Sports Columns
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Jim O'Donnell: Ten-star lock to scratch a risk itch and win on Super Bowl SundayFeb 12, 2023 4:30 am - SUPER BOWL SUNDAY TENDS TO BRING OUT the speculator within. From Q-tips at the American Legion Hall with their $1 squares to seriously buried types and their illegal onl...
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Lincicome: Jordan still the greatest despite LeBron breaking recordFeb 12, 2023 4:30 am - My first review of LeBron James, the basketball player, suggested that the teenager, already festooned with tattoos, ought to have one that read, "Some assembly required...
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O'Donnell: Cubs, Bears, Sox - where didn't Andy McKenna leave his mark?Feb 08, 2023 12:00 am - IN THE IMMEDIATE MOMENTS after Harry Caray called his inaugural game at Wrigley Field as a Cubs play-by-play man, he wanted to see only one man. And it wasn't Milo Hamil...
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Jim O'Donnell: Online series about Arlington Park auctions is Kleenex reading for someFeb 05, 2023 4:30 am - AS A GENERAL RULE, autopsy reports are not recommended reading for the "Headspace"/meditation crowd. And some might say that Patti Davis did not produce merely a summary...
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AP source: Kyrie Irving going to the Dallas MavericksFeb 05, 2023 12:00 am - Kyrie Irving is getting his wish. He's getting traded. And Luka Doncic is getting another All-Star to help him in Dallas. The Mavericks and Brooklyn Nets agreed Sunday o...
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Jim O'Donnell: Both "The Score" and AM-1000 remain lost in spaceFeb 01, 2023 12:00 am - TAKE ONE FLOUNDERING CAPTIVE SPORTS CITY and mix in two feeble sports talk radio stations and what's the result? Like Billy Preston once sang, "Nothin' from nothin' leav...
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Arkush: Decision to trade No. 1 overall pick should be an easy one for Bears GM PolesJan 25, 2023 12:00 am - The Bears took care of their most important decision in decades last week when Kevin Warren was introduced as the franchise's next president and CEO. Next up — and almos...
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Jim O'Donnell: Swanson, Benintendi stoke the hot stove Ins and Outs of a clement JanuaryJan 22, 2023 5:00 am - MILD ADO ABOUT SOMETHING, spotlighting highs and lows as the inexorable trek toward Super Bowl 57 rambles on: In - Applauding the return of some Hot Stove League to Chi...
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Henderson gets LPGA season off to a good startJan 22, 2023 12:00 am - By Len Ziehm Daily Herald Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. - Funny thing about the LPGA. The premier women's tour in golf ended its 2022 season and started its 2023 campaign ...
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O'Donnell: Kevin Warren is no saint and that's the way Bears fans should like itJan 15, 2023 5:30 am - THE FIRST WAVE OF CHICAGO MEDIA REACTION to the hiring of Kevin Warren as next president of the Bears pushed the man to the doorstep of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It...