Sports Stories from August 16, 2012 (Change date)
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Carl Pettersson takes 1-shot lead at WyndhamAug 16, 2012 6:00 pm - GREENSBORO, N.C. — If any member's bounces went Carl Pettersson's way Thursday at Sedgefield Country Club, well, there's a good reason for that. "That's right — I am a m...
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Manti Te’o determined to go out winner for IrishAug 16, 2012 6:00 pm - SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Manti Te’o’s lighter, quicker and, best of all for Notre Dame, he’s back for a senior season and ready to leave his mark as one of the school’s greate...
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Cougars get help in 5-3 winAug 16, 2012 4:12 pm - With only 4 hits, the Kane County Cougars took advantage of 4 wild pitches and 2 errors to defeat the Clinton LumberKings 5-3 on Thursday night at Fifth Third Bank Ballp...
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Nebraska picked to repeat as B10 volleyball champAug 16, 2012 3:00 pm - Nebraska has been picked to repeat as Big Ten volleyball champion. The coaches' poll released Thursday has Penn State listed second behind the Huskers, who last season e...
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It’s Williams’ turn at left tackle for BearsAug 16, 2012 2:21 pm - BOURBONNAIS — J’Marcus Webb got a chance in the first preseason game to put a stranglehold on the left-tackle job, but he let it slip through his fingers. Chris Williams...
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Urlacher not worried about making Sept. 9 returnAug 16, 2012 2:21 pm - BOURBONNAIS _ It has become Brian Urlacher’s mantra: “I’ll be back by Sept. 9.” Speaking for the first time since Tuesday morning’s arthroscopic debridement of his injur...
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Illini rebuild under Beckman with key pieces backAug 16, 2012 2:13 pm - CHAMPAIGN — Walking onto the field before the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl last December, Nathan Scheelhaase’s football world was cracking wide open. After starting...
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There’s much more to Cubs’ Barney than offenseAug 16, 2012 2:02 pm - Darwin Barney is beating the rap. You know the rap: career utility player, too small, plays three positions OK but not great and won’t hit enough to start every day. Wel...
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Ex-Georgia coach Jim Donnan charged in Ponzi schemeAug 16, 2012 1:22 pm - ATLANTA — Former University of Georgia football coach Jim Donnan used his influence to get high-profile college coaches and former players to invest $80 million into a P...
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Northwestern football aiming high againAug 16, 2012 12:53 pm - All Northwestern can see is the potential. Limits are out of sight. The Wildcats are talking big as another season approaches and insisting this could be the year they f...