Sports Columns
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Can local football teams continue surprise success?Sep 11, 2025 4:31 pm - Aurora Central Catholic, Elgin and Metea Valley are just a few of the local teams enjoying early success this football season.
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Silvy: The Bears need Caleb Williams to be better at quarterbackSep 11, 2025 6:00 am - Caleb Williams’ performance Monday night against the Vikings wasn’t good enough, writes columnist Marc Silverman. It’s a tricky balance of being concerned without going overboard after one game.
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Bears Film Study begins with plenty of false startsSep 10, 2025 9:01 pm - The Bears opened Monday’s game with a false-hope scoring drive. As with quarters past, the flaws were evident.
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Cruel September takes two legends of Illinois running communitySep 10, 2025 8:12 pm - State track and field and cross country suffered a blow with the deaths of retired North Central College coach Al Carius and media expert Mike Newman.
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Sarley: Sometimes even pro fishermen make bad decisions on when, how to fishSep 10, 2025 3:45 pm - When we were last together, I was telling you about my first day at the inaugural RCL Walleye Championship in Green Bay a long time ago. I was riding high and quite full of myself, sitting in 25th place in the amateur co-angler division.
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Who had the area’s top prep football performances of Week 2?Sep 08, 2025 6:44 pm - This edition of the High Five looks at the area’s top prep football performances of Week 2.
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‘Edgy’ Tim O’Halloran: How can I get more recruiting attention from college football coaches?Sep 07, 2025 7:22 pm - What’s the best way for a high school football player to get noticed by college coaches? Recruiting columnist “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran has some advice.
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St. Francis grad Kelsay focuses on ‘family’ as first-year head coach at Michigan StateSep 07, 2025 10:00 am - St. Francis High School graduate Kristen Kelsay is 4-0 in her first season as head women’s volleyball coach at Michigan State University.
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Chicago Sky can’t handle the truth — Angel Reese suspension exposes deeper franchise issuesSep 06, 2025 10:00 am - The Chicago Sky doesn’t have the appetite for a rebuild. All of the moves it made last off-season indicate a certain level of impatience. However, on Friday, the Sky punished its star player for espousing those same views.
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Lincicome: Even the national dunderheads know, these Bears are not Super Bowl contendersSep 06, 2025 9:00 am - Super Bowl contenders? Not these Bears, who would be thrilled to make the playoffs. This is a seven-win team, writes columnist Bernie Lincicome.