Sports Columns
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Bears training camp preview: Offensive line still a work in progressJul 10, 2022 1:00 am - Fifth in a series It's hard to say which group will be more critical to the offense and the development of quarterback Justin Fields: the tackles or the wide receiv...
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Zalusky: Umpires are the third team on the baseball fieldJul 09, 2022 1:00 am - Former American League umpire Al Clark, the only ump to wear his name on his cap, once wrote there are three teams on a baseball field. The third team is the umpiring cr...
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Bears training camp preview: Tight ends more important than everJul 09, 2022 1:00 am - Fourth in a series The tight ends group will take on added importance for these Bears in part because of the lack of high-end prospects in the wide receiver group a...
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O'Donnell: O'Bradovich remembers hanging with James Caan, and offers thoughts on BearsJul 08, 2022 1:00 am - WHEN THE CREDITS FIRST RAN for the enduring 1971 telepic "Brian's Song," three members of that era's Chicago Bears entourage drew individual listings for playing themsel...
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Lincicome: Gerrymandered Big 10 probably has room for moreJul 08, 2022 1:00 am - As we all know, the Big 10 is Michigan, Ohio State and a bunch of schools whose names begin with "I." It is as Midwestern as corn and apologizes to no one for being able...
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Blackhawks deal DeBrincat and Dach for draft picks, take defenseman Kevin Korchinski with No. 7 pickJul 07, 2022 1:00 am - Knee-jerk reactions are always risky. Because in the end you can be dead wrong. But the Blackhawks trading Alex DeBrincat to Ottawa on Thursday for three draft picks (th...
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Cubs place starter Hendricks on IL with shoulder strainJul 06, 2022 2:00 pm - The Cubs placed pitcher Kyle Hendricks on the 15-day injured list before Wednesday's game in Milwaukee with a right shoulder strain. Hendricks lasted just 3 innings in h...
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O'Donnell: For Mike Leiderman, Highland Park was a tolerant, safe haven now grossly violatedJul 06, 2022 1:00 am - MIKE LEIDERMAN REMAINS one of the lost gems in the history of Chicago TV sportscasting. Today, in the wake of "Highland Park," he is among the profoundly diminished. Lei...
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To trade or not to trade, that is the question with Blackhawks' Alex DeBrincatJul 06, 2022 1:00 am - Over the past week it seemed inevitable the Blackhawks would trade star winger Alex DeBrincat. But it's not such a sure thing with the start of the NHL draft on the hori...
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O'Donnell: Ozzie Guillen blisters La Russa in new Sox reality TV - is Chair Jer' listening?Jul 06, 2022 1:00 am - IF JERRY REINSDORF IS STILL operating on all cylinders, Tony La Russa will no longer be manager of the White Sox following the All-Star break next week. The autumn leave...