Sports Columns
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‘Edgy Tim’ Local NFL players took different recruiting routesNov 18, 2024 6:00 am - ‘Edgy’ Tim: Local NFL players took different recruiting journeys on their way to reaching the ultimate goal.
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Jim O'Donnell: Bob Costas says Bob Costas ain't done yetNov 16, 2024 5:14 pm - Few sportscasters-plus of the past half century can come near Bob Costas for excellence, versatility and once upon a time, imbuing so many events and programming hours with a new sort of fresh energy. He recently retired, but Costas says he is still keeping his hand in the game.
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Lincicome: Poster-doofus Eberflus latest in long line of Bears coaching failuresNov 16, 2024 4:52 pm - Bears coach Matt Ebeflus should have been fired after last season. He could not figure out how to develop a raw talent like Justin Fields, so why expect him to grow a consensus better one in Williams? Now he is the pinata at the party, hanging around, awaiting the inevitable swat.
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50 years of IHSA playoff football: Stevenson’s 2014 roller coaster ride to its first titleNov 15, 2024 6:00 am - Celebrating 50 years of IHSA playoff football: How Stevenson survived a season-long roller coaster ride to win its first state title.
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I can laugh now, but I wasn’t laughing when I made these fishing mistakes back thenNov 14, 2024 6:00 am - I had fun last week while writing that column about a couple of misadventures I have lived through. I’ve had plenty of others, although none included famous baseball dign...
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Home, school, volleyball — for Vander Wal it’s all relativeNov 14, 2024 6:00 am - Timothy Christian senior volleyball player Abby Vander Wal said her high school “feels like home.” No wonder. Twenty of her relatives have graduated from the Elmhurst sch...
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‘Edgy’ Tim: Pointing out a few of the unsung heroes on state quarterfinal football teamsNov 14, 2024 6:00 am - Now that we are getting ready for the IHSA quarterfinal games this weekend, many fans are starting to get familiar with the key players on each team. Who are the unsung ...
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Silvy: It’s Packers week again, and the Bears are in disarray — againNov 14, 2024 6:00 am - This was supposed to be the big moment: Revenge time. The Bears would finally be ready for the Packers. Ready to make this a rivalry. Ready to go toe to toe with their ow...
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LIV Golf announces return to the suburbs in 2025Nov 13, 2024 6:34 pm - The PGA Tour made its last Chicago area visit in 2019 and the other national golf organizing groups have been absent longer than that. Not the upstart LIV Golf League, th...
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O’Donnell: McCaskeys, not Waldron, should shoulder blame for Bears’ strugglesNov 13, 2024 6:00 am - Jim O’Donnell: While Shane Waldron was the scapegoat on Tuesday, the McCaskeys should shoulder the blame for the Bears’ struggles this season.