Sports Columns
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Jim O'Donnell: The beat goes on - a holiday weekend to look back with gratitudeNov 27, 2022 5:00 am - TIM WEIGEL ALWAYS SAID that he thought his No. 1 professional "skill" was recognizing when a window of opportunity was opening. Too many years ago, a window for a sports...
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O'Donnell: Kmet heads the November “In” crowd but why don't Bears shut Fields down?Nov 20, 2022 4:00 am - CLOWNS TO THE LEFT, turkeys to the right, stuck in the middle of a frosty November weekend with the latest monthly installment of Ins and Outs: • In — Cole Kmet — Way in...
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Lincicome: I'm here to tell you everything you need to know about the World CupNov 20, 2022 4:00 am - There is no reward for knowing everything about soccer, which I do. I have covered it, coached it, played it. I toured with it, tippled with its legends. I lost a gig at...
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Jim O'Donnell: Jon Stewart reaches for new insight into Kyrie, Kanye and Dave ChappelleNov 16, 2022 12:00 am - JON STEWART IS AN ACQUIRED TASTE who will never play well in the William Henry Harrison Room at the VFW in Osceola, Indiana. But Tuesday night on "Colbert," the comic-p...
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Lincicome: What should we call Justin Fields? Right now, it's hard to sayNov 13, 2022 5:30 am - By Bernie Lincicome Daily Herald columnist Clearly, Justin Fields needs to be redefined. He is not a quarterback, though he should be. He is not a running back, though h...
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Jim O'Donnell: 20 years later, Arlington's 'Fix Six" Breeders' Cup scandal still resonatesNov 13, 2022 5:30 am - THEY HELD THE 2022 BREEDERS' CUP last weekend at churchly Keeneland in the once-bucolic countryside of Lexington, Kentucky. On NBC, the crescendoing races of the floral-...
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O'Donnell: Forget about Bobby Douglass, Justin Fields' new best friend is the safety slideNov 09, 2022 12:00 am - IF THE BEARS GET LUCKY, Justin Fields will never again rush for 178 yards as he did last Sunday at Soldier Field. He won't even come close. The Bears lost to Miami, 35-3...
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Lincicome: In hiring Grifol, White Sox do the wrong thing againNov 06, 2022 5:00 am - By Bernie Lincicome Daily Herald sports columnist It has been reliably reported that the White Sox have hired the bench coach of a last-place baseball team to replace a ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Michael Jordan and Julius Erving would be steering Kyrie Irving far differentlyNov 06, 2022 5:00 am - IT'S TOO BAD THAT KYRIE IRVING couldn't have been privy to an off-court conversation that Michael Jordan and Julius Erving once had. The topic was "image management." Dr...
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Jim O'Donnell: One very public bump later, Rafer Weigel is set for a TV news comebackNov 02, 2022 1:00 am - THREE YEARS AGO, Rafer Weigel got caught in a wicked crossfire on Love Street. The talented Chicago TV journalist was scarlet-lettered by two ferociously battling women ...