Sports Columns
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Jim O'Donnell: If Reinsdorf's team is going, please leave a fresh AL franchise on the South SideDec 10, 2023 7:00 am - ALMOST ALL OF THE BEST PLOTS involving Jerry Reinsdorf only grow thicker and thicker. The man could have been a conceptual adviser to spy novelist John le Carre'. The Wh...
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Was that column written by me, or was it AI trying to imitate me?Dec 10, 2023 6:00 am - So, I asked myself, what is this AI business all about anyhow? Everybody is worried about it. Or are they? Maybe it is AI doing the worrying. Who can tell? More importan...
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Baseball Way Back: Former White Sox announcer's Kennedy assassination connectionDec 09, 2023 6:00 am - White Sox fans of the Dick Allen era might dimly recall Bill Mercer as Harry Caray's broadcast partner on radio station WMAQ-AM in 1974 and 1975. It was not, to say the ...
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LaVine expects to suit up for Bulls when injured foot healsDec 07, 2023 2:00 pm - Injured Bulls guard Zach LaVine met with reporters Thursday to discuss his foot injury and extended absence, but he didn't shed much light on his future with the team. H...
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Take a breath before judging the Hinsdale South situationDec 07, 2023 12:00 am - In a heated emotional moment, it's often best to just take a deep breath. But that's not the world we live in. We're all about hot takes and instant analysis. Judge now...
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Jim O'Donnell: From Vegas overnight, former Daily Herald contributor sharpens sports gaming columnDec 06, 2023 12:00 am - WITH LEGAL SPORTS BETTING now serving as the gateway social morphine for segments of America, the land has never been as littered with so many worthless touts. As the la...
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Following Donovan's preseason strategy pays off for BullsDec 05, 2023 12:00 am - During their two-game winning streak, the Bulls have hit season highs in assists, shot well from 3-point range and created much of their offensive success by getting int...
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It's a championship time of year in so many waysDec 04, 2023 12:00 am - I've got a few miscellaneous thoughts. Some people say those are my best thoughts, the miscellaneous kind. They're not wrong. The wrong call Not that you asked, bu...
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How to know when to stop scoringDec 03, 2023 6:00 am - I once asked one of my favorite coaches why he kept pouring it on when his opponent was clearly beaten. “Son,” he said, “I can't coach both teams.” That was Bobby Bowden...
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Jim O'Donnell: If the Bears abandon Arlington, what about the Cubs and an alternative Wrigley Field?Dec 02, 2023 12:00 am - THE SPECULATION IS MERELY "in the wind." But the longer the Bears allow the land that once housed Arlington Park to lie barren, the more rumors will ripple that Tom Rick...