Sports Columns
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Rozner: There will be baseball, but not before more ugly MLB talksMay 29, 2020 1:00 am - There will be baseball in 2020. Yes, right here in North America. There will be baseball, assuming local governments allow such behavior. It won't be canceled as a resul...
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O'Donnell: Kaepernick protest takes on new meaning this weekMay 29, 2020 1:00 am - FOUR YEARS AGO, two young Americans of color protested police brutality in very different ways. Colin Kaepernick was the more famous and visually enduring. And his sidel...
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O'Donnell: Arlington mouses behind as Pritzker OKs resumption of racingMay 29, 2020 1:00 am - LIVE HORSE RACING in Illinois is being given the green light to resume next week. But not a creature will be stirring at Arlington Park. Not even an out-of-state corpora...
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Illinois' annual PGA Tour event canceledMay 28, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois won't have its longest-standing PGA Tour stop this year. The John Deere Classic was canceled Thursday. The JDC, the only PGA Tour event held annually in the sta...
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Glen Ellyn golfer hope to make U.S. Open field againMay 25, 2020 1:00 am - Glen Ellyn's Andy Pope has played his way into four of the last five U.S. Opens. That's an extraordinary feat, given that around 10,000 golfers file entries each year an...
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Special teams trickier to rank, but Bears solid No. 2 in divisionMay 25, 2020 1:00 am - 9th in a series In this series we rank the NFC North clubs at every position. Rankings are based on performance to date, scouting reports and evaluations from general ma...
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'New normal will likely be very different when sports resumeMay 25, 2020 1:00 am - Standing six feet apart, fans are waiting patiently to enter the stadium. They are covered in face masks and gloves, which are required for entrance. Some even have prot...
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Wrigley Field says it's missing its friendsMay 24, 2020 1:00 am - It's May, and my ivy is turning green, not that you can see it. The flags high above my center field scoreboard are blowing out. Or maybe they're blowing in. If they're ...
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Bandits don't want softball followers to forget about the gameMay 24, 2020 1:00 am - Abby Ramirez was looking forward to the 2020 National Pro Fastpitch season with great anticipation. Ramirez and her Chicago Bandits teammates were set to make a run at t...
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Grading the NFC North squads at secondaryMay 24, 2020 1:00 am - Eighth in a series Welcome to our 10-part series in which we rank the four NFC North clubs at every position. Our rankings are based on performance to date, scouting rep...