Sports Columns
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Dietz: Poles can’t be trusted to make big decisions for BearsJan 13, 2025 6:00 am - John Dietz says Bears general manager Ryan Poles has made too many mistakes, including the drafting of Caleb Williams, to be trusted with big decisions.
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Bears Film Study: This season was a tough watch, but here are best players of 2024Jan 11, 2025 3:14 pm - With a disappointing season complete, Bears Film Study pores through the evidence and ranks the team’s 25 best players of 2024.
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Beware the latest TV gimmick: indoor golfJan 11, 2025 10:00 am - I have not seen everything, but I have seen indoor golf and I shrug. Indoor golf is usually found on cruise ships and in sports bars. Now it is a TV gimmick, like poker a...
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Jim O’Donnell: Freeman, Irish need a chunk o’ Northern Illinois at the CFP title gameJan 11, 2025 10:00 am - EVERYTHING'S COMING UP IRISH for Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff. Still, that shamrock quake leaves no one backing off fro...
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Quite a bowl season for the area’s college football playersJan 10, 2025 5:29 am - From the Salute to Veterans Bowl to the College Football Playoff, it’s been quite a bowl season for our local football players.
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Silvy: McCaskey trotting out his orange tie for a Halas Hall news conference is a sad Bears traditionJan 09, 2025 6:00 am - I want to believe this is the dawn of a new day for our Bears. I want to sell you this is the start of something great. I can’t. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times or more, and you’re the Chicago Bears.
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The loss of high school mentors hit hard over the holidays in Schaumburg, WheatonJan 09, 2025 6:00 am - Reflecting on the passing of Schaumburg baseball coach Paul Groot, Wheaton Central boys basketball coach Don McGee.
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You don’t want to miss these speakers talk fishing at the upcoming showsJan 09, 2025 6:00 am - What to know and whom to hear speak at the upcoming fishing shows.
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O’Donnell: Poles dodges key questions during soft sell at Halas HallJan 08, 2025 5:50 am - Jim O’Donnell believes Bears General Manager Ryan Poles still has plenty of questions to answer, even after Tuesday’s news conference at Halas Hall.
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Will moving to the Mountain West help NIU?Jan 07, 2025 8:27 pm - Northern Illinois officially announced its move to the Mountain West Conference for football in 2026. Why did the school make this decision and what are the benefits?