Sports Columns
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Bears are two-thirds of a contender with an offense that will get people firedNov 18, 2020 12:00 am - Contrary to popular opinion, the Bears' 19-13 loss to Minnesota Monday night did not end their season nor seal the fates of Ryan Pace, Matt Nagy or any players. That's s...
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Former Hampshire, NIU standout Smith having a winning run coaching in FloridaNov 18, 2020 12:00 am - The state of Florida will never be mistaken as a hotbed for basketball. Football, volleyball, softball, soccer? Yep. Basketball? Not so much. Stephanie Smith, a former s...
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Jim O'Donnell: Theo's next puzzle not all that puzzlingNov 18, 2020 12:00 am - SO THE THEO EPSTEIN OF NOW arrives for a job interview. And the H.R. director asks: "What exactly do you do?" Epstein replies: "I solve puzzles." He doesn't paint houses...
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BMW Championship takes its show on the road ... for two yearsNov 17, 2020 12:00 am - After conducting its premier tournament in the Chicago area for two straight years the Western Golf Association will take the BMW Championship away from the area for at ...
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Operation Optimism: Nagy believes Chicago Bears can turn things aroundNov 17, 2020 12:00 am - Matt Nagy is clearly an eternal optimist. One who believes with all his heart and soul that dire circumstances can - and will - be overcome. We know this because Nagy ex...
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Rozner: We'll not see the likes of Theo Epstein againNov 17, 2020 12:00 am - Sometimes you just get lucky. It's funny because you wouldn't have previously thought of this franchise as lucky. But great fortune smiled on the Cubs when Tom Ricketts ...
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Rozner: Bears don't exactly have Lazor focus in defeatNov 16, 2020 12:00 am - Some of us have been around long enough to remember when this was all the fault of John Fox. Not to mention little Don Segretti. But after more than two years of a putri...
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Pepsi commercial puts Elgin native Sheldon back in front of the cameraNov 14, 2020 12:00 am - Life in the fast lane has always suited Dan Sheldon. A standout three-sport athlete at Burlington Central High School, Sheldon was a football and baseball Daily Herald A...
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Baseball Way Back: Why baseball and radio were meant for each otherNov 14, 2020 12:00 am - It cost $4.98 at Walgreens in 1971. I'm not sure what the vinyl would be worth today. But no sum would convince me to part with "Jack Brickhouse Presents Great Moments i...
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Ivy League opts out, but college basketball still on elsewhereNov 13, 2020 12:00 am - The Ivy League was the first domino to fall in March. Let's hope it isn't the first one now. The Ivy League announced on Thursday that due to increasing numbers of cases...