Sports Columns
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O’Donnell: Jordan and NBC are happening because M.J. feels like itMay 13, 2025 5:30 pm - WHITE SMOKE OUT OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL last week signaled the selection of a new Pope for the Roman Catholic Church. White smoke out of 30 Rock in Manhattan on Monday was ...
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Billiter claims fourth Illinois PGA Match Play ChampionshipMay 12, 2025 10:54 pm - Jim Billiter of Ivanhoe Club won the Illinois PGA Match Play Championship at Butterfield Country Club in Oak Brook.
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Who joins Pope Leo XIV among most famous White Sox fans?May 12, 2025 4:52 pm - This week’s High Five looks at who joins Pope Leo XIV among the White Sox’s most famous fans.
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‘Edgy’ Tim: South Elgin’s Mueller set to make college decisionMay 11, 2025 1:25 pm - South Elgin High School junior tight end Gavin Mueller will make his college decision Wednesday.
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O’Donnell: Lee Corso made it with a big boost from Jimmy Piersall and NIU footballMay 10, 2025 10:43 am - WHEN LEE CORSO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED that he'll end his 37-season run on ESPN's “College GameDay” in August, some grayheads in his audience could probably remember the three...
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Lincicome: Will the new Pope take requests from hometown pro sports fans?May 10, 2025 10:00 am - A happy few days of nonsense welcomed Chicago’s Pope to his new job, usually a solemn time for pontiffs, but then baseball — and religion, too — needs all the nonsense it...
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Can we please forgive Trae Taylor for a momentary lapse in judgment?May 08, 2025 11:18 am - Yes, Carmel Catholic sophomore quarterback Trae Taylor made a poor decision last week. But can we please just forgive him?
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Silvy: Williams needs some tough love to teach him how to work in the NFLMay 08, 2025 6:00 am - Ryan Poles claimed at the combine that Caleb Williams has a great work ethic but needed to learn the difference of how to work in an NFL week as opposed to a college football week. My question is, why wasn’t this addressed in season? Why didn’t Poles have someone fix it in real time?
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Bartlett native Robinson Cook is the MVP of League One Volleyball in year oneMay 07, 2025 7:47 pm - In the midst of a “crazy year,” St. Francis High School graduate, Bartlett native and Olympian Kelsey Robinson Cook was named most valuable player of the start-up women’s volleyball league, League One Volleyball.
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‘Coolest thing ever’: Pete Crow-Armstrong becoming a folk hero in ChicagoMay 07, 2025 12:13 pm - When Pete Crow-Armstrong arrived in Chicago at the end of the 2023 season, veteran Ian Happ taught him the etiquette of playing outfield for the Cubs. You must acknowledge the fans. You must thank them after a win. At Wrigley you tip your cap and your beer vendors.