Sports Columns
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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?
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Bartlett native Robinson Cook is the MVP of League One Volleyball in year oneMay 07, 2025 7:47 pm - In the midst of a “crazy year,” St. Francis High School graduate, Bartlett native and Olympian Kelsey Robinson Cook was named most valuable player of the start-up women’s volleyball league, League One Volleyball.
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‘Coolest thing ever’: Pete Crow-Armstrong becoming a folk hero in ChicagoMay 07, 2025 12:13 pm - When Pete Crow-Armstrong arrived in Chicago at the end of the 2023 season, veteran Ian Happ taught him the etiquette of playing outfield for the Cubs. You must acknowledge the fans. You must thank them after a win. At Wrigley you tip your cap and your beer vendors.
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Sarley: Any time is a good time for a topwater lureMay 07, 2025 11:31 am - I fish a lot of topwater presentations for bass because I love the excitement of the strike, but what do I use and where do I use it? The answer to “when” is “any time.”
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O’Donnell: Sports talk radio in Chicago slipping into darknessMay 06, 2025 3:06 pm - Columnist Jim O’Donnell details how sports talk radio continues to struggle in Chicago.
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Who has home course advantage in 2026 Presidents Cup at Medinah?May 05, 2025 11:12 pm - Captains Geoff Ogilvy and Brandt Snedeker will go head-to-head at next year’s Presidents Cup at Medinah Country Club.
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How does Crow-Armstrong compare to Cubs’ greatest center fielders?May 05, 2025 6:16 pm - The Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong is off to a terrific start, but how does he compare to the greatest center fielders in franchise history?
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O’Donnell: NFL will add spring to its list of American sports conquestsMay 03, 2025 10:00 am - ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA, the grand trifecta of a classic sports spring was Major League Baseball's Opening Day, the Masters and the Kentucky Derby. The public said so...