Sports Stories from November 1, 2011 (Change date)
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Illini hope bye can help break losing streakNov 01, 2011 12:00 am - Illinois is mired in a three-game losing streak. It leads the Big Ten with 19 turnovers and penalties have become a recurring problem, too. At least the Illini are off t...
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Harvest Christian extends postseason runNov 01, 2011 12:00 am - A first-year varsity program usually doesn’t have a lot of postseason success. The Harvest Christian girls volleyball team just might not be an ordinary first-year prog...
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Baseball’s new look all the rage at WrigleyNov 01, 2011 12:00 am - Did club chairman Tom Ricketts fill the Cubs’ front office or cast a feature film? I had dinner with a couple of female friends the day after Theo Epstein was introduced...
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Cary-Grove gains third straight sectional finalNov 01, 2011 12:00 am - It’s November and the Cary-Grove girls volleyball team is peaking right on cue. The Trojans bulled their way into a third straight Class 4A sectional championship match ...
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Nittany Lions start, reeling Badgers highlight Big Ten surprisesNov 01, 2011 12:00 am - Joe Paterno isn’t a big fan of bye weeks, and with good reason, especially this year. Penn State might be the Big Ten’s most surprising story line going into the last m...
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Quade’s Cubs future to be determined soonNov 01, 2011 12:00 am - The fate of Cubs manager Mike Quade could be determined within a week, according to Theo Epstein, the Cubs’ president of baseball operations. Epstein introduced his new ...
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Purdue faces uphill battle at WisconsinNov 01, 2011 12:00 am - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — If history is an indicator, Purdue’s chances of winning at Wisconsin on Saturday are slim. The Boilermakers haven’t beaten the Badgers since 2003....
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Epstein's realism is a good thing for CubsNov 01, 2011 12:00 am - Among his many redeeming qualities, Theo Epstein is a realist. And in a quiet moment away from the media crush following Tuesday's news conference to introduce Jed Hoyer...
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St. Charles E. survives St. Charles N.Nov 01, 2011 12:00 am - Combine an underdog playing lights-out volleyball, two rabid fan bases into every point, and the finality that a loss would have meant to either team and you start to ge...
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Cousins trying to rebound after poor outingNov 01, 2011 12:00 am - EAST LANSING, Mich. — A week after becoming Michigan State’s winningest quarterback, Kirk Cousins endured perhaps his worst game as a Spartan. Cousins went 11 of 27 for ...