Sports Columns
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Dietz: The player traits needed to rebuild the BlackhawksApr 13, 2025 2:55 pm - Columnist John Dietz talked to Blackhawks veterans Nick Foligno and Connor Murphy about the player traits necessary to build another winner in Chicago.
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Lincicome: For the play-in-bound Bulls, there’s nowhere to go but up and downApr 12, 2025 10:00 am - So here we are again, the Bulls facing another “play-in tournament,” sort of the electoral college of sports, designed to offer hope to the hopeless, allowing losers to think more of themselves than they rate, a false bottom in truth, a footstool for foot wipes.
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Eight players the Bears would love to see available at No. 10 in the NFL draftApr 12, 2025 10:00 am - The draft board is wide open for Bears general manager Ryan Poles. After having a clear choice in Caleb Williams with the No. 1 overall pick last year, Poles will have a less obvious decision this year with his first choice at No. 10 overall.
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ESPN wants to be a leader in youth sports. Can we trust the network?Apr 10, 2025 5:37 pm - ESPN plans to enter the realm of youth sports. Is that a good thing?
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How much does a beer and a hot dog cost you at Wrigley Field or the Rate? I did the mathApr 10, 2025 10:45 am - It’s not breaking news, but nothing is cheap at a professional sporting event, let alone Wrigley Field, where the Cubs pack ’em in, rain or shine, snow or sun. Starting with tickets, a parent taking a family of four to a game — or one person drinking for four — can experience losses of “biblical” proportions in their bank account.
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Silvy: Here comes the tough love that can make Bears QB Caleb Williams a starApr 10, 2025 6:00 am - One year later, as Caleb Williams walked back into Halas Hall for OTAs, he is officially no longer a rookie. Yet the question remains, who is this? While many of us still can’t answer that, I do know that Williams has as much pressure on him as any athlete in Chicago sports history.
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‘I was elated’: How Naperville’s Crawford earned the call to be in the Naismith Hall of FameApr 09, 2025 6:33 pm - Naperville resident Danny Crawford, a 32-year referee in the National Basketball Association, will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Years later, Darrell Baker remains one of the best fishermen I ever knewApr 09, 2025 5:53 pm - One of the most memorable characters I ever met in the world of fishing was my old friend Darrell Baker. He was a true phenom.
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O’Donnell: Fitzgerald vs. Northwestern picks up speedApr 08, 2025 5:28 pm - Jim O’Donnell: The judicial conflict between Northwestern University and former head football coach Pat Fitzgerald appears closer to resolution.
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No merger in sight, PGA Tour and LIV Golf mingling at MastersApr 07, 2025 8:55 pm - With no merger in sight, competitors from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf will mingle at this week’s Masters golf tournament.