Columns
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Ace in the handMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - So you think you play a pretty solid game of blackjack, eh? Well, if you're like 98 percent of the players I see in the casinos, you bungle your "soft" hands something a...
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Loyalty in hirings a LeGrand ideaMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Jeff Brooke and Jack LeGrand are among the nicest guys you'll find in prep sports. They have been rewarded with head coaching jobs at Wheaton Academy and Timothy Christ...
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St. Edward, Hampshire have high hopes entering postseasonMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Here we go again. Just as it used to be easy to look at the postseason pairings in volleyball and basketball, it was also easy to look at the IHSA softball state tournam...
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New on DVDMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - These DVDs were released this week: "I'm Not There" Todd Haynes wrote and directed this film aimed at Bob Dylan fans. He used six different actors to portray the co...
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Mrs. Keigher's sixth graders provide some hope for the futureMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Perhaps there is hope for kids. And newspapers. The two often don't go hand in hand. More so than ever, we keep hearing about how young people don't read newspapers. A c...
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Wendell will be missed at BGMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Those who know John Wendell best know it doesn't take much to get him going. Ask him about his baseball field and it usually has the Buffalo Grove coach ranting about it...
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Callanan's drive produces high fiveMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - A high five would have seemed more fitting. Instead, after Lindsay Callanan raced home all the way from second base on a wild pitch, she and equally jacked teammate Shay...
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Should have stayed aboard the Red Wings' bandwagonMay 07, 2008 11:00 pm - I know, I know. My Stanley Cup predictions are out the window, so save the e-mails. The Montreal Canadiens won't be beating the San Jose Sharks in the Finals, as was pre...
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Volunteers link up to get Luis back on his feetMay 07, 2008 11:00 pm - His small Nicaraguan village doesn't celebrate Mother's Day until May 30, but teenager Luis Wilfredo Torres Ruiz is picking up something in our suburbs this weekend that...
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Resources can help solve problemsMay 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Finding good small business advice can be difficult -- which is why this week's column is a sharing list of advisers I have found who understand smaller businesses. Ther...