Paul Sullivan: Chicago mourns Mike Ditka, the Pennsylvania kid who became the ultimate symbol of our town

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CHICAGO — To pigeonhole Mike Ditka as one of the great sports figures in Chicago history would be an injustice to his legacy. To many he was the living, breathing image of Chicago, as much a part of our storied history as Mrs. O’Leary, Al Capone, the Water Tower, Muddy Waters, Mayor Richard J. Daley, Michael Jordan and Tom Skilling. Ditka was everything we like to think we are as Chicagoans — ...