Sports Columns
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Who has home course advantage in 2026 Presidents Cup at Medinah?May 05, 2025 11:12 pm - Captains Geoff Ogilvy and Brandt Snedeker will go head-to-head at next year’s Presidents Cup at Medinah Country Club.
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How does Crow-Armstrong compare to Cubs’ greatest center fielders?May 05, 2025 6:16 pm - The Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong is off to a terrific start, but how does he compare to the greatest center fielders in franchise history?
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O’Donnell: NFL will add spring to its list of American sports conquestsMay 03, 2025 10:00 am - ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA, the grand trifecta of a classic sports spring was Major League Baseball's Opening Day, the Masters and the Kentucky Derby. The public said so...
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Lincicome: Pardon me, but Pete Rose really doesn’t need oneMay 03, 2025 10:00 am - How it is that Pete Rose has found further humiliation may need the asterisk, if not handy parenthesis, to explain his time in baseball and beyond. His was a case at rest, as is Rose himself, revived on a Presidential whim, along with tariffs and insurrectionists.
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Arlington Heights actor reflects on enduring legacy of ‘Draft Day’May 01, 2025 6:07 pm - Buffalo Grove High School graduate Pat Healy talks about his memorable role in “Draft Day,” and what makes the film endure a decade later.
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Silvy: The offseason is done, now Bears have to show they can succeed on the fieldMay 01, 2025 6:00 am - The day new coach Ben Johnson walked into the Bears facility, he told the staff that it was time to get to work and he hasn’t backed down since. Every time the new head coach has spoken, he has sent messages that his staff is conducting business differently, and that’s a good thing.
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‘First of all, it means I’m old’: Naperville Central’s Nussbaum reaches coaching milestoneApr 30, 2025 5:33 pm - With his 750th softball win this season, Naperville Central coach Andy Nussbaum reached 1,500 victories between softball and girls basketball.
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Sarley: How the most memorable perch I ever caught came up just shortApr 30, 2025 4:47 pm - The largest I had caught was estimated at 1.75 pounds by Captain Bob Jenkins. Two pounds is the magic number when it comes to declaring a perch to be a monster. I actually thought my fish might be near that weight.
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O’Donnell: Dishing Kentucky Derby adviceApr 29, 2025 2:41 pm - Columnist Jim O’Donnell analyzes the upcoming Kentucky Derby.
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Illinois ready to host NCAA men’s golf regionalApr 29, 2025 2:35 pm - After a disappointing Big Ten tournament finish, the Illinois men’s golf team will regroup for the NCAA regional.