Sports Stories from October 11, 2012 (Change date)
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ESPN college football guru Beano Cook dead at 81Oct 11, 2012 4:21 pm - PITTSBURGH — Beano Cook, the college football commentator with an encyclopedic knowledge of the sport he dearly loved, has died. The 81-year-old Boston native had worked...
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Giants beat Reds 6-4, win NLDS on Posey's slamOct 11, 2012 4:00 pm - CINCINNATI — Buster Posey insisted all along — even after San Francisco lost the first two at home — that his team was far from done, no matter how long the odds. Turns ...
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Hersey puts finishing touches on sixth straight East crownOct 11, 2012 3:57 pm - As Hersey coach Dick Mortensen was explaining to his swimmers following Thursday’s victory over Wheeling at Olympic Pool in Arlington Heights, winning the Mid-Suburban E...
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Sidney Crosby optimistic NHL season will be salvagedOct 11, 2012 3:26 pm - PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby wanted to spend Thursday watching the NHL drop the puck on the 2012-13 season while prepping for the Pittsburgh Penguins’ opener the following...
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Groce learning about Illini with season month awayOct 11, 2012 3:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN — With just a few weeks until the season begins, Illinois John Groce doesn’t know how much of the up-tempo basketball he says is his trademark will work for hi...
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With loss of Jauss comes reminiscingOct 11, 2012 12:21 pm - Some days some stories are more important than Lovie Smith’s contract, the NHL lockout and the NFL’s bounty suspensions. Wednesday afternoon I was sitting at this very c...
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Mike North video: Time to sit A-RodOct 11, 2012 10:52 am - New York Yankee Manager Joe Girardi sits A-Rod for Raul Ibanez who delivered big time. Mike North thinks Joe Girardi showed a lot by making this move. Is Girardi questio...
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Barry brings refreshing perspective to volleyball courtOct 11, 2012 10:48 am - It’s hard to comprehend when an athlete says: “I’m happy that I tore my ACL.” But when St. Charles East senior Erienne Barry says it with such sunny conviction you’ve go...
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MLS club steps up to honor Lombard’s UrsoOct 11, 2012 10:32 am - When the Columbus Crew decided to make youth heart health a part of its philanthropic work, the Major League Soccer club’s executives never imagined the cause would hit ...
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West Aurora storms past Naperville N.Oct 11, 2012 10:13 am - West Aurora’s volleyball team doesn’t normally head off its court and into the hallway after the first game, but the Blackhawks also don’t typically get smoked like they...