Sports Columns
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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...
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Lincicome: About an American Pope and his White Sox hatNov 22, 2025 10:00 am - The dumbing down of America is best represented by the baseball cap, once worn as a practical sun shield but now resting on the noggins of presidents and pizza deliverers...
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Whether it’s Fremd or Mt. Carmel, football fans are in for a treat next weekendNov 20, 2025 5:39 pm - Regardless of who wins Saturday’s IHSA semifinal football game between Fremd and Mt. Carmel, fans will see a vast amount of talent in next weekend’s Class 8A final.
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Silvy: These Bears are a team my family can grow to loveNov 20, 2025 6:00 am - After last season his sons asked him if the Bears would ever be good in their lifetimes. Sad stuff from young sports fans who are usually full of hope, writes columnist Marc Silverman.
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Tucker, Schwarber, starting pitcher? Predictions for Cubs in free agencyNov 19, 2025 8:03 pm - How will the Cubs adjust their roster this winter? Columnist Mike McGraw has some thoughts on how the offseason might play out.
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Sidelines: After 25 years of Vernon Hills football, a hall of their ownNov 19, 2025 3:06 pm - At Vernon Hills High School, assistant football coach Tony Monken is gearing up for a Dec. 6 Cougars football hall of fame banquet. Meanwhile, Monken’s successor as head coach, Bill Bellecomo, just announced his resignation.
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Sarley: Who knew flathead catfish could be caught in the Chain O’ Lakes?Nov 19, 2025 10:00 am - I’ve fished on the Fox Chain O’Lakes more times than I can remember. I’ve caught tons of fish in almost every species imaginable. If you’d told me that there were flatheads in the Fox Chain, I would tell you that you were wrong. I’ve caught plenty of channel cats but have never seen a flathead in the Chain.