Sports Columns
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Baseball Way Back: Clemente had all the tools - on and off the fieldDec 26, 2020 12:00 am - In the waning hours of 1972, Roberto Clemente could look back with satisfaction on an 18-year major league baseball career studded with glorious achievements. He helped...
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Former DePaul star Sam Quigley Smith looking to build Lewis into hoops powerDec 25, 2020 12:00 am - Probably one of the most popular girls basketball camps in the Chicago area is the Doug Bruno Camp. Bruno, the women's basketball coach at DePaul for 35 years, has enthu...
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Hub Arkush: Have the Bears fixed the tight end position?Dec 25, 2020 12:00 am - Throughout the NFL last March, few free agent signings were analyzed and criticized more than the Bears' rush to give Jimmy Graham a two-year, $16 million contract, incl...
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Why Cubs' Happ is top choice to bat first in 2021Dec 24, 2020 12:00 am - David Ross was convinced he had a solution to solve the Cubs' ongoing woes in the leadoff spot last season. In the early days of spring training, the Cubs' rookie manage...
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Hub Arkush: Bears offense warms up, while defense hasn't been itselfDec 24, 2020 12:00 am - What's going on with the Bears defense? Heading into the bye, even though the team was riding a four-game losing streak, the defense was No. 1 in the league on third dow...
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Markkanen disappointed with no contract extensionDec 23, 2020 12:00 am - When training camp began, Lauri Markkanen said he encouraged his agent to get a contract extension done with the Bulls. It didn't happen before Monday's deadline, so Mar...
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Rozner: The story behind Len Kasper's bold decisionDec 23, 2020 12:00 am - The grand fallacy of those who feel self-important is that they rarely are what they believe, almost always poisoned by a lethal dose of egomania, acutely self-unaware a...
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COVID-19 spikes in Illinois factor into ECC's decision to cancel basketball seasonDec 23, 2020 12:00 am - It is the holidays, so there are always a few Grinches in the crowd. But Kent Payne never pegged himself as one. Until Tuesday. "I feel like the Grinch who took Christma...
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Jim O'Donnell: Masked Sports Santa can only hope for no reindeer positivesDec 23, 2020 12:00 am - FROM WAY UP NORTH where the air gets cold, Masked Sports and Media Santa is set to roll. He's made a list, tossed it out twice and will be winging it Christmas Eve when ...
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Satoransky returns to Bulls practice after quarantineDec 22, 2020 12:00 pm - Quarantine finally ended for Bulls guard Tomas Satoransky. He returned to practice Tuesday at the Advocate Center and confirmed the issue was contact tracing. He was out...