Sports Columns
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‘Edgy’ Tim: Don’t push the panic button yet on these area teamsSep 14, 2025 3:40 pm - “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran this week writes about several area prep football teams with plenty of time to recover from a rough start to the season.
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O’Donnell: Tony Romo is already again weakening CBS/NFL coverageSep 13, 2025 10:54 am - Tony Romo isn’t giving CBS its money’s worth on broadcasts of NFL games, writes columnist Jim O’Donnell.
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Lincicome: Around here we celebrate old warriors and wish we could celebrate the presentSep 13, 2025 10:00 am - Nostalgia is a cruel mistress, both reliable and regrettable, proof of better times and a source of persistent anguish for present misery. Yesterday glows brighter than today and more confident than tomorrow.
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Schwarz: Illini are playing a whole new ballgame under athletic director Josh WhitmanSep 12, 2025 5:54 pm - Tuesday’s announcement of a $100 million gift from alumnus Larry Gies to rename Illinois’ football stadium shows how the athletic program has changed in Champaign.
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Can local football teams continue surprise success?Sep 11, 2025 4:31 pm - Aurora Central Catholic, Elgin and Metea Valley are just a few of the local teams enjoying early success this football season.
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Silvy: The Bears need Caleb Williams to be better at quarterbackSep 11, 2025 6:00 am - Caleb Williams’ performance Monday night against the Vikings wasn’t good enough, writes columnist Marc Silverman. It’s a tricky balance of being concerned without going overboard after one game.
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Bears Film Study begins with plenty of false startsSep 10, 2025 9:01 pm - The Bears opened Monday’s game with a false-hope scoring drive. As with quarters past, the flaws were evident.
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Cruel September takes two legends of Illinois running communitySep 10, 2025 8:12 pm - State track and field and cross country suffered a blow with the deaths of retired North Central College coach Al Carius and media expert Mike Newman.
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Sarley: Sometimes even pro fishermen make bad decisions on when, how to fishSep 10, 2025 3:45 pm - When we were last together, I was telling you about my first day at the inaugural RCL Walleye Championship in Green Bay a long time ago. I was riding high and quite full of myself, sitting in 25th place in the amateur co-angler division.
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Who had the area’s top prep football performances of Week 2?Sep 08, 2025 6:44 pm - This edition of the High Five looks at the area’s top prep football performances of Week 2.