade-resistant memories, the kind of unscripted drama that lingers like a daydream y…