Sports Columns
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Baseball Way Back: Chicago, baseball and all that jazzSep 19, 2020 1:00 am - A voice rises from the surface noise of an old record. "Play ball! Here comes the pitch." Following the sound effect of a bat hitting a ball, you hear a studio crowd che...
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Key matchups, players to watch and more for Bears vs. GiantsSep 19, 2020 1:00 am - The Bears meeting with the New York Giants Sunday may be the most important game of the Matt Nagy era to date. Picked by many to be a playoff contender, the Bears showed...
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A love story for the ages: WNBA star Moore now married to the man she helped free from prisonSep 18, 2020 1:00 am - What a unique love story. Maya Moore has loved basketball for most of her life. But that's only part of her love story. The former Connecticut star, Olympic gold medalis...
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Rozner: Mickelson in the booth a must for golfSep 18, 2020 1:00 am - Phil Mickelson has had one of the great careers in the history of golf. This is not in dispute. He's a Top 15 golfer all-time, having had the misfortune of playing much ...
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O'Donnell: Sox-Cubs finale in Texas would be 'Snubway Series'Sep 18, 2020 1:00 am - PRESUMPTIVENESS IN 2020 would simply seem to be part of The Expanding American Charade. But, with both the White Sox and Cubs knockin' on heaven's door, thoughts of an a...
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Was Sunday's Bears defensive effort a blip on the radar or a cause for concern?Sep 17, 2020 1:00 am - With almost all eyes trained on Mitch Trubisky and the offense Sunday in Detroit, all ears focused on Allen Robinson and the Bears' front office, one of the potentially ...
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White can't wait to play again, even if it's at Bulls minicampSep 16, 2020 10:00 am - The frustration of missing the playoffs, having the season cut off just as he was finding his groove, the Bulls being left out of the Orlando bubble - those are things C...
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Big Ten reverses course, announces plans for 2020 seasonSep 16, 2020 1:00 am - Never did Payton Thorne imagine that he would be able to sit in his college apartment and watch wall-to-wall college football games on a Saturday afternoon. That's beca...
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Bears' Robinson says he wants to stay, but time may be running out for new dealSep 16, 2020 1:00 am - Let's talk for a minute about what we do know about Allen Robinson. He is one of the classiest guys ever to wear the navy and orange. If there was one player on the Chic...
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Jim O'Donnell: Dan McNeil just 'did his business' and got firedSep 16, 2020 1:00 am - IF THE 16-YEAR-OLD SHEEPDOG - glassy-eyed, halting of gait, incontinent - suddenly shuffles into the living room and "does his business," does the family fire faithful o...