Sports Columns
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Baseball Way Back: Could "Winning ugly" return to the South Side?May 13, 2023 1:00 am - A lot of my fellow White Sox fans have already written off the 2023 season. It's hard not to join them in focusing instead on the Blackhawks draft or the upcoming Bears ...
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Battle of a lifetime: How community is getting behind Fremd basketball coach who is fighting brain cancerMay 12, 2023 1:00 am - What started out as a simple trip to the emergency room, if there is such a thing, has turned into the challenge of a lifetime for Dave and Kathy Yates and their family....
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O'Donnell: Arlington Park fans can take some comfort in so-so TV ratings of the '23 Kentucky DerbyMay 10, 2023 1:00 am - TO THE REMAINING FANS of racing at Arlington Park, there could have been a dandy fantasy daily double on Kentucky Derby Day last weekend. First leg, Larry Rivelli's Chic...
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Fox softball notes: St. Charles North's road to a repeat goes through home fieldMay 10, 2023 1:00 am - The IHSA will release pairings for the Class 3A and 4A softball postseason later this week, but with seeds now established one thing is clear, and that is if defending 4...
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Hub Arkush: Which Bears undrafted free agents have best chance to be this year's Jack Sanborn?May 10, 2023 1:00 am - I think most would agree the 2022 season wasn't very enjoyable for the Bears. I also suspect we might agree the best story - and biggest surprise - was the development o...
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Ziehm: Rockford's Chris French will compete in the PGA ChampionshipMay 08, 2023 1:00 am - Having an Illinois club professional in the PGA Championship is a rarity, but there will be one this year. Chris French of Rockford made it into the field for the year's...
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Jim O'Donnell: Rivelli says that the Preakness is a 'no go' for Two Phil'sMay 08, 2023 1:00 am - PLEASE HOLD ALL Maryland crabcakes. Two days after his Two Phil's took a lead in the stretch of the Kentucky Derby before finishing a game second, trainer Larry Rive...
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Lincicome: Sell the team? To whom? And why bother?May 07, 2023 5:30 am - The rumor is that White Sox fans are unhappy, old news if news at all. Misery is the price of devotion to Sox World. Calluses are accumulated, resentments hoarded, and u...
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Jim O'Donnell: Like Duchossois, will Reinsdorf try and take his playground with him?May 07, 2023 5:30 am - SOMETIME AROUND 1992, retired Arlington Park COO Sheldon Robbins - a brilliant businessman - predicted that if Dick Duchossois could one day take his regal racetrack wit...
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Local Fare: NCC volleyball thrilled with dream seasonMay 07, 2023 1:00 am - North Central College has not been immune to athletic success in recent years. Most notably, the Cardinals' football program won the NCAA Division III national football ...