Sports Columns
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Silvy: These Bears are finally giving us so much to be thankful forNov 27, 2025 8:00 am - Thankful columns at Thanksgiving can be cheesy or cliché, but realistic hope over our favorite team calls for gratitude and appreciation.
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Geneva grad Navigato remembers those ‘fun times’ on the basketball courtNov 26, 2025 5:25 pm - Geneva graduate Nate Navigato is among those to be inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2026.
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You can’t count out the Bears, but can you count on them in the last 6 games?Nov 26, 2025 11:38 am - Sitting in Section 349, high atop the field, I was sure of two things: The Chicago Bears would take the lead in the second half, and the game would come down to the last ...
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Sarley: Tips for staying safe and comfortable while ice fishing this winterNov 26, 2025 10:00 am - It looks to me like winter is finally here. The temps are going the below freezing. It won’t be long before those of us who practice the sport of ice fishing will be able to hit the ice-covered water.
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O’Donnell: Why Williams and the Bears can win at PhiladelphiaNov 25, 2025 9:00 am - WITH ALL OF THE DEBATE AND DISSECTION twirling around the Bears’ second-year QB, here's a surefire dollop of wavy gravy to drop on any Thanksgiving dinner table: “Caleb W...
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Who had the area’s top prep football performances in the semifinals?Nov 24, 2025 4:07 pm - This edition of the High Five honors the area’s top prep football performances from the state semifinals.
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Dietz: As last week showed, young Blackhawks are bound to make mistakesNov 23, 2025 9:03 pm - John Dietz says the young Blackhawks are bound to make mistakes this season, just like they did in a pair of ugly losses last week.
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‘Edgy’ Tim: One key for all 16 IHSA football finalistsNov 23, 2025 3:23 pm - Rivals prep football analyst “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran offers a key for each of the 16 teams playing in IHSA state title games this weekend.
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Harper’s Jim Macnider continues to add to his legacyNov 23, 2025 1:42 pm - On a snowy golf course in Iowa, Harper College cross country coach Jim Macnider earned his 10th NJCAA Division III men’s cross country title to go with five women’s titles, all since 2011.
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O’Donnell: HBO gives it the old hip-hop try with tale of ‘The Super Bowl Shuffle’Nov 22, 2025 10:00 am - IS THERE A FANATIC DOMAIN on the planet subject to harsher outcomes than the one forever enveloping the Chicago Bears? The cruelest dividing line has to do with coinciden...