Sports Columns
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O'Donnell: PGA-LIV alliance is a golf marriage fit for the hottest fires on EarthJun 07, 2023 1:00 am - THAT EERIE HAZE IN THE AMERICAN AIR - is it from wildfires in Canada or the decision of PGA Tour management to merge with the blood-washing LIV? In the blink of a news r...
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Hardy, Streelman survive 'Longest Day in Golf' to qualify for U.S. OpenJun 06, 2023 1:00 am - The "Longest Day in Golf" always produces plenty of drama, but this year's - held on Monday - was particularly interesting. The ten 36-hole sectional qualifying tourname...
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Ziehm: Northwestern legend Luke Donald ramps up play ahead of Ryder CupJun 05, 2023 1:00 am - Luke Donald, a golfing legend from his days at Northwestern, was the No. 1 player in the world for 56 weeks back in 2011 and 2012. Then, after battling back problems, hi...
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Jim O'Donnell: Have Kevin Warren and the Bears found their golden crowbar in Naperville?Jun 04, 2023 5:30 am - WHEN BEARS PRESIDENT KEVIN WARREN met Naperville Mayor Scott Wehrli to discuss the possibility of a new Bears stadium in the giant west suburb, the password was "leverag...
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Lincicome: These NBA Finals lack serious star powerJun 04, 2023 5:00 am - Don't know the Denver Nuggets. Don't know the Miami Heat. Their fault, not mine. Each one thinks I should know them, you should, we all should. No one respects them. Poo...
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Super Monday promises lots of super baseball, softball gamesJun 04, 2023 1:00 am - It's called Super Monday for more reasons than one. It's supersectional Monday in IHSA Class 3A and 4A baseball and softball, and over the years Super Monday has proved...
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Ziehm: How two-time Illinois Open champ Cooke figured into Schwab Challenge dramaMay 29, 2023 1:00 am - The high drama at Sunday's Charles Schwab Challenge on the PGA Tour centered on the eventual winner, Emiliano Grillo, and Adam Schenk, the loser in a two-hole playoff to...
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Lincicome: While the Indy 500 is no longer the greatest anything, it still is a spectacleMay 28, 2023 1:00 am - I see by the ambulances lined up there in Turn 2 of the Old Brickyard, it is time once again for the Indianapolis 500, an American institution, as is, I might add, Arlin...
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Breaking down key postseason matchups in a busy week for high school sportsMay 28, 2023 1:00 am - Is it June yet? During the many years I spent as a full-time high school sports writer and editor, we would start asking that question during the blizzards of winter, an...
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Jim O'Donnell: "Last Dance," last chance at predicting a perfect Michael Jordan endingMay 28, 2023 1:00 am - THERE WAS A STRONG SENSE that it was instant sports history - a place in time that might endure forever. There were more subtle underpinnings that it would be a singular...