Sports Columns
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Why Warren hire is curious for both Bears, Big TenJan 15, 2023 5:00 am - It is not unusual for the Bears to move the furniture around after littering another season with their own special kind of feng shui; that is, making an odor seem like a...
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Jim O'Donnell: Amid the softballs, Ryan Poles faced nary a query about the lost impact of Roquan SmithJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - IF BEARS MANAGEMENT EVER HAS TO fill out a loan application to complete the purchase of the Arlington Park land, there's one asset that should be high up on any list. Th...
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Ziehm: Northbrook golfer Hardy signs deal as PGA Tour ambassador for Swag GolfJan 10, 2023 12:00 am - Northbrook's Nick Hardy will be a more colorful player when he begins the 2023 portion of his second season on the PGA Tour at this week's Sony Open in Hawaii. It's the ...
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Lincicome: Football is a violent sport. And that's the way we like itJan 08, 2023 5:30 am - There is no sport without pain, theirs not ours, though I have seen the parking lot at Lambeau Field turn unfriendly for visitors. And risk. Without risk, sports is danc...
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O'Donnell: Damar Hamlin's collapse recalls only NFL player to die on field, in 1971 Bears gameJan 02, 2023 11:05 pm - THE CATASTROPHIC INCIDENT involving Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin on "Monday Night Football" brought terrible memories back to more seasoned Bears fans. On Sunday afternoo...
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Jim O'Donnell: So this is New Year's? No shaking the shackles in The Captive Sports CityJan 01, 2023 12:00 am - THE GHOSTS OF HOLIDAYS PAST - for whatever torturous reason - commanded a December eve trip to Chicago's black-magicked Boul Mich. There were no flash mobs, which was a ...
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Lincicome: Yes, Justin Fields beats expectations - low onesDec 31, 2022 12:00 am - The obligation to excuse Justin Fields persists in spite of an eight-game losing streak, a quarterback rating somewhere in the pile of used laundry and history's harsh r...
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Jim O'Donnell: Even when Ditka didn't want him, Jim Harbaugh and his iron will never waveredDec 28, 2022 12:00 am - THE FIRST MEETING WITH JIM HARBAUGH was memorable. So memorable that it's odd to likely be pulling for Harbaugh and No. 2 Michigan (13-0) to beat Max Duggan and No. 3 TC...
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These "Bernies" honor exactly what kind of year it was in sportsDec 25, 2022 12:00 am - Time once again for the annual "Bernies," awards designed to sum up just what kind of year it was in sports. Drumroll, please. "Even adjusting for inflation, sports sala...
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Jim O'Donnell: Churchill Inc. moving Arlington Million from Kentucky to Virginia - but why?Dec 25, 2022 12:00 am - BEFORE THE MAIN BUILDING at Arlington Park is taken down, Bunker Bill Carstanjen and cohorts at Churchill Downs Inc. may want to sift through all of the cinders on the m...