Sports Columns
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Unrest in WNBA: Players take on owner who isn't supporting Black Lives MatterJul 10, 2020 1:00 am - It's been a rough six months for Kelly Loeffler, a U.S. senator from the state of Georgia. In the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, Loeffler was accused of insider t...
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O'Donnell: Happy Lake Erie days rooting with Chief WahooJul 10, 2020 1:00 am - IN THE MATTER OF the renaming of the Washington NFL team, forget about "the cancel culture" or the micro-vigilant New Brain Police. Pragmatically, three considerations: ...
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Arkush: Full NFL season seems like just a fantasyJul 09, 2020 1:00 am - The harder professional sports leagues try to get started the less likely it seems the NFL says game on, but it's buried in questions and has very few answers Ask NFL co...
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O'Donnell: Masur hoping to bring Peoria magic to Sox radiocastsJul 08, 2020 1:00 am - THERE APPARENTLY STILL IS a tree with magical broadcast limbs that grows in Peoria. Andy Masur - the new voice of the White Sox on WGN-AM (720) - knows all about it. The...
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Illini get rebuilt golf course thanks to $15 million donationJul 07, 2020 1:00 am - Northwestern, Indiana and Iowa made recent upgrades to their golf facilities. Now Illinois is doing the same. The school announced that the Atkins family has donated abo...
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Nick Foles or Cam Newton ... did the Bears get it right?Jul 06, 2020 1:00 am - Did the Bears make a mistake by trading a fourth-round draft choice for Nick Foles and guaranteeing him $17 million rather than signing Cam Newton as a free agent who is...
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Rozner: Return of sports not happy day for allJul 05, 2020 1:00 am - As baseball began its summer camp last week and other sports entered the bubble or prepared to isolate, the happy news that sports were returning was smothered by scary ...
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Does shortened exhibition season slant the field on Bears QB competition?Jul 04, 2020 1:00 am - Multiple sources are reporting the plan on the table for the coming NFL exhibition season is for teams to report to training camps on July 28, play exhibitions — one at ...
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WNBA players trying to spark social change through respectful action, dialogueJul 04, 2020 1:00 am - An iconic elk statue in downtown Portland had to be removed on Thursday because it was severely damaged when rioters lit it on fire. Lighting an elk on fire? So, what do...
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Zalusky: Memories of Ron Santo's first major league homerJul 04, 2020 1:00 am - A day before Independence Day 60 years ago, Ron Santo celebrated with a declaration of his own. On July 3, 1960 at Wrigley Field, the 20-year-old rookie hit the first of...