Sports Columns
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Lincicome: Looking for the point to all-star gamesJul 12, 2025 9:00 am - My favorite all-star memory is of a game in Seattle years back. Not the game itself exactly but the workout day before when players loafed and visited and prided themselv...
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The bronze aged: Buehrle parks tractor, leaves farm and kicks off 2005 reunion weekend for SoxJul 11, 2025 10:06 pm - Reunion weekend for the 2005 World Series champion White Sox began Friday with unveiling of a Mark Buehrle statue in the right field concourse.
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Countdown to prep football: Eight area non-quarterbacks to see this seasonJul 10, 2025 1:52 pm - Our countdown to high school football continues this week with eight area non-quarterbacks to see play this season.
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Her school dropped her tennis program, but Haber happy with how it worked out in the endJul 09, 2025 4:45 pm - Rolling Meadows graduate Hanna Haber has weathered the loss of her college tennis program and looks positively toward a fresh start at Colorado State.
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Sarley: Advice for keeping your live bait alive during a hot Illinois summerJul 09, 2025 10:34 am - I’ve talked to you all before about the effectiveness of using live bait when you are fishing. Please realize that the key word in this subject is “live.” Keeping your ba...
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Ten years after Kyle Tucker’s predraft workout for the Cubs, a special season is at handJul 09, 2025 10:08 am - Ten years ago, while their Wrigley Field renovations were still ongoing, the Chicago Cubs hosted a workout for a small group of top prospects ahead of the MLB draft. Kyle Tucker and Ian Happ both attended the showcase on June 3, 2015, along with some construction workers who stayed on the project while the major-league club traveled on an extended road trip. At that time, the video boards were brand new and those players were relative unknowns.
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O’Donnell: D-Rose softens New York kookiness in praising ThibodeauJul 08, 2025 3:13 pm - Jim O’Donnell: Derrick Rose continues to praise his former coach, Tom Thibodeau.
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After John Deere Classic, more local golf on the horizonJul 08, 2025 2:47 pm - In the wake of last weekend’s John Deere Classic, more local golf tournaments are on the horizon.
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Counting down: 10 senior football recruits to watch this seasonJul 08, 2025 2:43 pm - Our countdown to high school football begins this week with 10 senior football recruits to watch this season.
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‘EdgyTim’: FCS programs nabbing commitments from local playersJul 08, 2025 2:41 pm - Rivals.com football recruiting analyst “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran writes this week about key commitments garnered by Southern Illinois and Illinois State.