Sports Columns
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Poles put a lot on the line with trade for Montez SweatNov 04, 2023 1:00 am - What is Ryan Poles doing? It's what we are all trying to figure out after yet another tumultuous week at Halas Hall. Is the general manager slowly but surely putting the...
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Bulls switch up starters, then finish poorly in loss to BrooklynNov 03, 2023 4:00 pm - Vincent Price once made a movie forecasting the scene at the United Center on Friday. It was called "Theatre of Blood." Playing on a garish red court, constructed in hon...
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Knight touched, stomped and yelled his way through memorable coaching careerNov 03, 2023 1:00 am - The setting was the press room at Assembly Hall, following a routine regular season basketball game between Indiana and Northwestern in the late 1990s. The game was surp...
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'We built a special bond'; It's hard to accept the end of a seasonNov 03, 2023 1:00 am - The end of a football season is never easy, and that was certainly the case for Prospect High School after a 49-15 loss at Mt. Carmel in the second round of the Class 7A...
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More Friday night college games? No thanks, Friday is for high school footballNov 02, 2023 1:00 am - Big Ten Conference officials aim to schedule more Friday night college football games in the future. Shame on them. At one time it wouldn't be a thought in their greedy ...
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After a sleepy start, Palatine's Ball runs his way into record booksNov 01, 2023 1:00 am - Here is proof you don't always need to be an early bird to catch the worm. On the field Oct. 27 after Neuqua Valley eliminated Palatine in the Class 8A football playoffs...
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Jim O'Donnell: Jim Harbaugh as next head coach of the Bears – imperfectly perfectNov 01, 2023 1:00 am - IF THERE IS A PAPA BEAR IN HEAVEN, George McCaskey and associates must be monitoring events in Ann Arbor with the intensity of creatives at Marvel worrying about the ris...
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'Vibrant' group to be inducted into Illinois Golf Hall of FameOct 31, 2023 1:00 am - The Illinois Golf Hall of Fame will induct its 20th class on Nov. 10, and selection committee chairman Tim Cronin says "it couldn't be more diverse or vibrant." Heading ...
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Rising through the ranks: Wheeling's Kuzmanic sisters now making a name for themselves in coachingOct 29, 2023 1:00 am - When they played basketball at Wheeling High School, the Kuzmanic sisters were synonymous with success. During their years as Wildcats, the three sisters were part of a ...
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Baseball Way Back: A DH born too soonOct 28, 2023 1:00 am - Smead Jolley could have been one of baseball's great designated hitters. But baseball didn't have the DH in 1930. And that proved tragic for Jolley, whose big-league car...