Sports Columns
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O'Donnell: Tauchman's leap year with Cubs tracks from Palatine to little bit o' SeoulAug 02, 2023 1:00 am - ONE YEAR AGO THURSDAY NIGHT — Aug. 3, 2022 — Mike Tauchman was exactly where he should have been in a professional baseball lineup. That would be batting first and p...
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Ziehm: Crowded field at Illinois Open tees off at FlossmoorJul 31, 2023 1:00 am - The men's 74th Illinois Open teed off on Monday with the potential of having too many players at Flossmoor Golf Club. State-wide qualifying rounds largely determine the ...
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'Those were special times': Now in their 50s, 'Wiffle ball kids' reunite in St. CharlesJul 31, 2023 1:00 am - It seems odd to call them the “Wiffle ball kids.” Yet, that's how I tend to refer to them. They're all successful grown adults in their 50s, but they will always be the ...
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Lincicome: Northwestern hazing scandal still the talk of college footballJul 30, 2023 5:30 am - In other college football news, Alabama is looking for a quarterback, Tennessee was docked $8 million for paying its players, Jim Harbaugh may miss four games for lying,...
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Baseball Way Back: 'It's almost a crime': Costas says Cubs broadcaster Jack Quinlan belongs in Hall of FameJul 29, 2023 1:00 am - When Pat Hughes was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as the 47th recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award, he joined an elite group of Cubs announcers in Cooperstown....
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Jim O'Donnell: The final hockey legacy of Rocky Wirtz is framed by three glorious Stanley CupsJul 26, 2023 1:00 am - WHEN THE SAD AND STUNNING NEWS about Rocky Wirtz broke Tuesday, the best sports lede would have been the most straightforward: "Rocky Wirtz, a man born into wealth and c...
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Ziehm: U of I mainstay in good position to make the PGA leapJul 24, 2023 1:00 am - The Korn Ferry Tour, which visits the Chicago area for the fifth straight year this week, provides a path for young golf stars to get to the PGA Tour. Chicago's stop on ...
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How Naperville baseball fan has been saving game's video legacy since the 1980sJul 22, 2023 1:00 am - Around the late 1970s, home video recorders made it possible for baseball fans to tape their favorite games and relive cherished moments years later with children, grand...
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Jim O'Donnell: Keen young ears laud the Cooperstown weekend of Pat HughesJul 22, 2023 1:00 am - PAT HUGHES WAS HONORED with the Ford C. Frick Award at Cooperstown on Saturday. For the Cubs radio play-by-play man, his family, friends and fans, it is a weekend to cel...
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Ziehm: Women's Western Amateur, Illinois State Amateur tee off this weekJul 17, 2023 1:00 am - Rarely has Illinois been treated to a golf tournament doubleheader as attractive as the one on tap for this week - and it's all about the amateurs. The Women's Western A...