Sports Columns
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‘Edgy’ Tim O’Halloran: How can I get more recruiting attention from college football coaches?Sep 07, 2025 7:22 pm - What’s the best way for a high school football player to get noticed by college coaches? Recruiting columnist “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran has some advice.
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St. Francis grad Kelsay focuses on ‘family’ as first-year head coach at Michigan StateSep 07, 2025 10:00 am - St. Francis High School graduate Kristen Kelsay is 4-0 in her first season as head women’s volleyball coach at Michigan State University.
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Chicago Sky can’t handle the truth — Angel Reese suspension exposes deeper franchise issuesSep 06, 2025 10:00 am - The Chicago Sky doesn’t have the appetite for a rebuild. All of the moves it made last off-season indicate a certain level of impatience. However, on Friday, the Sky punished its star player for espousing those same views.
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Lincicome: Even the national dunderheads know, these Bears are not Super Bowl contendersSep 06, 2025 9:00 am - Super Bowl contenders? Not these Bears, who would be thrilled to make the playoffs. This is a seven-win team, writes columnist Bernie Lincicome.
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O’Donnell: Ben & Caleb are fine — but J.J. McCarthy does nothing but winSep 06, 2025 9:00 am - Bears fans can’t wait to see new coach Ben Johnson and second-year quarterback Caleb Williams work together for the first time in a regular-season game Monday night, but Vikings QB J.J. McCarthy, a product of the Chicago suburbs, just doesn’t lose very often, writes columnist Jim O’Donnell.
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With October drawing near, the Cubs need Seiya Suzuki back in his comfort zoneSep 05, 2025 9:00 am - Seiya Suzuki’s comfort level has been an ongoing story ever since the Cubs aggressively recruited him after MLB’s lockout ended in 2022. The total cost of the five-year contract approached $100 million when factoring in the posting fee owed to Suzuki’s Japanese club, a sizable commitment that made him a building block for what president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer envisioned as “The Next Great Cubs Team.”
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Looking back and looking ahead after one week of prep footballSep 04, 2025 5:39 pm - With one week of the prep football season in the book, it’s a good time to look back and look ahead.
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Silvy: After a busy off-season, Bears are ready to prove themselves — we hopeSep 04, 2025 6:00 am - This will be columnist Marc Silverman’s 31st season covering the Bears as a reporter, talk show host or columnist after growing up a diehard fan. He’d like to think he’s seen it all and have refined the way he predicts a season.
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Coach who built ‘The Streak’ at East Leyden to be honored in RosemontSep 03, 2025 6:47 pm - An evening honoring the late East Leyden and Leyden boys basketball coach Norm Goodman will be held Tuesday in Rosemont.
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Sarley: Another time I found myself in trouble on a big lakeSep 03, 2025 11:33 am - Daily Herald Outdoors columnist Steve Sarley tells another tale of trouble while fishing on a big lake.