Columns
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Arkush: Where does the Bears' Halloween blowout leave them now?Nov 01, 2021 1:00 am - At least the Bears were true to Halloween on Sunday in their 33-22 loss to the 49ers. There were treats, a handful of plays from rookie quarterback Justin Fields that on...
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Constable: On the night Cubs won the World Series 5 years ago, future seemed full of joyNov 01, 2021 1:00 am - Five years ago tomorrow night, I was writing a column on deadline about the very-much-in-doubt Game 7 of the 2016 World Series when my phone rang. "Oh, Burt," my 89-year...
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Good News Sunday: New South Elgin clubhouse for Boys & Girls Club breaks groundOct 31, 2021 6:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: It's been a big couple of weeks for the ...
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Grammar Moses: Too many Fluffernutter sandwiches will give you a dad bodOct 31, 2021 5:30 am - How serendipitous! Just as I was about to start typing something/anything here today, I received an email from the good folks at Merriam-Webster with the news that they ...
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Facts Matter: Halloween? Here come the 'clown purge' warningsOct 31, 2021 5:30 am - Recent social media posts warned of a clown purge the day before Halloween. "Clowns are allegedly planning their own purge the night before Halloween. Stay inside, keep ...
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Why remap Illinois when the redrawn map is even worse?Oct 31, 2021 1:00 am - By Sheldon H. Jacobson Guest columnist The Illinois remapping committee posted a blatantly gerrymandered Illinois congressional map on Oct. 15. Our research gr...
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A second look led to greater understandingOct 31, 2021 1:00 am - As a teenager, I frequently walked to St. Stephen Cemetery after school to sit by my mom's headstone. She died in a car accident when I was seven, and I didn't confront ...
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Arkush: Boos echoing through Soldier Field Sunday had nothing to do with HalloweenOct 31, 2021 1:00 am - For all practical purposes, the Bears' season ended Sunday at Soldier Field with 7:28 to play in the third quarter, when the 49ers were 3rd and 19 at their own 16-yard l...
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Gonzales: Jimmy Garoppolo comes home. Will it be one of his final starts with 49ers?Oct 31, 2021 1:00 am - Four years after commemorating his first start as 49ers quarterback with a victory at Soldier Field, Jimmy Garoppolo hopes Sunday's start against the Bears isn't a farew...
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'It's a special feeling': Arlington Heights native Garoppolo revels in victory over BearsOct 31, 2021 1:00 am - With one heave of the football, Jimmy Garoppolo released a season's worth of frustration. No, it didn't come on a 50-yard hookup with Deebo Samuel late in the first half...