Sports Columns
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Will Williams be the next Chicago sports immortal?Mar 03, 2024 6:15 am - A bright shiny new thing awaits the Bears and all they need to do is point. His name is Caleb Williams and he is OK with it. Being a Bear, I mean. There was some buzz tha...
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After two years of losing, can the Blackhawks build a winner?Feb 29, 2024 6:02 pm - Just like last year, some fans hope the Blackhawks keep losing so they'll have the best odds at landing the draft’s No. 1 pick. It's an understandable position, but one veteran forward Nick Foligno despises.
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The adjustments you should make to your spring fishing tacticsFeb 29, 2024 6:00 am - With the ice having disappeared and the temperatures getting warmer by the day, it appears to be time for open-water fishing to begin. In addition to line selection, whic...
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Jim O'Donnell: Poles is deftly handling media in Indy, but not soothing the coreFeb 29, 2024 6:00 am - RYAN POLES IS WINNING the media “Battle of Indianapolis” this week with a polished NFL 3-pointer. He's being poised, polite and — most notably — semantically elusive ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Nothing chilly about the reception the great Chelios will get todayFeb 25, 2024 6:00 am - AS AHMET ERTEGUN, the recording business legend, undoubtedly once told David Geffen, “When the new stuff isn't selling, put out a greatest hits album.” That's what th...
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Baseball Way Back: How Banks, Baker opened the Cubs’ Negro League connectionFeb 25, 2024 6:00 am - Part 2 of 2 Six years after Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier, Ernie Banks and Gene Baker were the first Black players on the Cubs. It woul...
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Pippen still trying to tell his storyFeb 25, 2024 6:00 am - Why anyone in Tasmania should care about Scottie Pippen’s hurt feelings is beyond me, not to mention why anyone in greater Australia would even know who Pippen is, never ...
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Silvy: Enough fighting. Here are 5 things all Bears fans can agree onFeb 22, 2024 2:12 pm - What do most players do when the season ends? Go to Cancun. It’s been an ongoing joke in the sports world since 1998 when the Lakers were on the verge of being eliminated...
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With no ice to fish on, get an early start preparing for open-water fishingFeb 22, 2024 6:00 am - It seems that I must have blinked and our ice fishing season disappeared that quickly. It’s a tough break for those guides and tackle and bait dealers who were counting ...
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Jim O’Donnell: If Reinsdorf’s initial $1 billion stadium gambit fails, why not a telethon?Feb 22, 2024 6:00 am - JERRY REINSDORF CELEBRATES his 88th birthday Sunday and there's still no report that his autobiography is in the works. Since Alice Cooper long ago took “Billion Doll...