Sports Columns
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Holiday sports content you won’t find anywhere elseDec 24, 2023 6:00 am - Without apology to YouTube nor with any endorsement of other internet mind wasters, I searched various posts and uploads for seasonal sports content and found an impressi...
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Silvy: Never let continuity get in the way of getting better. Eberflus has to goDec 21, 2023 9:00 am - So much for that playoff dream. For a week the optimism was flowing. For three quarters on Sunday, the Bears fueled the postseason fire like a burning yule log. We were t...
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Jim O'Donnell: The truth could set Justin Fields freeDec 21, 2023 6:00 am - IN A PERFECT SPORTS MEDIA WORLD, Justin Fields would shed his muzzle, step up to the microphones at Halas Hall and let loose an unabridged summary of his three season...
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At 40 years old, the Dundee-Crown Charger-Komaromy Classic is still his babyDec 21, 2023 6:00 am - Retired Chargers coach Joe Komaromy comes from Florida home to run holiday tournament
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Jim O’Donnell: Sports talk radio in Chicago – is it still there?Dec 17, 2023 6:00 am - THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO THINGS more boring than listening to sports talk radio in Chicago. One is writing about it. A second is reading about it. So let’s get this obl...
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Column: Time for Belichick to leave on his terms (sort of), before he's shoved out the doorDec 15, 2023 8:24 pm - This is starting to feel like Tom Landry's final days as an NFL coach, just before he was ingloriously put out to pasture. Or maybe it will be more akin to Don Shula, who...
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Silvy: Bears suddenly give us reason to dreamDec 14, 2023 5:16 pm - Welcome to the Bears biggest game since 2020. Amazing, isn’t it? Who would’ve ever thought at the end of September that this team would be playing meaningful games in the...
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Bears Film Study sees a return to familiar traditionDec 13, 2023 9:10 pm - Film Study took a bit of a vacation. When we left off, the Bears were showing signs of fielding a defense more consistent with team history. Based on Sunday’s win over th...
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O’Donnell: Doctor, doctor, give me the score – NFL ‘23 on quite a roll with house callsDec 13, 2023 4:13 pm - BY NOW, ANYONE WHO CARES realizes that NFL games can easily be doctored. Under existing federal law, according to author Brian Tuohy, that’s all perfectly legal regar...
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'College Achievers': Updates on local athletes at the next levelDec 11, 2023 12:00 am - It's like a super-super senior edition. Back in the day, three times a year the prep sports-based Sidelines column would be devoted to something called “College Achiever...