Sports Columns
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Jim O'Donnell: Some readers rage, while some support the decision to fire Pat FitzgeraldJul 16, 2023 5:30 am - NINE DAYS AFTER THE INITIAL SALVO involving Pat Fitzgerald exploded at Northwestern, intense analysis of the disposition of the matter by university president Michael Sc...
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Baseball Way Back: Former Sox pitcher, executive, scout Monroe shares memories of Jordan, Reinsdorf, World SeriesJul 14, 2023 1:00 am - Part 3 of 3 Larry Monroe had a dizzying ascent from Forest View High School pitching phenom to 20-year-old White Sox rookie in the final six weeks of the 1976 season. B...
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Jim O'Donnell: A minority of one - without more complete facts, Pat Fitzgerald is being railroadedJul 12, 2023 1:00 am - IN A FORUM AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, Ted Koppel told host Marvin Kalb, "We're so enchanted with our ability to be fast that I think we've sometimes lost connection wit...
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Lincicome: All Star Games may be silly, but they're still great resume boostsJul 09, 2023 5:30 am - All-Star Games are, of course, silly, all of them, pointless and harmless, unless someone gets hurt, which is why the NFL banned tackling, and Hawaii for that matter, no...
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Jim O'Donnell: Carstanjen, Baffert going longer on Kentucky Derby battle of willsJul 09, 2023 5:30 am - THE IMPERIAL ATTITUDE CONTINUES to ooze out of the money-gulping halls of the burgoo kings at Churchill Downs Inc. The decision of Bunker Bill Carstanjen to extend the b...
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Sepp Straka nears tournament record Sunday to win John Deere ClassicJul 09, 2023 1:00 am - SILVIS, Ill. - Low numbers are nothing new at the John Deere Classic, and Sunday was no exception. Sepp Straka, far down the leaderboard at the start of the final round,...
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Will Alex Smalley add his name to first-time PGA winners after hot Saturday round at JDC?Jul 08, 2023 1:00 am - By Len Ziehm SILVIS, Ill. - Every year a prominent storyline at the John Deere Classic is who will be the next first-time winner on the PGA Tour. This year is no except...
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Baseball Way Back: Two years out of high school, pitcher Larry Monroe had a quick taste of big-league lifeJul 08, 2023 1:00 am - Part 2 of 3 Months after the White Sox selected Larry Monroe in the first round of the 1974 major league free agent player draft, he faced his first big league hitter. I...
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O'Donnell: Fight over Bears at Arlington Park grows as CDI sends statue to SaratogaJul 05, 2023 1:00 am - BATTLE LINES ARE BEING intensified between some residents of Arlington Heights and elected village officials over the specter of the Chicago Bears building a new sta...
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Ziehm: John Deere Classic has some new features, familiar namesJul 03, 2023 1:00 am - The John Deere Classic tees off for the 52nd time on Thursday with a new tournament director, a pro-am with a celebrity participant whose fame comes in basketball, a pai...