Sports Columns
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Lincicome: Who needs a college football playoff drama when every Saturday provides itNov 12, 2021 12:00 am - Prudently the nabobs who will determine the college football playoffs (four teams, no visitors) wait until the season is half over before letting anyone know what they a...
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Bears' midseason report card not one you want to bring home to Mom and Dad It's not all bad, but not close to good enoughNov 12, 2021 12:00 am - There is no way to spin the disappointment of the Chicago Bears' 3-6 record at the halfway point of the 2021 season, but the schedule has been a bear, too. Bears opponen...
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O'Donnell: No bye week for McCaskey and Phillips regarding Arlington Park, Pace, NagyNov 10, 2021 12:00 am - WITH THE BEARS IN A WELCOME BYE WEEK, the primary hope is that George McCaskey and Ted Phillips are keenly adept at multi-tasking. Two tasks loom far higher than anythin...
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DePaul turns to Stubblefield to revive dormant Blue DemonsNov 09, 2021 12:00 am - Tony Stubblefield, you're up, DePaul's new men's basketball coach will try doing what Dave Leitao, Oliver Purnell and Jerry Wainwright could not - get the Blue Demons ba...
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Lincicome: Caution, please. The Bears actually looked like a football team Monday night.Nov 09, 2021 12:00 am - On camouflage night in Pittsburgh the Bears came disguised as a football team. Not a great football team. Not even a good football team for most of the game. A losing fo...
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Arkush: Bears beat themselves with penalties vs. SteelersNov 08, 2021 12:00 am - There was so much wrong with the Chicago Bears in their 29-27 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers Monday night it was almost impossible to watch, until it wasn't. On the ope...
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Moser, Krutwig move on, but Loyola aims to show staying powerNov 08, 2021 12:00 am - Porter Moser is the new head coach at Oklahoma. Cameron Krutwig is playing professional basketball in Belgium. Those are two major losses for Loyola, but the Ramblers ar...
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Hub Arkush: In must-win game, will Bears open playbook for Justin Fields?Nov 07, 2021 12:00 am - To say their meeting with the Steelers in Pittsburgh on Monday night is a must-win for the Bears, if they harbor any hopes of salvaging their 2021 season, is a study in ...
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Another MLB lockout? Rick Sutcliffe doesn't want to see it happen again.Nov 06, 2021 7:00 pm - The return of fans to once-empty parks wasn't lost on former Cubs great and color analyst Rick Sutcliffe. It slightly over a year ago that Sutcliffe was serving as a tel...
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Steve Zalusky: Cultural tug-of-war for Jewish baseball starsNov 06, 2021 1:00 am - This season, there weren't enough Jewish major league baseball players on Opening Day to form a minyan -- the minimum number required for a lawful public Jewish service....