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$300 million team gets nickel-and-dimed to deathOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - It's all over but the pouting. That's sure to go on for weeks, because this one was ugly, if not totally unexpected, even though the Cubs had no goat to blame, no curse ...
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In baseball, one man's pressure another man's dream come trueOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - His team down a run in the bottom of the ninth, of the seventh game of the World Series, Mark Grace stood at home plate and stared out at Mariano Rivera. Grace knew he w...
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With red-hot Geneva, here's 1 rule that has to be brokenOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Bear with me while I break one of the Ten Commandments of sports writing. This cardinal sin of the profession ranks somewhere behind Thou Shall Double Check Facts and so...
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Boards shouldn't skimp on insuranceOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Since our office serves as the Registered Agent for most of our clients, we have the opportunity to review most of the lawsuits filed against our association clients. Mo...
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Saxons not happy with being closeOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Schaumburg's football team was not happy. A lot of teams would have been if they went on the road and stayed right with Fremd until the bitter end. But a 25-14 loss was ...
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Issues for Cubs to address if they plan to avoid a sweepOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Thursday night had long since turned to Friday morning Chicago time when Cubs second baseman Mark DeRosa was doing his best to cheer up everybody in sight, inclu...
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Saturday stunners change contenders for national titleOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Two of college football's greatest elements are the upset and the buildup to games. But these cornerstones, on occasion, smash into each other, and that's what happened...
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Emotions in postseason impossible to duplicateOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. Lou Pinella's message seems to be to get everyone to relax. Is that possible in an elimination game? A. It's difficult. You can't duplicate the atmosphere in postseas...
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These guys shouldn't be this goodOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - PHOENIX -- Some sports phenomena defy explanation. Take the Arizona Diamondbacks, please. Thursday night they beat the Cubs 8-4 to take a 2-0 lead in their National Leag...
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Slow, moody Western examines one man's obsessionOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Here we have a classic American Western so slow on the draw that the entire drama Ȣ₈¬Ã¢â‚¬ˆť clocking in at 2 hours, 40 minutes Ȣ₈¬Ã¢â‚¬ˆť moves like one...