Sports Columns
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Best option for next Bears’ coach? How about no choice at all?Dec 07, 2024 6:13 pm - The Bears playoff hopes are probably over, but interim coach Thomas Brown can do the city a huge favor by voiding another coaching search.
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Jim O’Donnell: Now with an Ivy League finish, Zbikowski still dreams of sweet home ChicagoDec 07, 2024 10:47 am - FINDING TOMMY ZBIKOWSKI WASN'T all that hard. It was the routing that surprised a bit — head east from the Chicago Fire Department and pull over at the Ivy League. That's...
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Looking hither and yon to find all the bowl games college football has to offerDec 07, 2024 10:00 am - For a brief moment some thought was given to holding a college football bowl game at Wrigley Field, a notion considered too daffy even for the protracted commotion of Dit...
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After the state football finals, is it time to have a private-public school sports discussion?Dec 06, 2024 6:00 am - After last week’s dominance by private schools in the IHSA championship football games, it’s time to have a difficult discussion.
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If the Bears are trying to put on a comedy routine, it’s not very funnyDec 05, 2024 6:00 am - Who’s in charge? What’s the plan to hire the next head coach? I don’t know where the next stadium is going to be built. It’s the Bears' version of Abbott and Costello “who’s on first routine” and I’m as confused as ever.
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Where men and women can find the best clothing for the outdoorsDec 05, 2024 6:00 am - I had heard the buzz about a new outdoor clothing store that was opening up. The store is called “Sitka Gear” and they have six stores beside the one that just opened in Vernon Hills, a stone’s throw from the Hawthorne Mall, near the intersection of Route 60 and Route 21.
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Spreading love in her memory: Palatine, Fremd game to feature fundraiser for foundationDec 05, 2024 6:00 am - Friday’s girls and boys basketball doubleheader between Palatine and host Fremd will feature a fundraiser for the Kendall Nicole Eich Foundation, named after the 2003 Palatine graduate who died in 2021 from brain cancer.
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O’Donnell: Bears’ Poles looks like a beaten manDec 04, 2024 6:00 am - Jim O’Donnell: At Monday’s news conference, Bears General Manager Ryan Poles looked like a beaten man.
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Bears Film Study dissects final moments of Eberflus eraDec 04, 2024 6:00 am - Say goodbye to the Eberflus era with this week’s Bears Film Study. When you think about it, the Bears taking three straight division rivals to the final play suggests they’ve been playing well.
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Who had the area’s top prep football performances in Week 14?Dec 03, 2024 6:00 am - This week’s High Five celebrates the area’s top prep football performances from championship weekend.