Sports Columns
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Worth crowing about: Crow-Armstrong brings a swagger Cubs sorely lackedMay 19, 2025 8:40 pm - After a stellar weekend against the White Sox, Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong talked about his passion for helping the team win.
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Who belongs in the Blackhawks Hall of Fame?May 19, 2025 3:25 pm - Which players deserve to be enshrined in the recently-announced Blackhawks Hall of Fame?
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O’Donnell: Bears get a Ditka-class dig from the father of Caleb WilliamsMay 17, 2025 10:00 am - WAS IT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WHO FIRST WROTE: “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain except death, taxes and annual hikes in Bears season-ticket prices?” Maybe, pr...
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Lincicome: Can it be a baseball rivalry without Eddie Vedder?May 17, 2025 10:00 am - Without apology Major League Baseball has concocted something called “Rivalry Weekend,” depending on stunt scheduling and geography to juice what the 1-2-3 inning cannot.
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Chicago Sky expecting Courtney Vandersloot to help growth of Angel Reese, Kamilla CardosoMay 16, 2025 11:19 am - Courtney Vandersloot wanted a seat. She had just finished a long practice (more than two hours) and then followed that up with a 3-point shooting drill. If she was going ...
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Cubs vs. White Sox: More evenly matched than the records show?May 15, 2025 5:51 pm - The first city series game of 2025 will feature an interesting pitching matchup: the Cubs’ Cade Horton making his Wrigley Field debut against White Sox rookie sensation Shane Smith.
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What’s in a nickname? Not much, apparentlyMay 15, 2025 5:40 pm - You’d think with 84 high schools in the Daily Herald coverage area, there’d be more interesting mascots.
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Silvy: If the Bears have four left tackles, does that mean they don’t have any?May 15, 2025 6:00 am - The Bears’ plan this year is to find a left tackle from four players, with none being ideal.
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Sarley: How to master setting the hook while topwater fishingMay 14, 2025 7:01 pm - Let me start my follow-up story on topwater fishing with an apology. Eagle-eyed reader Craig Chisholm caught my error in recommending a lure called the Pop-R manufacture...
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‘That piece of paper opened up a door to the future’: Suburban students win Evans ScholarshipsMay 14, 2025 4:58 pm - Lake Zurich High School’s Allan Lavrov and Dundee-Crown’s Sophie Morawski were two of the 130 Illinois high school seniors selected to receive 2025 Evans Scholarships from the Western Golf Association.