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2-Minute Drill: Joe’s here to stay, Jimmy G gets paid, Kate Upton says #MeToo

By  Dan Cahill
   
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Cubs manager Joe Maddon isn’t going anywhere soon, according to our fan poll. | Getty Images

Catching you up on the latest news, trending topics and meaningless minutiae we all love to talk about in less than 120 seconds.

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It’s snowing. Stay in and read the internet all day … Joe Maddon isn’t going anywhere soon, so say you … Bulls pretty quiet at trade deadline … And then there’s the Cavs! … Derrick Rose could be reunited with Thibs in Minnesota … Jimmy G, the G is for gets paid, signs richest NFL contract … You don’t even want to know what the Blackhawks did last night … Brewers are trying hard to shut down Wrigley North this season … Let the Games begin, but not without its first controversy … Supermodel Kate Upton accuses Guess co-founder of sexual harassment … This piece about the bromance between Lenny Dykstra and Charlie Sheen will blow your mind … While you were sleeping, the government shut down and then reopened … There are a lot of twins at this Chicago suburban high school.

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