Sports Columns
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Arkush: Coaching change feels inevitable after Bears' loss to RavensNov 21, 2021 12:00 am - Is there such a thing as a tragedy of errors? There was certainly nothing funny Sunday about the Bears' 16-13 loss to the Baltimore Ravens at Soldier Field. In as gut-wr...
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Jin Young Ko's epic win caps off a big week for the LPGANov 21, 2021 12:00 am - NAPLES, Fla. - The PGA and LPGA tours concluded their 2021 seasons on Sunday, and the women went out with a bigger bang than the men. The PGA Tour reached its high point...
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Arkush: Key matchups, players to watch and more for Bears vs. RavensNov 20, 2021 12:00 am - The Baltimore Ravens are a better football team than the Chicago Bears, there is no argument about that. But the better team has been losing at a surprisingly high rate ...
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O'Donnell: Churchill Inc. / Arlington proves that it can still put on quite a clown showNov 20, 2021 12:00 am - SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, Bunker Bill Carstanjen — the deadpan slap-schticker running Churchill Downs Inc. — must have studied “A Little Night Music.” That's the 1973 St...
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Steve Zalusky: Looking back at the Harry Caray-Milo Hamilton feud and the Elia tiradeNov 20, 2021 12:00 am - Part 2 of 3 As Cubs public relations director in the 1980s, Bob Ibach not only shared in the PR successes of a team coming out of hibernation. He also had to quench a fe...
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Lincicome: Sacks and tackles may break my bones, but the NFL's taunting rule is sillyNov 19, 2021 12:00 am - One of the iconic sports photos is Muhammad Ali, then still Cassius Clay, standing over the fallen Sonny Liston, hands at his side, his mouth in a sneer, proclaiming his...
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With no bowl game, Northwestern is embracing 'Wildcats Classic' at Wrigley FieldNov 18, 2021 12:00 am - Peter Skoronski hopes to re-create an image of his grandfather running out of a Wrigley Field dugout in a Packers uniform more than 50 years ago. Only this time, Skorons...
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Arkush: What exactly happened to the Bears' run defense?Nov 18, 2021 12:00 am - With eight games left to play, the Chicago Bears are as long a shot to make the playoffs as any team in the NFC except the winless Detroit Lions. Crippling losses to the...
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Jim O'Donnell: Alderman's plan for Chicago to buy Bears is a non-starterNov 17, 2021 12:00 am - WHO CAN FORGET WHEN Daniel Burnham — the great Chicago urban planner — almost said, “Make no little nonsense?” Alderman George Cardenas, one of Mayor Lori Lightfoot's Ci...
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Szokol in richest ever women's tourney - CME Group Tour ChampionshipNov 16, 2021 12:00 am - The golf season has a series of climax events these days. The PGA Tour had its season climax in either September, when the FedEx Cup Playoffs concluded, or October, when...