Sports Columns
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Lincicome: Caution, franchise quarterback under repairAug 03, 2025 6:00 am - Here’s a thought. If you have to teach your franchise quarterback how to play quarterback, maybe he is not your franchise quarterback. Here’s another thought. If your fra...
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Countdown to prep football: Five of the area’s toughest schedulesJul 31, 2025 4:51 pm - Our countdown to high school football continues this week with five of the area’s toughest schedules this season.
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‘You keep fighting’: After decades competing in football, Jeff Thorne is in the battle of his life against cancerJul 30, 2025 4:50 pm - Jeff Thorne, Wheaton Warrenville South Athletic hall of famer and former Division III championship football coach at North Central College in Naperville, is in a battle against stomach cancer.
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A true trophy: Catching a Lake Superior ‘laker’ for dadJul 30, 2025 2:45 pm - Steve Sarley: Spending a stormy day on Lake Superior netted quite a trophy for a friend.
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Sandberg’s arrival was a turning point in Cubs historyJul 29, 2025 8:09 pm - The outlook, perception and expectations of the Cubs all changed for the better once Ryne Sandberg arrived in a trade from the Phillies.
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From the archives: Sandberg's return another happy Cubs momentJul 29, 2025 3:10 pm - In 2015, Ryne Sandberg made a triumphant return to Wrigley Field for the Cubs’ playoff series against the Cardinals. Former Daily Herald columnist Barry Rozner documented the scene.
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Lake Forest’s Grieve bidding farewell to amateur golfJul 29, 2025 1:05 pm - Lake Forest’s Pierce Grieve is closing in on the end of his competition in amateur golf.
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High Five: Who are the best head coaches in Bulls history?Jul 28, 2025 3:37 pm - Now that the Bulls gave Billy Donovan a contract extension, it’s good timing for this week’s High Five looking at the best head coaches in franchise history.
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Lincicome: The Bears are united in their excitement, at least for training campJul 26, 2025 12:03 pm - The obligation to be eager and earnest is part of training camp, that safe and unscarred portion of a football season where all things are possible and failures are forgotten.Working only from the opening camp press gathering, I can conclude that the Bears are excited. They all say so.
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Jim O’Donnell: Forty years later, an odd memory of the Arlington Park fireJul 26, 2025 11:58 am - There has never been any question that the igniting event of the Arlington Park fire altered a whole lot of paddock trajectories.