Sports Columns
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Hub Arkush's NFL draft preview: Running back No shortage of candidates for Bears to considerApr 01, 2022 1:00 am - Last season only three of the top 10 running backs in the NFL in yards from scrimmage - Najee Harris, Ezekiel Elliot and Leonard Fournette - were former first-round draf...
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Sox trade Kimbrel to Dodgers for outfielder AJ PollockApr 01, 2022 1:00 am - The White Sox not only found Craig Kimbrel a new home Friday, they filled their hole in right field. In a trade with the Dodgers, the team they share Camelback Ranch wit...
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Bernie Lincicome: Opening Day is a baseball holiday when hope springs eternalApr 01, 2022 1:00 am - Baseball never gets better than Opening Day. It is baseball at its most positive and most appealing. Opening Day is all appetite and aroma. The most American of rituals ...
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Hub Arkush's NFL draft preview: Quarterback Think players with plenty of upside instead of instant starsMar 31, 2022 1:00 am - This year's draft is well below average at quarterback with a few interesting guys at the top and very little depth. Were last year's quarterback group and this year's l...
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Jim O'Donnell: Fighting Illini's extension of Underwood comes with predictable risk to programMar 30, 2022 1:00 am - FIRST, BEGIN WITH a clear acknowledgment: Few "Fan Nation" bases in America - students, alumni, former co-op record store owners still living in Champaign - deserve an N...
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Blackhawks' captain Toews to play in 1,000th game ThursdayMar 30, 2022 1:00 am - If we were to rank Jonathan Toews' top 10 accomplishments during his 15 years with the Blackhawks, we'd have to start with the obvious - the three Stanley Cups teams he ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Consequences of Will Smith's 'slap shot moment' extend beyond any sports movieMar 29, 2022 1:00 am - FOR EVERYDAY PEOPLE who like Will Smith, generally good things have happened every time he's touched a movie steeped in some aspect of sports or athleticism. That horizo...
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Len Ziehm: Buildup to The Masters features plenty of local tiesMar 29, 2022 1:00 am - Unless Kevin Streelman, Luke Donald, Doug Ghim, Nick Hardy or Dylan Wu win this week's Valero Texas Open there will not be a Chicago-connected player in The Masters next...
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Hub Arkush: Eberflus believes solid foundation, great teaching will win the dayMar 29, 2022 1:00 am - PALM BEACH, Fla. - If Bears fans and analysts are underwhelmed by the team's first trip to the free-agent market under general manager Ryan Poles and head coach Matt Ebe...
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Bears GM Poles has learned some painful lessons, but he's ready for moreMar 28, 2022 1:00 am - PALM BEACH, FLA. - Attending his first NFL owners meetings as the general manager of his own team this week, Ryan Poles has apparently heard the rumblings that at least ...