Sports Columns
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4 stat subplots entering MLB's fourth quarterAug 21, 2021 1:00 am - We are roughly three-quarters into Major League Baseball's 162-game regular season. As the 30 teams and nearly 800 active players head down the backstretch, statistical ...
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Arkush: Bears came out flat vs. Bills. But why?Aug 21, 2021 1:00 am - Exhibition games are notoriously difficult to evaluate, extremely dangerous to take seriously and rarely of any value at all in predicting how a team's regular season wi...
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Former coach's presentation in St. Charles aims to raise awareness of mental healthAug 20, 2021 6:00 am - Mark Potter admits he had a "cloud over my head" with no idea how to get out from under that feeling. This happens to those suffering from anxiety and depression, but Po...
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5 storylines to watch during Saturday's Bills-Bears gameAug 20, 2021 1:00 am - The Bears host the Buffalo Bills at noon Saturday at Soldier Field for their second exhibition game. Rarely will you find a preseason game as loaded with storylines as ...
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Welcome to baseball and gambling ... with apologies to Charlie HustleAug 20, 2021 1:00 am - Where to start? I guess apologies to Pete Rose is as good a place as any. To old Cub manager Leo Durocher, as well. Willie Mays. Mickey Mantle. Maybe Michael Jordan, too...
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Jim O'Donnell: The day Dick Duchossois said 'no' to Whitney HoustonAug 20, 2021 1:00 am - MUCH IS BEING MADE about the extraordinarily sad, doomed and downright mean spirits emanating from Arlington Park these days. Arlington's 2021 live season will go down i...
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Arkush: Infused with a new energy, will Bears defense return to its dominant ways?Aug 19, 2021 1:00 am - The last time the Bears were really good, 2018, and for the most part every time they've been good dating back to the middle of the 20th century has been primarily becau...
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Gonzales: 'Change the Game White Sox' leaving an indelible markAug 19, 2021 1:00 am - From Jose Abreu's first-inning home run to Eloy Jimenez's chatting in Spanish with 14-year-old New York youth players to Tim Anderson's dramatic game-winning homer, the ...
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Arkush: Bears are in a potential world of hurt if they don't get offensive line in orderAug 18, 2021 1:00 am - When the Bears ended veteran minicamp June 17 it appeared Teven Jenkins was well on his way to being a Day 1 rookie starter at left tackle. Before leaving Halas Hall for...
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Northbrook's Nick Hardy earns PGA Tour cardAug 17, 2021 1:00 am - Chicago has another PGA Tour player. Northbrook's Nick Hardy earned his membership for the 2021-22 season by finishing No. 20 in the point standings during the Korn Ferr...