Sports Columns
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Come on, PCA. The Home Run Derby would be awesomeJul 07, 2025 4:46 pm - This week’s High Five looks at why the Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong should participate in the Home Run Derby.
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O’Donnell: A happy Fourth to the Cubs, and anybody else?Jul 05, 2025 10:29 am - FOURTH OF JULY, Fifth of July, Sixth of July — does the calendar really matter all that much in The Captive Sports City? Pick a month, any month, and underachievement is ...
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Lincicome: Finding meaning in Caitlin Clark’s popularity, whether she’s playing or notJul 05, 2025 10:23 am - Without playing much basketball of late, Caitlin Clark has managed to remain just as noticed, hardly a sustainable strategy, but to recall one writer’s review on the deat...
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The question again hanging over the Cubs at the trade deadline: If not now, when?Jul 04, 2025 4:10 pm - In closing a controversial deal that aimed to end the Chicago Cubs’ 108-year World Series drought, Theo Epstein memorably declared, “If not now, when?” Back in the summer...
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Women’s sports are soaring, but the Stars are stumblingJul 04, 2025 12:53 pm - Women’s sports have never been more popular, but the Chicago Stars are missing out on the fun, putting a weak lineup on the field that isn’t drawing a lot of fans.
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Countdown to prep football: Nine area quarterbacks to watchJul 03, 2025 3:13 pm - Our countdown to high school football continues this week with nine quarterbacks to see play this season.
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High school summer league baseball now little more than a memoryJul 02, 2025 3:48 pm - For the first time since it started in 1976, the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association summer league tournament was canceled.
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Sarley: Why some captains won’t allow bananas on their fishing boatsJul 02, 2025 11:45 am - The world of sports has a strong connection to luck and superstition.
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O’Donnell: Farewell to a wonder — ‘Captain’ Tom Morgan will be rememberedJul 01, 2025 2:16 pm - If first impressions were the only thing that mattered, Tom Morgan may not have made it on to the press box staff at Arlington Park way back in 1976.
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John Deere Classic gaining entries with FedEx Playoffs on the lineJul 01, 2025 1:28 pm - With qualification for the FedEx Playoffs on the line, more golfers have entered the John Deere Classic in Silvis.