Story Behind Connor Onion’s Rise From La Grange to Fox Sports Is Sweet

Story behind Connor Onion's rise from La Grange to Fox Sports is sweet

<p>His name is Connor Onion, but he won’t make you cry.</p><p>If you’ve heard him broadcast games for Fox Sports, you already know that. What you might not know is that he could’ve been Connor O’Onion — pronounced O’Own-yun.</p><p>“It was O’Onion when my family was in Ireland,” Onion told the Sun-Times. “They came to the United States and dropped the ‘O’ to try to assimilate and naturally became farmers.</p><p>“An agriculture family with the las…

Story behind Connor Onion’s rise from La Grange to Fox Sports is sweet

His name is Connor Onion, but he won’t make you cry. If you’ve heard him broadcast games for Fox Sports, you already know that. What you might not know is that he could’ve been Connor O’Onion — pronounced O’Own-yun. “It was O’Onion when my family was in Ireland,” Onion told the Sun-Times. “They came to the United States and dropped the ‘O’ to try to assimilate and naturally became farmers. “An agriculture family with the last name Onion, I was t…