Sports Columns
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Baseball Way Back: From Cubs All-Star to Giant successOct 22, 2023 7:00 am - Part 3 of 3 When looking back on Shawon Dunston's career with the Cubs, one can't help thinking of the iconic image of the Shawon-O-Meter. The 30-by-40-inch sign with re...
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Jim O'Donnell: If only the trade of Fields would mean enormous futuristic changes at Hollow HallOct 22, 2023 7:00 am - IMAGINE THAT SUDDENLY HOVERING over Halas Hall was a merciful associate pro football god. Kind of like a bigger Babbitt than Roger Goodell, only with civic empathy and e...
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Film study: Are Bears able to change bad plays? There were plenty vs. VikingsOct 20, 2023 1:00 am - The all-22 game film from Sunday's loss to Minnesota wasn't any less discouraging than the live action. While the Bears defense is making minor improvements, the offense...
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Coines of the realm: Maine South has found another quarterbackOct 20, 2023 1:00 am - Becoming a starting quarterback at any of Illinois' most storied football programs normally begins years before a young man enters high school. But sometimes - as in the...
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No excuses: The league is showing the Blackhawks where they need to improveOct 20, 2023 1:00 am - In the big picture the Blackhawks' five-game road trip to open the season went fairly well. But Nick Foligno wasn't in the mood to widen the lens after the Hawks were th...
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Time for Bulls to get serious after lackluster preseasonOct 19, 2023 11:00 am - Preseason generally doesn't mean much in the NBA, especially the wins and losses, since it's usually subs and G-Leaguers on the court in the fourth quarters. The Bulls f...
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Jim O'Donnell: The only thing that Tyson Bagent has to fear is Getsy's offense itselfOct 18, 2023 1:00 am - BY NOW, ANYONE WHO CARES knows that Bears rookie Tyson Bagent threw for 17,034 yards and 159 touchdowns in five seasons at D-II Shepherd University in West Virginia. Tho...
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As predicted, girls flag football growing by leaps and bounds, and not just in IllinoisOct 18, 2023 1:00 am - Rachel Karos was correct. In a visit to Willowbrook High School for a September story on girls flag football, Karos, the Warriors' co-head coach along with Nick Hildreth...
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MLB's postseason surprises a guide for CubsOct 16, 2023 3:00 pm - Two rounds of MLB playoffs have provided some important lessons, particularly for a team like the Cubs with ambitions of joining the party. The Cubs finished two games s...
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Former NIU head coach snags a Big Ten promotionOct 16, 2023 2:00 pm - After six seasons in DeKalb, Rod Carey was feeling restless, pressured. Not sure exactly, but there must have been some reason he resigned at Northern Illinois and moved...