Sports Columns
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Autumn mellows for Johnny Morris after two remarkable Chicago careersOct 01, 2023 5:30 am - JOHNNY MORRIS CELEBRATED his 88th birthday this week. Ol' No. 47 is hale, well and missing Dick Duchossois and Arlington Park. Duchossois and Morris had an extraordinary...
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6 things to know as high school football heads into the home stretchOct 01, 2023 1:00 am - Is it really October already? The calendar page from September to October sure seemed to flip in a hurry, and here we are heading into the final three weeks of the high ...
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Baseball Way Back: Dunston remembers his road to WrigleySep 30, 2023 1:00 am - Part 1 of 3 The No. 1 pick in baseball's 1982 amateur draft wasn't Dwight Gooden, Bo Jackson, Barry Larkin or Barry Bonds. All of those future major leaguers were chosen...
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Jim O'Donnell: Pat Fitzgerald is close to filing a mega-million lawsuit against NorthwesternSep 28, 2023 6:00 am - ANY HINT OF ALL'S QUIET on the Northwestern legal-and-athletics front is about to end. Former football coach Pat Fitzgerald is working toward finalization of a lawsuit a...
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Never a typical day: How Huntley sports family balances work, playSep 26, 2023 1:00 am - When Mike and Karen Naymola retire to their Anna Maria Island beachfront villa on Florida's Suncoast, they can spend their free time writing a book. An appropriate title...
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DeChambeau on Ryder Cup lineup: 'Would have been nice to ... have a call from Zach'Sep 25, 2023 1:00 am - The results of Sunday's LIV Chicago tourney at Rich Harvest Farms create the need for another look at the U.S. team for this week's Ryder Cup in Italy. Captain Zach John...
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Lincicome: Now even Justin Fields is saying he's not an NFL quarterbackSep 24, 2023 5:30 am - The admission by Justin Fields that he is not an NFL quarterback comes as no surprise to those of us who have been saying so since ... well, since before he was drafted ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Fields didn't go far enough in speaking truths about his rough run with the BearsSep 24, 2023 5:30 am - THE PROBLEM WITH JUSTIN FIELDS isn't Justin Fields. The problem Fields has faced this week is that he's the focal point of a nightmarish team/media/blind-bat fans ecosys...
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DeChambeau delivers again, wins LIV tournament at Rich HarvestSep 24, 2023 1:00 am - Golf drama doesn't get any better than this. Bryson DeChambeau delivered it in Illinois for the third time on Sunday to win the LIV Chicago tournament at Rich Harvest Fa...
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Koepka's LIV play not a promising sign for Ryder, Munoz out to 3 stroke lead at Rich HarvestSep 23, 2023 1:00 am - You'd think this week's LIV tourney would - with all its crowd noise, music and other distractions - offer Brooks Koepka good preparation for next week's Ryder Cup in It...