Sports Columns
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You asked for high school sports scores, so now we are tooJan 14, 2024 5:17 pm - If you’re playing high school sports, it’s not the wins or losses you’ll remember but the relationships. Maybe your teammates become lifelong friends. Maybe after a coupl...
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Baseball Way Back: Did Joe say it was so?Jan 14, 2024 6:30 am - More than a century after Joe Jackson played his last inning for the Chicago White Sox, his figure remains fresh in our minds. Everyone remembers the player who couldn’t ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Reinsdorf's haunted Bulls can't even properly stage a ‘night of happy’Jan 14, 2024 6:00 am - NO ONE AT THE UNITED CENTER Friday night was booing Thelma Krause. It'd be nice if the media simpletons attempting to report on the unveiling of the Bulls' new “Ring ...
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Foligno excited about challenge that lies aheadJan 13, 2024 9:41 pm - Blackhawks forward Nick Foligno talks about 2-year, $9 million contract extension he signed Friday.
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‘It’s a big deal for us’: Hawk Invite highlights the girls wrestling boomJan 11, 2024 6:15 am - The rise of girls high school wrestling is no longer a surprise. But it is a big deal. One of the biggest deals in Illinois is Hoffman Estates’ Girls Hawk Invitational, a...
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Jim O'Donnell: Poles, Harbaugh, Getsy, Kimmel, Rodgers — NFL dominates the media weekJan 11, 2024 6:00 am - AT LEAST A SLUMBERING SPORTS AMERICA knows how to stay cocooned. Two significant foreign conflicts, disruptive winter weather and the final days until the 2024 Iowa p...
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College Achievers: Gronowski caps junior football season in a big wayJan 08, 2024 5:51 pm - South Dakota State quarterback Mark Gronowski (Neuqua Valley) earned a wealth of honors for his junior football season with the Jackrabbits, none larger than the one ...
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A rivalry reborn? Bears vs. Packers should really heat up in coming yearsJan 07, 2024 7:42 pm - Even though Green Bay beat the Bears on Sunday, it seems like we are about to get a taste of what this rivalry SHOULD be all about in the coming years.
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Who should stay and who should go from Bears? Does it really matter?Jan 07, 2024 6:00 am - Selfishly I root for Justin Fields to remain a Bear, Matt Eberflus, too, though I have no opinion on Luke Getsy, nor would I recognize him at the DMV. All three may depar...
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Jim O'Donnell: Nantz and Romo are nice Lambeau dressing for Bears' low-impact bowl gameJan 07, 2024 6:00 am - THE NEW YEAR FOR THE BEARS officially begins when the scoreboard clock strikes a final 00:00 at Lambeau Field this afternoon. All else has been New Year's Eve. The ga...