Sports Columns
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Jim O'Donnell: Bears rebuff Wilson, say focus is on due diligence regarding Arlington ParkMay 04, 2022 1:00 am - THE BEARS HAVE DISMISSED an overture from Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson to discuss ways and means of keeping the team in Chicago. That's good news for fans hop...
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Len Ziehm: Highwood's Flavin gets exemption for June's John Deere ClassicMay 03, 2022 1:00 am - The awarding of sponsor exemptions isn't a big deal at a PGA Tour event. Tournament directors usually announce the lucky four or so winners in the early days of tourname...
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Jim O'Donnell: Run for the Roses or hold your noses as Kentucky Derby creeps on to NBC stage?May 03, 2022 1:00 am - FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, the Kentucky Derby has devolved into less and less ado about an increasingly devalued event soaked in a hollow cask of unhappy endings. The hap...
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Hub Arkush: Draft provides first glance at who Poles hopes to beMay 02, 2022 1:00 am - The 2022 NFL draft was an informative and intriguing lesson in just who Bears rookie general manager Ryan Poles is and our best hint yet as to what his chances of succes...
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A year after roster overhaul, Bulls looking to keep continuityMay 01, 2022 12:00 pm - If there was a buzzword from the end-of-season media session by Bulls head of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas, it was "continuity." Karnisovas and general manag...
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Not a bad first step, but Blackhawks defenseman Jones knows there's more he can doMay 01, 2022 1:00 am - Derek King has spoken his mind all season since being named interim coach of the Blackhawks in November. It was a refreshing change of pace after computers full of vanil...
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Hub Arkush: Draft was solid primer for who Bears' Poles wants to beMay 01, 2022 1:00 am - The 2022 NFL Draft was an informative and intriguing lesson in just who Bears rookie general manager Ryan Poles is and was our best hint yet as to what his chances of su...
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Cubs getting money's worth from minor-league pitcherApr 30, 2022 10:00 am - Has the Next Great Cubs Team been found? Well, maybe, but it's at Low-A Myrtle Beach, so there's a long way to go before anyone reaches Clark and Addison. The Pelicans g...
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Remembering the first days of the Kane County CougarsApr 30, 2022 1:00 am - I worked my first newspaper job at a weekly paper in Geneva. In an experience that foreshadowed working remotely, we operated out of an office in a house on a street ne...
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Bears GM Poles goes for quantity as much as quality on draft's final dayApr 30, 2022 1:00 am - Before anyone even arrived at Halas Hall for Day 3 of the NFL draft Saturday, it was clear that unlike Day 2, the theme of the day would be quantity as much as quality f...