Sports Columns
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Bears GM Ryan Poles is disappointed that Roquan Smith wants a trade. Can he fix the situation?Aug 09, 2022 1:00 am - Instead of a fun-loving Family Day at Soldier Field on Tuesday, the Bears received the equivalent of divorce papers from Roquan Smith. Acting as his own agent and trying...
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Hub Arkush: Six Bears who could enjoy breakout seasonsAug 08, 2022 1:00 am - It's official: the dog days of NFL training camps have arrived. At Halas Hall, if ever a crew needed their boat rocked a bit, a change of venue and perhaps even a solid ...
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Lincicome: Don't blame the Bears if the Sox take a tumbleAug 06, 2022 1:00 am - I see by the calendar on my Fitbit it is time to play Pick an Alibi. It has not escaped my attention that the local baseball season has turned pretty much into oatmeal, ...
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High school basketball game the spark for Radtke's careerAug 06, 2022 1:00 am - The exact date escapes me, but it was a cold December night in 1974. The venue was the Genoa-Kingston High School gymnasium, and it was a basketball game between the hos...
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Zalusky: How Vin Scully brought his trademark eloquence to Chicago baseball momentsAug 06, 2022 1:00 am - The voice of Vin Scully will forever be wedded to Dodger nation. But the legendary broadcaster, who died Tuesday at age 94, also presided over some significant moments i...
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Ross stays open to Hendricks, Heyward return this seasonAug 05, 2022 12:00 pm - With nothing at stake for the Cubs the rest of the way, there doesn't appear to be much need for pitcher Kyle Hendricks or outfielder Jason Heyward to return from injuri...
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Jim O'Donnell: Hot flash - Jay Mariotti considers an unauthorized biography of Jerry ReinsdorfAug 05, 2022 1:00 am - IT IS A MATCH MADE in sports publishing heaven: Jerry Reinsdorf and Jay Mariotti. Two longtime antagonists, as simpatico as Yosemite Sam and Bugs Bunny, inside of the sa...
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Hub: The longer Roquan Smith 'holds in,' the more LB becomes a position of concernAug 05, 2022 1:00 am - When a team is rebuilding from basically the ground up, there are rarely any sure things at any position. But throughout the late winter, spring and summer, one position...
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Hub: Watson's behavior has been laid bare for all to see; can the NFL get the punishment right?Aug 04, 2022 1:00 am - When the honorable Sue L. Robinson - the retired federal judge jointly selected and appointed as "Disciplinary Officer" by the National Football League and the NFL Playe...
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Contreras, Happ glad to stay with Cubs, but how long will it last?Aug 03, 2022 11:00 am - When the night was over and Willson Contreras was still standing in front of the same locker, he admitted no one ever told him he was likely to be traded from the Cubs. ...