Sports Columns
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Top 2023-24 moments in girls prep sportsJun 28, 2024 6:00 am - It’s time to present the top girls prep sports moments of the 2023-24 school year.
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Lake Park grad qualifies for a third Olympics decathlon competitionJun 27, 2024 6:00 am - Lake Park graduate Zach Ziemek readies for his third straight Olympic decathlon competition.
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I’m back and happy to tell you about the musky my son caughtJun 27, 2024 6:00 am - I took a surprise vacation for a month, but it wasn’t the kind of vacation I would have chosen if I had my choice. I would have chosen a trip to chase monster fish in either Canada or down in Central America, but that isn’t where I spent the last month.
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Neal eager to compete in inaugural Chicago Adaptive OpenJun 26, 2024 6:00 am - Marty Neal, the Libertyville Township Highway Commissioner, has long been an avid golfer. Now 61, he’s been playing for 40 years — and that’s since he lost his right hand after it got caught in a meat grinder when he was 15.
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Along for the Ride: How adaptive biking enriches the lives of people with disabilitiesJun 26, 2024 6:00 am - Two Chicago-based nonprofits with suburban connections — Out Our Front Door and Envision Unlimited — are pioneering adaptive biking to deliver outdoor experiences, seemingly unattainable not long ago, to individuals with special needs.
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Ranking the Bulls’ top five draft mistakesJun 26, 2024 6:00 am - The Bulls have made some awful draft mistakes in their history. Here are the worst.
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Jim O’Donnell: Ambitious 1984 Cubs reunion skips Wrigley, set for Lake in the HillsJun 22, 2024 3:22 pm - WHAT'S AN HVAC GUY from Lake in the Hills doing outhustling the Cubs front office? That question will be air-conditioned Monday and Tuesday when Stu McVicar and his c...
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Hey now, are there really no White Sox worthy of being an all-star?Jun 22, 2024 11:53 am - Early returns confirm that the White Sox do not exist, as we have suspected for some time now. Among the 80 American League players included on the first listing for the ...
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Bat speed finally becomes a concrete stat; what does it show?Jun 21, 2024 6:00 am - This week in baseball takes a look at the new bat-speed metric and what it says about a couple of young Cubs sluggers.
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The 2023-24 Herald Cup honors excellenceJun 21, 2024 6:00 am - In its inaugural year, the 2023-24 Herald Cup is designed to honor excellence in area athletic programs.