Sports Columns
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Dietz: Talk to your children about sports bettingMar 16, 2025 4:09 pm - Columnist John Dietz writes about sports betting and the importance of talking to your children about the pitfalls of gambling.
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‘Edgy’ Tim: Mueller, Abrams, Solecki ready for busy springsMar 16, 2025 2:51 pm - In his latest football recruiting column, “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran writes about South Elgin’s Gavin Mueller, Montini’s Israel Abrams and Downers Grove North’s Aiden Solecki.
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False hope or high expectations? After strong spring, Cubs ready to play for realMar 15, 2025 9:50 pm - Cubs hitters were scorching hot in Arizona. Was that a great sign for the 2025 season or false hope? They’ll open the season Tuesday in Japan against the Dodgers.
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Jim O’Donnell: In search of grace — and the perfect NCAA bracketMar 15, 2025 10:00 am - THE GREATEST CERTAINTY IN AMERICAN SPORTS makes its annual popout beginning right around dusk Sunday. And that's that no one on planet Earth or its neighbors will pick a ...
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Lincicome: Baseball and Japan both are capable of surprising youMar 15, 2025 10:00 am - This just in. The national anthem will be sung on Opening Day by Yoshiki, a local lad, not to be confused with Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the starting pitcher. Further highlight...
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Warren, Benet eyeing history in ChampaignMar 13, 2025 2:56 pm - Warren and Benet vie for their program’s first state boys basketball championship this weekend in Champaign.
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Silvy: The Bears are winning the offseason, but we’ve all seen this movie beforeMar 13, 2025 6:30 am - I don’t know where the Bears are going … but I know where they came from just two months ago and you cannot call it anything but progress.
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Mixed reviews: Second wave of Bears new additions is far from slam dunkMar 12, 2025 9:12 pm - The Bears roster is starting to come together, but how excited should we be over the new additions? Here’s a breakdown of the second wave of free agents.
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‘It was an incredible spectacle of an event’: Benedictine plays in first women’s college flag football gameMar 12, 2025 7:50 pm - Two firsts here -- Benedictine University in Illinois’ first college women’s flag football game, and the first world championship by a United States synchronized skating team.
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This week’s warm weather provides a great opportunity to go fishingMar 12, 2025 12:01 pm - I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I’m pretty sure that we have not seen the end of winter yet. Please don’t shoot the messenger. We are going to see some more free...