Sports Columns
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Want 2027 All-Star Game tickets at Wrigley Field? The Cubs have a plan for thatAug 21, 2025 10:57 am - If you’re wondering how to get tickets to the 2027 MLB All-Star Game at Wrigley Field, here’s a tip: You should already have season tickets to the Chicago Cubs and you should be ready to renew them as part of a three-year plan.
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Silvy: It’s all coming into focus for the Bears — so they need to be bold one more timeAug 21, 2025 6:00 am - We wanted Johnson to arrive and develop Williams. Did that not look like a totally different quarterback? Let’s appreciate the progress. And here’s more food for thought: Micah Parsons could be available via trade, and Ryan Poles needs to be aggressive.
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Gomez picked to help new league give wrestling a larger platformAug 20, 2025 6:54 pm - Glenbard North graduate Austin Gomez, a 2024 Olympian, is on the card for the Aug. 30 debut of the new wrestling league, Real American Freestyle.
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Illinois PGA not afraid to make tournament changesAug 20, 2025 10:30 am - The Illinois PGA hasn’t been afraid to make changes to its tournaments, especially the biggest ones.
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Sarley: A bowhunting book that every non-hunter should readAug 20, 2025 10:00 am - Mike Mitten and “The Enchantment of Bowhunting,” is all about the hunt and what it means to true hunters. Mitten takes you to dream locations while he chases dream animals. He never loses sight of the spirituality in what he does. His feelings and emotions for what he lives, fills each and every page.
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O’Donnell: Bears, Brewers and Bananas shake the Chicago sports bluesAug 19, 2025 3:06 pm - Looking to lift the tedium of a Chicago sports summer lost in the dog days? Daily Herald columnist Jim O’Donnell has ideas.
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High Five: The top NFL players from the area not on the BearsAug 18, 2025 3:42 pm - This week’s High Five looks at five of the top NFL players from the area not on the Bears’ roster.
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O’Donnell: Echoes of the past say B.J. and the Bears don’t win nine gamesAug 16, 2025 10:18 am - Daily Herald sports columnist Jim O’Donnell breaks down the Bears’ chances of celebrating a winning record this season, the first for new coach Ben Johnson.
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Lincicome: If June has its swoon, what does August have to offer?Aug 16, 2025 7:00 am - Daily Herald columnist Bernie Lincicome takes an up-to-date look at Chicago’s baseball teams, such as they are.
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An NCAA report handed down Friday implicated Michigan coaches Jim Harbaugh and Sherrone Moore in the school’s “Spygate” controversy. The report details repeated lying and hypocrisy by the coaches and support staffer Connor Stalions, writes Athletic columnist Stewart Mandel.Aug 15, 2025 4:21 pm - Once upon a time, a future Hall of Fame coach lost his job in disgrace for lying on an NCAA compliance form in claiming he knew of no unreported NCAA violations by his pl...