Sports Columns
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The state may be ready for playoff football expansion, but not district schedulingOct 23, 2025 5:31 pm - This may sound like a rerun, but a proposal has been submitted to the IHSA to expand the football playoffs and eliminate conferences in the regular season.
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A favorite son of Aurora has a dayOct 22, 2025 7:24 pm - Kenny Battle -- former NBA player, member of the “Flyin’ Illini” and West Aurora’s third-place team in 1984 -- was honored by an Aurora proclamation.
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Sarley: Why goose hunting is fairly easy to do around hereOct 22, 2025 10:00 am - Goose hunting is relatively easy, and you don’t have to go far to do it, writes Outdoors columnist Steve Sarley.
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O’Donnell: Michael Jordan on NBC will be mild ado about image maintenanceOct 21, 2025 6:00 pm - THE NBA IS TIPPING OFF ITS 2025-26 SEASON this week. On a Chicago watch list, that clocks in somewhere between chasing unique leaf symmetry and monitoring snowblower pric...
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As Joel Quenneville and the NHL move on, don’t forget what they’re moving on fromOct 20, 2025 3:24 pm - Before we get into the hockey of it all, the relative frivolity of a Ducks-Blackhawks game in October, let’s begin with the most important thing. The actions — or more accurately, the inaction — of John McDonough, Joel Quenneville, Stan Bowman, Al MacIsaac, Jay Blunk and Kevin Cheveldayoff led to a child in Michigan getting sexually abused.
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Who had the area’s top prep football performances in Week 8?Oct 20, 2025 2:51 pm - This edition of the High Five looks at the area’s top prep football performances from Week 8.
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Dietz: Blackhawks giving opponents life by taking too many penaltiesOct 19, 2025 2:19 pm - The Blackhawks’ biggest room for improvement? It’s cutting down on silly penalties, writes columnist John Dietz.
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‘Edgy’ Tim: Four football teams to watch in the IHSA playoffsOct 19, 2025 1:33 pm - The state football playoffs are just around the corner, with the IHSA releasing the playoff pairings next Saturday night. Let's take an early look at some area teams who could be lurking a bit under the radar along with some key names leading the charge into the state playoffs.
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O’Donnell: If Troy Aikman’s candor makes the Bears better, who loses?Oct 18, 2025 10:00 am - The Bears might take umbrage at broadcaster Troy Aikman’s comments on Monday Night Football, but that doesn’t mean he was wrong, writes columnist Jim O’Donnell.
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Lincicome: Aikman sees Bears’ residue, and they might be wise to pay attention to himOct 18, 2025 10:00 am - The Bears could do worse than pay attention when quarterback-turned-broadcaster Troy Aikman finds weaknesses in their game, writes columnist Bernie Lincicome.