Sports Columns
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After starring at Lake Zurich and Wisconsin, Jack Sanborn is ready for the NFLFeb 23, 2022 12:00 am - The dream was always there, but Jack Sanborn didn't start thinking it had any chance to become reality until his freshman year of high school at Lake Zurich. "I remember...
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Jim O'Donnell: Will the new Chicago casino trim the chances of the Bears moving to Arlington Heights?Feb 23, 2022 12:00 am - ONE YEAR AGO THIS WEEK, the headline atop The Daily Herald sports & media column said: "It's time for George S. Halas Stadium at Arlington Park." And the wonderland derb...
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Feder: ESPN 1000 picks up weekly golf show with Barry CroninFeb 22, 2022 12:00 am - In partnership with the Chicago District Golf Association, Good Karma Brands ESPN sports/talk WMVP 1000-AM will air "The CDGA Golf Show" from 7 to 9 a.m. Sundays, starti...
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Offensive tackle was a revolving door for the Bears in 2021Feb 21, 2022 12:00 am - Possibly the worst decision Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy made preparing for the 2021 season was after going all in on Justin Fields as their long sought quarterback of the fu...
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Bobby Hull no longer a Blackhawks ambassadorFeb 21, 2022 12:00 am - When the Blackhawks began their team ambassador program over a decade ago they did so to bring their icons from the past back into the fold. The struggling franchise nee...
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O'Donnell: DeRozan OK, but NBA All-Star Game in Cleveland is no place for polkas, pierogiesFeb 19, 2022 8:15 am - THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING more pointless than the four major All-Star competitions pockmarking the TV sports landscape. But if there is, a mildly clever name would have t...
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Zalusky: Cobb's attack on fan sparked baseball's first walkoutFeb 19, 2022 12:00 am - Decades before Major League Baseball players held their first strike, the Detroit Tigers staged a walkout. They weren't protesting wages or pensions or even meal money....
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Local Fare: Bachar eyes return to moundFeb 19, 2022 12:00 am - Lake Bachar probably can't wait to be back on the mound with the bases loaded and no outs. It would be a welcome change from the past two years of adversity. A rising pi...
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Lincicome: Beijing could be remembered as the Olympics of GriefFeb 18, 2022 12:00 am - It is hard to take seriously any sport that has a section called "Kiss and Cry," which seems more an instruction than a description, though honest emotion can occur. So...
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Mooney the lone bright spot at wide receiver, but draft and free agency provide hopeFeb 18, 2022 12:00 am - The Chicago Bears entered the 2021 season believing that if nothing else they had gone above and beyond all necessary efforts to fix their offensive woes by rebuilding t...