Sports Columns
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DePaul’s quest for Big East success carries on with new coach, rosterDec 10, 2024 6:00 am - Heading into their 20th season in the Big East, DePaul has posted a winning record just once. Can new coach Chris Holtmann and a new roster take the leap to respectability?
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Who had the area’s top prep football performances in the 2024 season?Dec 10, 2024 6:00 am - This week’s High Five honors the area’s top prep football performances in the 2024 season.
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‘Edgy’ Tim: How did state schools do with Illinois football recruits?Dec 10, 2024 6:00 am - “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran writes about how Illinois, Northwestern and Northern Illinois did with in-state recruits during last week’s early signing period.
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All hail the linemen: Area All-Americans dominating in the trenchesDec 09, 2024 6:00 am - Area graduates Matt Burba of Wisconsin-Whitewater and Sam Pryor of North Central College each earned football coaches All-America first-team honors.
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Best option for next Bears’ coach? How about no choice at all?Dec 07, 2024 6:13 pm - The Bears playoff hopes are probably over, but interim coach Thomas Brown can do the city a huge favor by voiding another coaching search.
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Jim O’Donnell: Now with an Ivy League finish, Zbikowski still dreams of sweet home ChicagoDec 07, 2024 10:47 am - FINDING TOMMY ZBIKOWSKI WASN'T all that hard. It was the routing that surprised a bit — head east from the Chicago Fire Department and pull over at the Ivy League. That's...
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Looking hither and yon to find all the bowl games college football has to offerDec 07, 2024 10:00 am - For a brief moment some thought was given to holding a college football bowl game at Wrigley Field, a notion considered too daffy even for the protracted commotion of Dit...
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After the state football finals, is it time to have a private-public school sports discussion?Dec 06, 2024 6:00 am - After last week’s dominance by private schools in the IHSA championship football games, it’s time to have a difficult discussion.
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If the Bears are trying to put on a comedy routine, it’s not very funnyDec 05, 2024 6:00 am - Who’s in charge? What’s the plan to hire the next head coach? I don’t know where the next stadium is going to be built. It’s the Bears' version of Abbott and Costello “who’s on first routine” and I’m as confused as ever.
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Where men and women can find the best clothing for the outdoorsDec 05, 2024 6:00 am - I had heard the buzz about a new outdoor clothing store that was opening up. The store is called “Sitka Gear” and they have six stores beside the one that just opened in Vernon Hills, a stone’s throw from the Hawthorne Mall, near the intersection of Route 60 and Route 21.