Sports Columns
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O’Donnell: Grant Hill to NBC recalls a night he called Tim WeigelJun 28, 2025 10:00 am - THERE WAS NOTHING INEVITABLE about Grant Hill signing on with the growing roster that will broadcast NBA games on NBC Universal next season. But he will. The extraordinar...
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‘Team in transition’: Bulls GM Eversley sends gloomy message on draft nightJun 26, 2025 7:15 pm - After the Bulls chose 6-10 French forward Noa Essengue in Wednesday’s NBA Draft, GM Marc Eversley took the microphone and went out of his way to keep team expectations low.
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Playing within herself, Butler wins Illinois State Women’s AmateurJun 25, 2025 3:55 pm - By winning the Illinois State Women’s Amateur Championship, Barrington High School graduate Bridget Butler qualified for the U.S. Women’s Amateur golf tournament in August.
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With the clock ticking on Kyle Tucker in Chicago, the Cubs can’t go halfway at the deadlineJun 25, 2025 11:16 am - The sense of urgency for the Chicago Cubs does not simply stem from the prospect of right fielder Kyle Tucker leaving after one year. The Cubs could lose five more important players to the open market after 2026, making an aggressive push at this year’s trade deadline all the more imperative.
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O’Donnell: Sunny reign in OKC, more trawling tedium for Bulls fansJun 24, 2025 6:30 pm - While Oklahoma City celebrates an NBA championship, the Bulls appear to be going nowhere.
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CDGA wraps up big couple of weeks with amateur championship at BriarwoodJun 24, 2025 3:54 pm - Barrington High School graduate Bridget Butler won the Illinois State Women’s Amateur championship.
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Who were the top Bulls players drafted outside the top 10?Jun 23, 2025 4:07 pm - This week’s High Five looks at the top Bulls players selected outside the top 10 in the NBA draft.
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‘Edgy’ Tim: Solecki to Purdue, Washington to Michigan StateJun 22, 2025 2:33 pm - Football recruiting analyst “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran reports that Downers Grove North’s Aiden Solecki committed to Purdue on Sunday while St. Francis’ recently committed to Michigan State.
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Lincicome: A Game 7, but with players to be identified laterJun 21, 2025 10:00 am - It is likely that the name Shalvante Alcian Gilgeous-Alexander (call him SGA) would have tied no tongues without a Game 7 for the NBA Championship, not usually the case t...
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Happy return for Sosa, but Cubs waited too long to make it happenJun 20, 2025 4:27 pm - Sammy Sosa’s first visit to Wrigley Field in 21 years was notable Friday. Why it took so long remains elusive.