Sports Columns
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2033 U.S. Women's Open coming to Chicago Golf ClubNov 01, 2022 10:00 am - Chicago's dryspell in hosting major golf championships is over. The U.S. Golf Association announced Tuesday that Chicago Golf Club, in Wheaton, will be the site of the 2...
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Director of John Deere Classic leaving on high noteOct 31, 2022 1:00 am - The tournament director of Illinois' only annual PGA Tour event will be leaving his post on a record high. Clair Peterson, who officially ends his 20-year stint leading ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Even after ditching March Madness, Jim Nantz still has many CBS telecasts to goOct 30, 2022 6:30 am - SINCE JIM NANTZ CONFIRMED that the 2023 Men's Final Four will be his last for CBS / Turner, speculation has been swirling about when he's going to walk away from the Mas...
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Bernie Lincicome: Brady, Rodgers prove old athletes never quit, they just dream onOct 30, 2022 5:00 am - The popular mock of the day is, and it has been for several weeks, the once impeccable Tom Brady, America's quarterback, now something else. Likewise, without regret, th...
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Jim O'Donnell: Are the Bears and Arlington Heights on a road to nowhere?Oct 26, 2022 1:00 am - AS WORLD WAR I wound down, the former German chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg was asked how such a catastrophic event could have happened. His reply: “Ah, if onl...
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Jim O'Donnell: Olczyk's bittersweet return to the United Center all about unstated valuesOct 23, 2022 6:00 am - EDDIE OLCZYK WILL RETURN to the United Center Sunday afternoon. If he can stand the stink. After 16 seasons in the Blackhawks broadcast booth, the distinctive Chicago na...
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Jim O'Donnell: Will ESPN's "GameDay" continue to ignore the Bielema renaissance at Illinois?Oct 19, 2022 1:00 am - FOR THE FIRST TIME in a long time, University of Illinois football fans don't have to flip Big Ten-West standings upside down to see how their team is doing. The No. 18 ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Getsy should go, Fields should steady and more October Ins and OutsOct 16, 2022 6:00 am - CRAYOLA ORANGE HELMETS on the homies at Soldier Field and blue Bears fans - a perfect weekend for October Ins and Outs on a depressed Chicago sports scape: • In - Callin...
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Lincicome: Possible 'just not quite good enough' is the best we can expect from these BearsOct 16, 2022 6:00 am - The claim by Justin Fields himself that he is "an NFL quarterback" would be reassuring if someone else had made it, or if the usual markers of such things, like the scor...
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Jim O'Donnell: On TV or on the field, the password at Soldier Field on Thursday will be 'struggle'Oct 12, 2022 1:00 am - FOUR STRUGGLING TEAMS will hover around Soldier Field Thursday night. On the Martian turf, it'll be the Bears vs. the listing Washington Commanders. Behind the cameras, ...