Sports Columns
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Sarley: What makes the Illinois fall trout season so specialOct 08, 2025 9:30 am - The Illinois Catchable Trout Program is funded by the sale of inland trout stamps. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources stocks more than 80,000 rainbow trout each year in bodies of water where trout fishing is permitted during the fall season. An additional 80,000 trout are stocked for the spring season that begins each April.
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Who had the area’s top prep football performances in Week 6?Oct 06, 2025 10:47 am - This edition of the High Five looks at the area’s top prep football performances in Week 6.
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The area’s top football players are separating themselves from the packOct 05, 2025 2:29 pm - We now have two-thirds of the IHSA football regular season in the books. Today let's revisit some key names who have emerged as Daily Herald-area Player of the Year candidates.
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O’Donnell: Tight-roping Cubs need to split the cheese and sweep the ivyOct 04, 2025 12:48 pm - The winning formula in the NLDS for the Cubs? Win one of the first two games in Milwaukee, then sweep the two games in Chicago, writes columnist Jim O’Donnell.
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Lincicome: Rivalries have consequences, and either Cubs or Brewers will find outOct 04, 2025 12:42 pm - The National League Division Series will highlight the Cubs-Brewers rivalry, such as it is, writes columnist Bernie Lincicome.
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Pressure’s on Cubs, Brewers with NLCS berth at stake. But who’s feeling it more?Oct 04, 2025 9:00 am - With the Cubs and Brewers playing a best-of-five NLDS starting Saturday in Milwaukee, maybe the pressure has shifted. Maybe now it’s on the Brewers. The Cubs are just a plucky wild-card team, after all.
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Who are the area’s top defensive linemen this century?Oct 02, 2025 5:38 pm - Throughout this season, we’ll be presenting the area’s top prep football players of the century. This week, we look at the top 10 defensive linemen from the last 25 years.
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With Sidelines, turns out it’s a small world after allOct 01, 2025 4:20 pm - In response to past Sidelines columns, alert readers offer their own memories.
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Donald enjoys career high with back-to-back Ryder Cup titlesOct 01, 2025 10:32 am - The Ryder Cup, which ended so dramatically Sunday in New York, was a great career moment for Northwestern alum Luke Donald.
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Sarley: Leave elitism out of fishing and huntingOct 01, 2025 9:00 am - There is a tad bit of elitism that creeps into the worlds of hunting and fishing on occasion. There’s no place for it, outdoors columnist Steve Sarley writes.