Sports Columns
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Aurora's storied Stonebridge welcomes Illinois Open this weekAug 03, 2021 1:00 am - Stonebridge Country Club, which is hosting the 72nd Illinois Open this week, has an interesting history. The Aurora private club opened in 1989 with a course designed by...
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John Deere Classic see dates change for 2021-22Aug 03, 2021 1:00 am - The PGA Tour announced its tournament dates for the 2021-22 wraparound season on Tuesday and it meant a major change in tradition for golf in Illinois. Illinois' only an...
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Bulls land Ball, Caruso as NBA free agency beginsAug 02, 2021 3:00 pm - The Bulls wasted no time making their first move of the NBA off-season. Roughly a minute after the negotiating period began at 5 p.m. Monday, Twitter reports had the Bul...
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Quinn - and the Bears - looks forward to a greatly improved yearAug 01, 2021 1:00 am - "Come all without, come all within, you'll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn." When Bob Dylan wrote and recorded the song in 1967 and other rock legends including th...
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Capone draws the most attention at Cubs-Sox exhibition in 1931Jul 31, 2021 7:00 pm - Three great Chicago pastimes - baseball, politics and organized crime - converged Sept. 9, 1931, at Comiskey Park. The occasion was a charity game between the Cubs and t...
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Why Cubs felt it was right time to deal team's biggest starsJul 31, 2021 1:00 am - If you're waiting for prospects, you're waiting to get fired. Those were the wise words of former major league scout John Van Ornum about 25 years ago during the midst o...
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Arkush: Do the Bears have the fastest wide receiver corps in the NFL?Jul 31, 2021 1:00 am - The need for speed is a common thread that runs through every move the Bears made this past offseason on offense. Justin Fields is now the third-fastest QB in the leagu...
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Lincicome: The Cubs are right back where they belongJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - Characterizing the dissolution of the Cubs as the “end of an era” is generous and laced with irony. One World Series victory is a highlight, not an era, and playoff fail...
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Cubs trade Kimbrel to White SoxJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - Relations between the White Sox and Cubs must be getting friendlier. The teams completed their second trade in a little over 24 hours on Friday and this is a big one. Cu...
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NFL camps open with celebration of 'a return to normal'Jul 29, 2021 1:00 am - NFL training camps are open and, most notably, team facilities are open. Players, coaches, front office folks and media were all in the same rooms Tuesday. As people ren...