Sports Columns
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Arkush: What exactly does 'take the North and never give it back' mean?Jan 31, 2022 11:00 pm - There was a moment on Monday when new Bears general manager Ryan Poles and head coach Matt Eberflus met the media that I couldn't help but feel perhaps Poles was channel...
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Ryan Poles, Matt Eberflus make solid first impressionsJan 31, 2022 12:00 am - As NFL courtships go, these introductory news conferences aren't really even a first date so much as a first meeting in an arranged marriage, but at least we got a few d...
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The roads to the halls of fame are paved with scrutinyJan 30, 2022 12:00 am - It took a special committee for Bears' four-time All-NFC tackle Jim Covert to be named to the National Football Hall of Fame. Chris Webber wasn't inducted into the Naism...
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Arkush: Burning questions for new Bears brassJan 30, 2022 12:00 am - While waiting to meet and talk with new Bears general manager Ryan Poles and head coach Matt Eberflus, I went back through all my recent correspondence looking for the m...
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How David Edwards went from QB at Downers Grove North to starting left guard for the LA RamsJan 29, 2022 12:00 am - Longtime Downers Grove North football coach John Wander remembers the moment well. Shortly after the 2012 season came to an end, a tall, well-built freshman walked into ...
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2 years after a devastating knee injury, Hinsdale Central grad Allen is a win from Super BowlJan 29, 2022 12:00 am - Since the age of 7 or 8, Brian Allen believed he was destined to play in the NFL. The 2014 Hinsdale Central graduate admits his fifth-grade football team was more import...
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Jim O'Donnell: Saying goodbye to an era - the amazing race of Dick DuchossoisJan 29, 2022 12:00 am - VOLTAIRE ONCE SUGGESTED that there is birth, there is death and in between are starts of fancied follies and true miseries. Dick Duchossois spent a lifetime trying to ou...
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How the White Sox played a part in Joe DiMaggio meeting Marilyn MonroeJan 29, 2022 12:00 am - In "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," Marilyn Monroe sings "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend." She might have been singing about another kind of diamond, one with four bases a...
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DeRozan praises Pop, time spent in San AntonioJan 28, 2022 10:00 am - DeMar DeRozan's three years in San Antonio went fine. He averaged at least 21 points every season and delivered the three highest assist averages he's had in his NBA car...
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Lincicome: Not all that's debunked these days stays debunkedJan 28, 2022 12:00 am - In times like these we fall back on that reliable swamp philosopher, the possum Pogo, who observed, "We have met the enemy and he is us." This may seem a long way to go ...