Missed connection and no bags, but still a lucky start to Rio Games
While packing for this trip to Rio, I thought: Hmmmm, maybe I should stuff a pair of clean boxers in my carry-on bag, just in case. Well, that "just in...
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Silver medalist in last Olympic golf competition got start in Highland Park
For decades, H. Chandler Egan was a curiosity to the world of golf. Even family members scrounged for records and photographs. They knew he was raised on a five-acre estate...
No Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy or Jason Day, but Olympic golf still aims to deliver
Aug. 11 can't come soon enough for those who pushed to have golf return to the Olympics after a 112-year siesta. Once the first ball is struck at the Olympic...
Please, USGA, don’t screw up the 2017 U.S. Open at Erin Hills
It's a gorgeous, colorful place, a golf course of natural beauty that defies labels. It's practically treeless and the wind can blow in any direction on the golden fescue-lined fairways,...
Olympics are coming. How will they be covered? And does Chicago care?
Mark Giangreco believes the 2016 Rio Games will get plenty of coverage on the local news. Emphasis on news. "There will be a shocking, horrifying news story every day that...
A safe word, an unsafe climate? Yes, I’m headed to Rio for the Games
I'm prepared for a yellow fever outbreak. Hepatitis A and typhoid can invade someone else's system. I got my vaccinations. The doc also prescribed pills for "travelers diarrhea" (sorry about...
Where Rio’s Olympians got their starts
Jeannie Dwyer, the mother of 27-year-old gold medal winner Conor Dwyer, said swimming is a "family affair." She might be underselling that point. If you walk into the circular dining...
Doug Ghim, a favorite in Western Amateur, has risen from humble beginnings
Doug Ghim noticed something as he approached the 18th tee at Beverly Country Club on July 30, 2014 — the presence of several photographers. That set off an internal alarm....
Watch list or not, Northwestern’s Justin Jackson can’t be ignored
Making the Doak Walker Award watch list is not exactly as tough as being a Heisman Trophy finalist. More than 80 players were highlighted, including studs such as LSU's Leonard...
Tim Tebow would rather talk ‘good works’ than Jets or Donald Trump
Tim Tebow embraces some subjects, such as Ohio State and its coach, Urban Meyer. "He's like a father figure to me," Tebow said Wednesday by phone. "I think Ohio State...