Sports Columns
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Sarley: How to master setting the hook while topwater fishingMay 14, 2025 7:01 pm - Let me start my follow-up story on topwater fishing with an apology. Eagle-eyed reader Craig Chisholm caught my error in recommending a lure called the Pop-R manufacture...
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‘That piece of paper opened up a door to the future’: Suburban students win Evans ScholarshipsMay 14, 2025 4:58 pm - Lake Zurich High School’s Allan Lavrov and Dundee-Crown’s Sophie Morawski were two of the 130 Illinois high school seniors selected to receive 2025 Evans Scholarships from the Western Golf Association.
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O’Donnell: Jordan and NBC are happening because M.J. feels like itMay 13, 2025 5:30 pm - WHITE SMOKE OUT OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL last week signaled the selection of a new Pope for the Roman Catholic Church. White smoke out of 30 Rock in Manhattan on Monday was ...
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Billiter claims fourth Illinois PGA Match Play ChampionshipMay 12, 2025 10:54 pm - Jim Billiter of Ivanhoe Club won the Illinois PGA Match Play Championship at Butterfield Country Club in Oak Brook.
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Who joins Pope Leo XIV among most famous White Sox fans?May 12, 2025 4:52 pm - This week’s High Five looks at who joins Pope Leo XIV among the White Sox’s most famous fans.
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‘Edgy’ Tim: South Elgin’s Mueller set to make college decisionMay 11, 2025 1:25 pm - South Elgin High School junior tight end Gavin Mueller will make his college decision Wednesday.
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O’Donnell: Lee Corso made it with a big boost from Jimmy Piersall and NIU footballMay 10, 2025 10:43 am - WHEN LEE CORSO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED that he'll end his 37-season run on ESPN's “College GameDay” in August, some grayheads in his audience could probably remember the three...
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Lincicome: Will the new Pope take requests from hometown pro sports fans?May 10, 2025 10:00 am - A happy few days of nonsense welcomed Chicago’s Pope to his new job, usually a solemn time for pontiffs, but then baseball — and religion, too — needs all the nonsense it...
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Can we please forgive Trae Taylor for a momentary lapse in judgment?May 08, 2025 11:18 am - Yes, Carmel Catholic sophomore quarterback Trae Taylor made a poor decision last week. But can we please just forgive him?
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Silvy: Williams needs some tough love to teach him how to work in the NFLMay 08, 2025 6:00 am - Ryan Poles claimed at the combine that Caleb Williams has a great work ethic but needed to learn the difference of how to work in an NFL week as opposed to a college football week. My question is, why wasn’t this addressed in season? Why didn’t Poles have someone fix it in real time?