Columns
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Hub Arkush: The price of poker potentially just went way up for Roquan SmithAug 10, 2022 1:00 am - There are a number of good reasons that 98 to 99% of NFL players are represented by professional agents in negotiating their contracts. There's really only one good reas...
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Columnist Lee Hamilton: The Jan. 6 committee reminds us of what congress can doAug 10, 2022 1:00 am - Watching the hearings held by the Jan. 6 committee as it delves into the events at the Capitol last year and what lay behind them, I've been struck by what you might thi...
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Jim O'Donnell: Weak Cubs-Reds game could turn Fox/MLB cornfield dream into a nightmareAug 10, 2022 1:00 am - THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT bad baseball is that it's easily recognizable as bad baseball. A Casey Stengel or a Bob Uecker might milk baselines of laughter out of it. Inst...
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Hub Arkush: Roquan Smith drops 'dirty bomb' on Bears' rookie GMAug 09, 2022 1:00 am - Roquan Smith is not one of the usual suspects when it comes to 25-year-old NFL superstars. He clearly qualifies for the superstar tag with two Second Team All-Pro nods a...
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'It was a long journey': Settler's Hill golf course back open after renovationAug 09, 2022 1:00 am - The renovation of the Settler's Hill course in Batavia wasn't easy - even for veteran Chicago area golf architect Greg Martin. His recent or current area projects includ...
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Bears GM Ryan Poles is disappointed that Roquan Smith wants a trade. Can he fix the situation?Aug 09, 2022 1:00 am - Instead of a fun-loving Family Day at Soldier Field on Tuesday, the Bears received the equivalent of divorce papers from Roquan Smith. Acting as his own agent and trying...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: The West's long-lasting enemies cannot be cajoledAug 09, 2022 1:00 am - Revisionist powers, nations whose leaders seek to undermine American leadership in the world, seem to be on the march. Russia persists with its heavy bombardments in Ukr...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Beware what you wish forAug 09, 2022 1:00 am - Two days after Kansas voters overwhelmingly rejected a ban on abortion in their state, the other front-runner for the Republican nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, w...
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Neighbors in the News: Mount Prospect District 57 welcomes new administratorsAug 08, 2022 11:00 pm - • Eric Larson has joined Mount Prospect School District 57 as the principal of Lincoln Middle School. Larson previously served as principal of Patton Elementary School ...
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What's with the license plate stickers? It's a supply-chain thingAug 08, 2022 5:30 am - Simpler can be better. But not when it comes to the pared-down license plate stickers the Illinois secretary of state's office is dispensing, some drivers think. “What's...