Sports Columns
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O’Donnell: For deflated Bears fans, Garoppolo may deserve some Sunday cheerJan 24, 2026 10:00 am - AT A GLANCE, MAINSTREAM FANS OF THE CHICAGO BEARS have no real vested interest in Sunday's NFC championship game. Rams-at-Seahawks (5:30 p.m., Fox) … Bright young Sean Mc...
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Lincicome: Great expectations still a weighty subject for Johnson and the BearsJan 24, 2026 10:00 am - Let’s quote the rarely quotable Ben Johnson, Bears coach and sideline sphinx, about where the Bears are and where they are going. “It’s no different from if you’re trying...
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Bears coach Ben Johnson already calling for greater urgency after a remarkable Year 1 runJan 23, 2026 11:33 am - The messenger of the Bears’ whole operation, 39-year-old firebrand Ben Johnson, isn’t in the mood for a victory lap, despite winning the division and a playoff game.
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Don’t mess with a prep football coach’s summer scheduleJan 22, 2026 5:40 pm - It struck a chord last week when the IHSA Board of Directors scheduled a special meeting of the Legislative Commission to discuss shifting the 2026 football start date five days earlier to Aug. 5.
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Caleb Williams does Chicago tour, no word on Bears stadium and White Sox deal Luis RobertJan 22, 2026 1:50 pm - In the days after a heartbreaking overtime loss to the Rams in the divisional round, Caleb Williams didn’t hide in his mansion or take off for some exotic locale. He went to the Hawks game with Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong on Monday to see Jonathan Toews’ return and then returned with PCA to watch the Bulls beat the Clippers on Tuesday.
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I am on my way to the huge Chicagoland Fishing Expo at the Schaumburg Convention Center. It runs Thursday through Sunday. I don’t think I’ve missed the big fishing show since I was a teenager.Jan 22, 2026 6:00 am - I am on my way to the huge Chicagoland Fishing Expo at the Schaumburg Convention Center. It runs Thursday through Sunday. I don’t think I’ve missed the big fishing show s...
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Getting a volleyball past Schaumburg’s Vincent is one tall orderJan 21, 2026 2:59 pm - Schaumburg High School freshman Frankie Vincent was among several area players who in November helped win a bronze medal at the NORCECA U17 Continental Championship in Managua, Nicaraugua.
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Williams has traits of past Super Bowl champs, but Bears need to advance quicklyJan 20, 2026 8:27 pm - Could Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams become the next coach-QB combo to win multiple Super Bowls? Well, the Chiefs are either done or fading quickly, so there’s an opening for next team up.
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O’Donnell: Forget Dr. Seuss — Bears people can cry because it’s overJan 20, 2026 10:00 am - AND AS THE CHARGE OF THE LATE BRIGADE fades to lakefront silence, select takes after one of the most theatrical seasons in the history of the Chicago Bears: Ben Johnson —...
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Who had last week’s top prep basketball performances?Jan 19, 2026 3:06 pm - This edition of the High Five looks at the top prep basketball performances from last week.