Columns
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Arkush: Bears' initial interview requests for GM, coach are touchdownsJan 12, 2022 12:00 am - So what is best for the Chicago Bears now? Multiple reports suggest the team has requested interviews with at least nine head-coaching candidates including Todd Bowles, ...
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Dietz: Time to Bear down - for real this timeJan 12, 2022 12:00 am - So, the Bears are looking for a new coach and general manager. Again. It's mind boggling how inept the franchise has been when it comes to finding the right people to fi...
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Gregor: Lester, a standout Cubs starter for 6 seasons, calls it a careerJan 12, 2022 12:00 am - He pitched for the Nationals and rival Cardinals last season, but Jon Lester will always be remembered for his stellar stay with the Cubs. The bulldog left-hander arrive...
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Slumping Kane working through Blackhawks' frustrationsJan 12, 2022 12:00 am - Patrick Kane minced no words when asked to evaluate his 2021-22 campaign thus far, calling it one of the most disappointing of his long, illustrious career. "There's bee...
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Jim O'Donnell: George McCaskey's knack for fanning football futility has deep rootsJan 12, 2022 12:00 am - WHEN GEORGE McCASKEY WAS A LAD at St. Emily's school in Mount Prospect, he quarterbacked his team to the championship game of the eighth-grade touch football league. In ...
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Feder: Block Club Chicago wins major grantJan 12, 2022 12:00 am - Tuesday was another red-letter day for Block Club Chicago, Robert Feder reports. In what it called “a wonderful vote of confidence,” the vital nonprofit neighborhood ne...
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The next year of COVID-19Jan 12, 2022 12:00 am - The year began with such great optimism when it came to COVID-19. Science had produced a miracle or, rather, multiple miracles named Pfizer and Moderna and Johnson & Joh...
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Constable: Remember 'Beanie Mania'? These women in a Naperville cul-de-sac made it happenJan 11, 2022 4:20 am - A fun-loving neighborhood in Naperville was the epicenter of the Beanie Babies craze of the 1990s, with the lovable $5 stuffed animals generating $1.4 billion in sales w...
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Gonzales: Former manager Bochy has fond memories of Guillen, EpsteinJan 11, 2022 12:00 am - Bruce Bochy was among the thousands affected by plane cancellations that delayed last weekend's visit to Chicago for the ABCA Convention. But for Bochy, the chance to ta...
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Arkush: Why Polian is right person to lead Bears' searchJan 11, 2022 12:00 am - While it appears his consultancy will be temporary, today Bill Polian is the most important man in the Bears hierarchy. It is more than a bit strange that at every oppor...