Sports Columns
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Spring cleaning: Volunteers pick up trash on miles of area bike trailsApr 10, 2024 12:01 pm - Bike Palatine Club vice president Kevin Keehn often wondered who picked up all the roadside trash after a long winter. That question led him on a personal mission of picking up litter along Northwest suburban roads/trails where he annually cycles a couple thousand miles.
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Streelman, other local golfers to miss this week’s MastersApr 10, 2024 6:00 am - Wheaton’s Kevin Streelman is among the many local golfers who will miss this week’s Masters.
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High Five: Baseball movies to watch in honor of the start of the seasonApr 10, 2024 6:00 am - Everyone has their own favorite baseball movies. Here’s one personal list for this week’s High Five.
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Rahm ready to defend Masters titleApr 08, 2024 6:00 am - Jon Rahm hasn’t won an individual title in an LIV Golf event, but he’s ready to defend his Masters title this week.
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Jim O'Donnell: Will Iowa-South Carolina provide the fairy tale ending so much of America wants?Apr 07, 2024 6:15 am - DID ANYONE REALLY EXPECT the headline to read: “Controversial foul call dooms Caitlin, Iowa in NCAA semifinal loss to UConn?” Fairy tales don't play out that way. Esp...
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Baseball Way Back: A walk down memory lane with WimpyApr 07, 2024 6:15 am - As Joe Garagiola used to remind us, baseball is a funny game. Few lived up to that adage the way Tom Paciorek did.
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Women’s basketball has joined the general silliness of March MadnessApr 07, 2024 6:00 am - The decision that allowed women to be Mad in March is marked as progress and happily coincidental with Caitlin Clark, who plays basketball. In fact, Clark managed to become the face of March Madness, much like, for entirely different and absurd reasons, Taylor Swift became the face of the Super Bowl.
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LIV Tour will return to Chicago after all — but at a new siteApr 06, 2024 6:26 pm - The Chicago area will have a major professional golf tournament this year after all. The LIV Golf League is returning, but not at Rich Harvest Farms.
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Remind me, why do Bears, White Sox need to build stadiums with public money?Apr 06, 2024 5:51 pm - Why yes, please spend my tax money building the Bears a new stadium. I don’t care whether it’s on the lakefront or in Arlington Heights, I can think of no better use of p...
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Transfer portal bound to affect basketball recruiting, tooApr 05, 2024 6:00 am - The impact of the college transfer portal is bound to start having an effect on basketball recruiting.