Sports Columns
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It's a new era at StevensonAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - More than any other high school sport, football can mobilize an entire community. Crowds are usually bigger at football games than most other school-sponsored events. An...
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This is no ordinary decisionAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - After nine months of waiting, opening night has arrived for high school football. But with so many games to choose from, which should you see? In honor of our 27 DuPage ...
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Whatever their record, hard work makes Panthers winnersAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Kids who sprint 40 yards in 4.4 seconds don't transfer to Round Lake. Nor do athletic, 6-foot-5, 320-pounders with feet quick enough squash a mouse being chased by a cat...
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Gaspari contemplates what's next with footballAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Batavia's athletic director since 1992, Mike Gaspari is retiring at the end of this academic year. As football coach his role is less certain. "I'll definitely coach ano...
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It's game time, and Little has been waitingAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - There wes probably no better scout team running back to be found in Illinois last year than Shepard Little. Little was one of the best around on the field as a Schaumbur...
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Fire shows its patience as Castillo gets in shapeAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Time is not on Nery Castillo's side. Some fans, it appears, also are not on his side. The Fire's new forward/midfielder did not travel Thursday with the Fire to Seattle ...
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Pass-happy NFL changes traditions of fantasy draftsAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - We live in a different world these days. The suddenly everyday things we witness include: • Texting. • Phones attached to people's ears. • Wi-fi available almost anywhe...
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Football trivial compared to this real-life battleAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - In this space 364 days ago we told of Lisle football coach Dan Sanko's marriage proposal to girlfriend April Sorce, nervously delivered in a gondola in Colorado's high c...
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With receivers, risk can be rewardingAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Change, it has been said, is good. A fresh start can often revitalize, reinvigorate and reignite our senses and abilities. But I'm wondering if the same can be said when...
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If Guillen wants out, Sox should let him goAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Manny Ramirez packs his own clown suit and traveling carnival wherever he goes. And on the South Side of Chicago, he'd fit right in. The circus is always in town with th...