Sports Columns
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Woods sees better swing, days aheadSep 11, 2010 11:00 pm - When you've had everything in life a person could possibly hope for, and so recklessly given much of it away, it stands to reason that it might be hard to dream of a bet...
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Time to peer into Bears' near futureSep 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Some NFL seasons are easier to forecast than others. Like, anyone can foresee that missed tackles will reduce the Bears' defense from the Tampa-2 to the Tampa-tutu. Bear...
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Pain of swing change not new for WoodsSep 10, 2010 11:00 pm - A year ago on Saturday, Tiger Woods fired a 62 and took command of the BMW Championship. This year, it's going to take something along those herculean lines just to get ...
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Barrington, Hersey welcome changesSep 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Barrington wasn't going to let this one slip away after a rough third quarter Friday night. Hersey wasn't going to just fade away quietly after a rough first half on the...
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Wauconda's Sundquist makes a differenceSep 09, 2010 11:00 pm - When I asked Shawn Sundquist, a three-sport athlete, what his favorite sport is, I got silence. A lot of silence. Sundquist was hesitating because he just couldn't decid...
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Expansion worth a look for the DVCSep 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Tweaks and twists aside, the DuPage Valley Conference thrives on stability. On a solid foundation of eight quality schools, the DVC's consistency is admired nearly as mu...
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There's a little bit of everything on the plate todaySep 09, 2010 11:00 pm - One nice thing about covering high school golf tournaments is that several of the area's coaches also coach other sports. Golf tournaments, thus, give us a chance to cat...
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Chris Hruska's still fighting, with an assist from his brotherSep 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Chris Hruska has always been a fighter. When Hruska was playing defensive end for Conant in the 1989 Class 6A state football semifinals, he was going head-to-head all af...
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A good commissioner can make draft day more funSep 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Draft day. Our favorite day of the year. It's sort of an unofficial Man Holiday in one of my leagues. One guy flies in from Idaho ... every year. More than half the leag...
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WNBA's Pondexter looks to score style points on court and offSep 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Many people are working multiple jobs in this economy. Cappie Pondexter may be an elite professional basketball player, but she's no exception. And, as of Tuesday, after...