Sports Columns
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Steve Zalusky: Ron Kittle on his roof shots, Comiskey encoresOct 09, 2021 1:00 am - Part 2 of 2 In 1983, the sky seemed the limit for the Chicago White Sox, who stormed to an AL West title, finishing 99-63, 20 games ahead of second-place Kansas City. Th...
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Arkush: This Bears-Raiders matchup is the most interesting one yetOct 09, 2021 1:00 am - With all the drama of the past week and the commitment to the Justin Fields era in Chicago, this meeting with the Las Vegas Raiders is the most interesting and important...
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Lincicome: Postseason baseball? More like October IdiocyOct 08, 2021 1:00 am - Suddenly, baseball is everywhere. Imagine that. No, wait. Hurry and you can see it for yourself at Guaranteed Rate Field, where you had been planning to go sooner or lat...
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Arkush: A great Bears defense could make them contenders regardless of who plays QBOct 08, 2021 1:00 am - OK, now we all know who the quarterback is, so can we please talk about something else even if it's just until Sunday? It takes 52 other guys to entertain us and stack w...
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Jim O'Donnell: Expert eyes Las Vegas and Chicago - trying to figure a tale of two NFL citiesOct 08, 2021 1:00 am - WHEN THE BEARS MAKE their first visit to Las Vegas and the brand spanking new Allegiant Stadium Sunday, few people will be as conversant on "A Tale of Two Football Citie...
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Arkush: What caused Nagy's 180 on Fields, and what does it say about his future?Oct 07, 2021 1:00 am - Matt Nagy's announcement Wednesday sent shock waves throughout the Chicago area and beyond - news that a clear majority of fans, analysts and talking heads celebrated wh...
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O'Donnell: "The Dusty Bartman Residual" says the White Sox will sniff the sweeperOct 06, 2021 1:00 am - SOMETIMES IN LIFE, it doesn't take a niched sports insouciant to call which way an ALDS could be going. A writer for Jimmy Kimmel, or - from the ancient gallery - even J...
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Arkush: Nagy defiant in victory over play-calling, starting quarterbackOct 04, 2021 1:00 am - Obviously winning isn't going to be enough for Bears coach Matt Nagy to convince Bears Nation that he knows what he's doing. Listening to him field everyone's favorite q...
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Lincicome: Nagy says the Bears found an identity Sunday. But what is it?Oct 04, 2021 1:00 am - Time will take care of how this Bears team will be remembered, if it is remembered at all. Maybe the next four weeks will be time enough. With a month of clearly superio...
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One-week mirage or something to build upon?Oct 03, 2021 1:00 am - Start printing playoff tickets. Get Justin Fields' Hall of Fame plaque ready. Extend the contracts of Matt Nagy and Ryan Pace for five years. Heck, 10. Because after wha...