Sports Columns
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How high school coaches are helping ensure 9/11 is never forgottenSep 11, 2023 5:00 am - 9/11. Like Pearl Harbor Day (December 7), or the day JFK was assassinated (November 22), 9/11 is a day that will forever live in infamy. That day in 2001, when terrorist...
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Ziehm: Why Luke Donald is under fire for his Ryder Cup picksSep 11, 2023 1:00 am - The rosters are set for the Ryder Cup matches and, as usual, the captains are catching heat for some of their selections. Europe's Luke Donald, though, is catching much ...
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Lincicome: How will Bears fare this season? That largely depends on QB FieldsSep 10, 2023 5:30 am - The Bears have cleverly dodged expectations for the football season, meaning that success is a surprise and failure is an assumption. The general view among those who vi...
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Jim O'Donnell: NFL lords trying to prompt laughter at growing public perception of on-field fantasySep 10, 2023 5:30 am - A FEW WEEKS AGO, the National Football League announced the debut of "a humorous brand campaign" for the 2023 season titled "You Can't Make This Stuff Up." The idea is t...
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Jim O'Donnell: One particular essay perfectly captures so many of Buffett's Chicago sports linksSep 06, 2023 1:00 am - JIMMY BUFFETT CROSSED THE PARROTHEAD BRIDGE last weekend with three great sports passions - the Cubs, the New Orleans Saints and the Miami Heat. By virtue of his Gulf Co...
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Rich Harvest ready to 'put on a good show' when LIV Golf returns to the suburbsSep 04, 2023 1:00 am - Last year's Illinois golf season had a late addition, a tournament called LIV Tour Chicago staged at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove. The LIV Tour was a new thing then...
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Lincicome: Getz hire as GM proves White Sox have little urgency to winSep 03, 2023 5:30 am - It is not often that an owner of a sports team admits to reading, which is a confession that immediately dates a person, like knowing the words to "Maggie's Farm," or re...
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Jim O'Donnell: Even Michael Jordan is acknowledging Tim Hallam's amazing run with the BullsSep 03, 2023 1:00 am - TIM HALLAM WAS DAVID SPADE before David Spade was David Spade. That means he's been smart, on top of human folly and always capable of another caustic gear. For the past...
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O'Donnell: Jim Rose's 'Angry Young Man' helped fuel a 41-year run at Channel 7Aug 30, 2023 1:00 am - JIM ROSE IS RETIRING after 41 years at WLS-Channel 7 Sports. His final regular on-air appearance will be Sept. 15. That “41” is a long number. (Some superstitious ga...
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Jim O'Donnell: Bellinger, Hoyer and Notre Dame to the Big Ten - the Ins and Outs of AugustAug 27, 2023 5:30 am - COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S ALREADY IN THE AIR and the NFL less than two weeks away: Isn't that why the Gregorian calendar has a September? Hot stuffs, cool punts, even if it's o...