Columns
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O'Donnell: Thoroughbred association president says chances of Arlington opening in May 'about 10 percent'Mar 18, 2020 1:00 am - BILL CARSTANJEN HAS HAD better weeks. He's the CEO of Churchill Downs Inc. and the man who holds the future of Arlington Park in his hands. Under his golden stewardship,...
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Joe Biden: A 'centrist' moves further leftMar 18, 2020 1:00 am - It's an indisputable fact that the Democratic Party has moved left in recent years. Now, the party is about to choose a standard-bearer in the person of former Vice Pres...
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Rozner: Bears' Pace might be finally admitting mistakesMar 18, 2020 1:00 am - Welcome to the sixth year of the Ryan Pace Rebuild. It's the one in which there might finally be hope because Pace has accepted the fact that he's terrible at his job, a...
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Feder: 25 years later, NBC Sports Chicago looks back on Michael Jordan's returnMar 18, 2020 1:00 am - Twenty-five years ago today Michael Jordan stunned the world with the two-word declaration: "I'm back." NBC Sports Chicago will mark the 25th anniversary of Jordan's Chi...
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Settler's Hill to undergo positive major developmentMar 18, 2020 1:00 am - News from golf's pro tours the last few days hasn't been encouraging, but there was a most positive major development on the Chicago area scene. Aurora course architect ...
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Arkush: For now, Nick Foles is perfect for what ails the BearsMar 18, 2020 12:00 am - Mitch Trubisky's ceiling is still quite a bit higher than Nick Foles'. The problem with Mitch is that, in his first three seasons with the Chicago Bears, he has yet to g...
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A parent's lesson: Children grow up in their own wayMar 17, 2020 11:00 pm - Perhaps we learn to parent by being parented. I loved Fluffy. He was an improbably salmon colored, floppy eared, stuffed dog, but he was my most constant and loyal frien...
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For anti-fragile Trump Coronavirus can be a catalyst, not a threatMar 17, 2020 1:00 am - It has been a foregone conclusion among many economic thinkers that the cheaper manufacturing alternatives offered by China and other low-wage foreign countries made the...
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Feder: WBBM Newsradio regains top radio ratings spotMar 17, 2020 1:00 am - In the weeks leading up to the coronavirus crisis, Entercom all-news combo WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM moved up to No. 1 among all Chicago radio stations, according to the...
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Supply and demand, hoarding, price gouging - and the coronavirusMar 17, 2020 1:00 am - As the saying goes, "Nothing is certain but death and taxes." I would add, "and anti-price gouging legislation in times of crisis." Yet price increases in the face of su...