Sports Columns
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Persa's numbers simply amazingSep 05, 2010 11:00 pm - What can Dan Persa possibly do for an encore? In his first career start, Northwestern's junior quarterback set the school's single-game record for completion percentage...
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MIA: Top players not named WilliamsSep 03, 2010 11:00 pm - There's not much U.S. in the U.S. Open this year. At least not on the women's side. As of Friday, only two American women still had more tennis ahead of them in New York...
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Palatine gets tough - and gets goingSep 03, 2010 11:00 pm - This has already been a tough football season for Palatine. The last thing it wanted to do was make it even tougher. The Pirates had been hit hard by injuries and illnes...
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Another piece of local tradition bids farewell Friday nightSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - One of the best pieces of news I've heard so far this football season is that even though Hampshire will be moving to the Fox Valley Conference next year, the Whip-Purs'...
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Konerko, Hamilton a close race for AL's MVP honorsSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - News, notes and a nugget or two as the White Sox prepare to resume their playoff push Friday night at Boston: MVP candidates: I have the American League MVP vote this se...
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Miklasz makes it happen at ISUSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - All Kyle Miklasz wanted was a shot. The Hersey product and Daily Herald All-Area basketball player believed it was all he needed to prove he could play at the highest le...
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Cubs can make statement by hiring from withinSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - You can search the world over, but sometimes, the answer is right in front of you. That might be the situation the Cubs are in with their managerial search. You've hea...
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Service at all levels is Whittington's commandSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - There's no paycheck. There's not even the hope of some good old-fashioned father-son bonding time. Chuck Whittington, Jr. is an assistant football coach at Grayslake Ce...
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Stephens gets a big kick out of playing for GalaxySep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - You couldn't blame Michael Stephens if he's spent the better part of this season a little wide-eyed. The rookie midfielder plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy, the closest ...
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Momentum builds for turf at Geneva's Burgess FieldSep 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Geneva football coach Rob Wicinski is a realist. "I don't get too excited about things until it happens," he said. Yet when Wicinski says there's "pie-in-the-sky optimi...