Sports Columns
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O’Donnell: Can’t Caleb Williams and advisers do better than old-mill ‘Iceman’?Mar 28, 2026 10:00 am - Columnist Jim O’Donnell writes about Bears quarterback Caleb Williams’ efforts to market himself.
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Lincicome: Opening Day lures the opening question out into the openMar 28, 2026 10:00 am - Columnist Bernie Lincicome writes about the start of the 2026 baseball season.
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Focus on the joy, not the nonsense, of football recruitingMar 26, 2026 6:40 pm - While dismissing the nonsense swirling around them, we should focus on the great local football recruiting stories of Hersey’s Jake Nawrot and others.
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Pretty good or title contenders? Cubs have plenty to proveMar 25, 2026 8:37 pm - The Cubs open the season Thursday at Wrigley Field against Washington. The goal is a longer postseason run, which is difficult to judge in March.
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Barrington junior Sirois is back to running record-setting timesMar 25, 2026 5:53 pm - Barrington High School junior runner Mia Sirois, healthy after a training accident last summer, is again putting up fast times.
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Q-and-A: What Jed Hoyer really thinks about the Cubs heading into Opening Day (Part 1)Mar 25, 2026 11:49 am - Part one of an annual Q-and-A with Cubs president Jed Hoyer on the eve of the 2026 season.
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Sarley: If it’s April it must be the start of trout season in IllinoisMar 25, 2026 10:00 am - Outdoors columnist Steve Sarley writes about the opening of trout season in Illinois.
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O’Donnell: Illini-Houston — two ambitious, resourced arcs set to collideMar 24, 2026 10:00 am - Columnist Jim O’Donnell writes about the NCAA men’s basketball tournament Sweet Sixteen game Thursday between Illinois and Houston.
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High Five: Who had the area’s top girls basketball performances this season?Mar 23, 2026 4:19 pm - High Five: Who had the area’s top girls basketball performances this season?
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Dietz: Upon further review, Hawks not that far awayMar 22, 2026 5:10 pm - John Dietz: It's beginning to feel like the Hawks aren't far away from becoming a serious playoff contender.