David Haugh is an award-winning sports writer with the Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune

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. He began his career at the South Bend Tribune

South Bend Tribune

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in Indiana, working there for nearly a decade before joining the Chicago Tribune as the paper's Chicago Bears

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 beat writer. Currently, he is one of the Tribune sports section's sports "takeout" writers, taking on a variety of assignments.

Haugh was chosen as the 1999 Indiana Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association

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