Sports Columns
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Rozner: White Sox have a right to dream bigFeb 16, 2021 12:00 am - If the last 12 months of living in the Bizarro World has taught us nothing else, at least it's clear now that trying to forecast tomorrow is pretty much impossible. Thro...
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Rozner: Goalie Lankinen giving Blackhawks a chanceFeb 14, 2021 12:00 am - It was a bit odd watching the Blackhawks squander a pair of 2-goal leads against the Blue Jackets Thursday night. Odd because they just haven't had many 2-goal leads dur...
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Baseball Way Back: Minoso broke color barrier, and Hairston, Boyd paved the wayFeb 13, 2021 12:00 am - As we celebrate Black History Month, it is a time to remember the contributions of Minnie Minoso, the first Black player to don a Chicago uniform. Minoso burst upon the ...
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Will 2021 be the season the Bears finally find a franchise QB?Feb 12, 2021 12:00 am - The Bears have been in search of a franchise quarterback since Sid Luckman retired in 1951, and merely an acceptable option since Erik Kramer suffered a serious neck inj...
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Jim O'Donnell: Doc Rivers, Fred Hampton and two very different lives 'Made in Maywood'Feb 12, 2021 12:00 am - THERE IS A COMPELLING CROSS of multimedia convergence going on this weekend. At nba.com - as part of the league's "Black History Month Inspirations" - Doc Rivers is feat...
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Rozner: Ugly offseason Cubs getting worse by the dayFeb 12, 2021 12:00 am - The wind chills are not all that's bitter around these parts right now. Cubs fans are pretty upset about the way in which the program has disintegrated over the last few...
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Why the Bears are bringing in ex-Packers coordinator Pettine to help with defenseFeb 11, 2021 12:00 am - The Bears hiring former Green Bay defensive coordinator Mike Pettine as a senior defensive assistant is akin to a statement from head coach Matt Nagy that while he's enc...
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Jim O'Donnell: Curious yellow pixies greatly weakened CBS, Super Bowl 55Feb 10, 2021 12:00 am - VIEWERS TUNED INTO Super Bowl 55 with the expectation that The Weeknd was the star of the halftime show. Few realized that in the end, "weakened" would be a fair summary...
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Bears coaches musical chairs appears to be overFeb 10, 2021 12:00 am - Building NFL coaching staffs is nothing if not incestuous, and the Bears are no exception to the rule. Following the 2019 season, Matt Nagy elected to overhaul his offen...
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Rozner: MLB's 2021 is getting off to a wretched startFeb 09, 2021 12:00 am - Spring training is still a week away and already baseball is ill, making its dwindling fan base sick in the process. It's hard to imagine the game being in worse hands t...