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Mike Downey, former Sun-Times sports writer, dies at 72
Former Sun-Times sports writer Mike Downey had a way with words that seemed to flow naturally. In the summer of 1978 he wrote of an injured Chicago Bear: “It was painful to watch. Waymond Bryant wanted to play, but his shoulder and his doctors said no. So …