Sports Columns
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Yes, these last four Bears games do matterDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - Regardless of what the schedule says, there is an air of inevitability and resignation that surrounds an NFL team when the season is effectively over. Halas Hall was dri...
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For NIU, nothing would be finer than to beat Coastal Carolina in Cure BowlDec 14, 2021 12:00 am - Before departing for Florida for his first bowl game as a head coach, Thomas Hammock acknowledged the historical importance of Northern Illinois facing Coastal Carolina ...
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Good Karma Brands acquires ESPN AM-1000Dec 14, 2021 12:00 am - Good Karma Brands, which has been operating ESPN Radio sports/talk WMVP 1000-AM under a local marketing agreement since October 2019, has agreed to acquire the station f...
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Arkush: The buck stops with Nagy, but how much have his coaching hires helped?Dec 14, 2021 12:00 am - It is significantly ironic that the greatest fault cited repeatedly by the "Fire Matt Nagy" camp is his failure to develop and ignite the Bears' offense. In reality, sho...
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With games postponed, maybe Bulls will benefit from extra restDec 13, 2021 12:00 pm - Is there a silver lining to the Bulls losing so many players to health and safety protocols? Well, they've been given sort of an early all-star break, as the NBA postpon...
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Lincicome: Did the Bears see the last of Rodgers in Green Bay? It probably doesn't matterDec 13, 2021 12:00 am - Well, that's that. No more Aaron Rodgers to nettle the Bears, or so the gossip goes. Rodgers may leave Green Bay after the season, possibly with another one of those cha...
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Arkush: Bears situation at 4-9 mostly just sadDec 13, 2021 12:00 am - If I had to pick one word to describe our Monday visit with Matt Nagy at Halas Hall it would be "sad." At 4-9, even with four games to play, the Bears' 2021 season is no...
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Bears shock Packers in 1st half, embarrass themselves in 2ndDec 12, 2021 12:00 am - GREEN BAY - Well, at least half of it was fun. Unfortunately it took Green Bay just 12 minutes of the third period to outscore the Bears 17-0 and give them a stern remin...
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Jim O'Donnell: Live, from Green Bay, it's a new NBC version of an old NFL game show!Dec 11, 2021 4:00 am - OFFICIALLY, NBC SPORTS will be presenting a “Sunday Night Football” game between the Bears and Green Bay. Unofficially, it's really a TV game show called “Organic or Non...
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Arkush: Do Bears have enough in their tank to hang with the Packers?Dec 11, 2021 12:00 am - If we get the two teams we last saw — Bears vs. Cardinals and Packers vs. Rams before the bye — and Aaron Rodgers is under center the Bears have little chance of even ma...