Sports Columns
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Jim O’Donnell: Commanders showing the Bears how quick a turnaround can beJan 25, 2025 1:07 pm - WHAT INFO-SATURATED NFL FAN EXPECTED such progressive news so rapidly out of Washington, D.C., in 2025? If only the dateline could be, “Lake Forest, Ill.” Sunday is simpl...
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Lincicome: It’s all smiles around Halas Hall again, at least for nowJan 25, 2025 12:58 pm - Doubt benefit giving is a frequent burden for Bears fans, and yet granted freely and with fresh anticipation that each time the most dysfunctional franchise in sports has got it right. So we say welcome to another coach, a guy named Johnson, a simple two syllable hashtag, first name of Ben.
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A Chicago sports legend still soaring after receiving lifetime achievement awardJan 23, 2025 5:59 pm - Willy Roy, a longtime Bensenville resident and one of the few living legends of Chicago soccer, received the Walt Chyzowych Lifetime Achievement Award on Jan. 11 at the United Soccer Coaches convention at McCormick Place.
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Are prep athletes prepared to negotiate with colleges?Jan 23, 2025 5:24 pm - With colleges poised to hand out stacks of cash, are prep athletes prepared to negotiate?
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Silvy: Johnson is the guy the Bears needed to do the work of winningJan 23, 2025 6:00 am - Applause filled the atrium. When Ben Johnson walked into Halas Hall, he heard from boisterous Bears employees thirsty for success. And I’m happy to report that I’m willin...
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The things you will need to keep your hands and feet dry and warm and stay safe while ice fishingJan 22, 2025 7:35 pm - Ice fishing might have the largest range of differences between the most basic and the most professional aspects. You can get into ice fishing for slightly next to nothing. The only thing you must not go cheap on is the safety aspect.
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Barrington record-setter Sirois runs to Gatorade state awardJan 22, 2025 5:38 pm - Barrington sophomore Mia Sirois, who set a girls cross country state record last fall, earned the 2024-25 Gatorade Illinois Girls Cross Country Player of the Year.
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New golf year ready to kick off with PGA Merchandise ShowJan 22, 2025 11:51 am - The PGA Merchandise Show, which takes over the Orange County Convention Center this week, is the annual kickoff to the golf season. All phases of the industry are represented at this mass gathering that spotlights all that’s new in the sport.
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O’Donnell: Mike Spellman Scholarship Fund to get another boostJan 21, 2025 9:12 pm - The scholarship fund dedicated to former Daily Herald sports writer Mike Spellman, who died 10 years ago this week, will get a boost on Saturday.
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Why Hoyer plans to keep most of the Cubs prized prospects in Triple AJan 21, 2025 4:27 pm - The Cubs had six prospects rated in MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 playing at Iowa last season. Based on talk at the Cubs Convention, the plan is for most of them to stay put.