Sports Columns
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Jim O'Donnell: Arlington demolition means hang time of the Bears is coming to an endJun 18, 2023 5:30 am - WHO WOULD CRY for a falling racetrack? Beggar men. Thieves. Excessive sentimentalists. People who sob at garage sales. Someone recently jarted: "When will the next tearf...
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Baseball Way Back: Part 2 of our chat with Roe Skidmore, the player who might have suceeded Ernie BanksJun 17, 2023 1:00 am - Part 2 of 2 Roe Skidmore didn't need 3,000 hits to grab a share of baseball immortality. All he needed was one. Skidmore belongs to a rare group of players who own a per...
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O'Donnell: Kevin Warren's Bears stadium standup already drawing chuckles in Arlington HeightsJun 14, 2023 1:00 am - FOR AN "AT RISK" SUBURB, Arlington Heights is somehow maintaining a remarkable civic placidity. Children still play. Birds sing. Stentorian trustee Jim Tinaglia - an amb...
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Illini alum Feagles shoots sub-60 round on Korn Ferry TourJun 12, 2023 1:00 am - Michael Feagles, one of the University of Illinois' stars of the recent past, shot the ninth sub-60 score in the history of the Korn Ferry Tour at last week's BMW Charit...
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Lincicome: PGA-LIV merger reminds us selfishness, golf have always been companionsJun 11, 2023 5:30 am - Professional golf, at its happiest, was fronted by singers, comedians and airlines, all of whom are now defunct, National Airlines missed less than Jackie Gleason. Mone...
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Baseball Way Back: A conversation with Roe Skidmore, the Cubs one-hit wonderJun 11, 2023 1:00 am - Part 1 of 2 In my early days of watching baseball, I nurtured a passion for baseball statistics. Other than the multiplication table, it was the only area of math where ...
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IHSA's Anderson on the year in prep sports, girls flag football, NIL deals and moreJun 11, 2023 1:00 am - With the 2022-23 high school sports year now in the memory books, we figured it would be a fitting end to the year to have a chat with Illinois High School Association e...
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Arkush: The Bears have a better receiving corps. Can Justin Fields take advantage of that?Jun 08, 2023 1:00 am - When evaluating Justin Fields' 2022 season - in particular his leading the 32nd-ranked passing game in the NFL - a large chunk of the conversation has centered around th...
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Len Ziehm: If LIV-PGA merger brings peace, it could be a good thing for the golf worldJun 07, 2023 1:00 am - I had just begun a 10-hour drive back home to Sarasota, Fla., when I got the word, via a phone call, of the "merger" between the PGA Tour, the DP World Tour and the LIV ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Acclaimed broadcaster Pang will join Blackhawks booth next seasonJun 07, 2023 1:00 am - INDIANA JONES FACED FEWER PERILS than the one Darren Pang is apparently about to take on. Multiple sources are reporting that the acclaimed NHL broadcaster will join the...