Sports Columns
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Jim O'Donnell: Unlike Cubs in April '97, Sox fans have no option to shoot the goatApr 26, 2022 1:00 am - TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO - April 1997 - the Cubs opened the season 0-14. That sort of dark start makes the White Sox current pan dripping look positively Pale Hose by compa...
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Len Ziehm: Big finish propels Illini men's golf team into Big Ten tourneyApr 26, 2022 1:00 am - Coach Mike Small's University of Illinois men's golf team hasn't been the powerhouse this season that it had been during most of the last two decades. Things have change...
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Caruso in concussion protocol, status for Game 5 unknownApr 25, 2022 12:00 pm - Bulls guard Alex Caruso is officially in concussion protocol, according to coach Billy Donovan, and his status for Wednesday's Game 5 in Milwaukee is unknown. Caruso was...
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Hurts so bad: Can reeling White Sox survive another wave of injuries?Apr 25, 2022 1:00 am - It's another season and another seemingly endless string of injuries for the White Sox. Eloy Jimenez is the latest key player to go down, and the Sox are hoping he only ...
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Hub Arkush: Extra uncertainty around NFL Draft should favor BearsApr 25, 2022 1:00 am - There are any number of reasons the NFL draft is often referred to as a lottery. History has proved far more players drafted will fail than succeed. Most will not perfor...
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Hot-hitting Rivas deserves a spot in Cubs' starting lineupApr 25, 2022 1:00 am - The Cubs are reeling. Not quite as badly as the White Sox (seven straight defeats), Bulls (on the brink of elimination after 2 embarrassing losses), Blackhawks (3-10-2 l...
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Jim O'Donnell: Could a self-aware La Russa favor fans, read the histories and cancel himself?Apr 23, 2022 9:00 am - TONY LA RUSSA AND THE WHITE SOX have had better weeks. And yes, they scurried to Minneapolis for a weekend set as “a .500 team amid injuries.” But the expectations are s...
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'Professor' Jay Hook has lasting effect on 'The Old Perfessor' Casey StengelApr 23, 2022 1:00 am - Second of 2 parts When Jay Hook glanced at the 1962 New York Mets roster, he didn't see a team destined to lose 120 games. "I looked at the lineup of the people they had...
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Hub Arkush: Meet the new Bears ... where familiar faces are hard to findApr 23, 2022 1:00 am - Ryan Poles' and Matt Eberflus' first veteran minicamp is in the books. It was the first time Eberflus and his staff got to see their troops practice, and hope to further...
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Lincicome: Words to live by as Bulls 'take it to the next level'Apr 22, 2022 1:00 am - The assumption that the Milwaukee basketball team puts its pants on the same way the Bulls do is made without any actual eyewitness evidence, never mind that a team's dr...