Sports Columns
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Outpouring of support for Janet Adkins overwhelmingAug 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Janet Adkins has been the biggest fan of her son Jeff's girls soccer teams at Rolling Meadows. Jeff marveled at how many people from all teams would come up to his mom t...
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Basically, Floyd's got to be betterAug 12, 2010 11:00 pm - For my money, if this is going to work for the White Sox, they're going to need for the next seven weeks the Gavin Floyd who's been brilliant the last two months. "Good ...
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Ljungberg looks to provide Fire's offense a little sparkAug 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Freddie Ljungberg doesn't know what ailed the Fire the first half of this season, and he doesn't seem to care. There's nothing he or anyone else can do about it now. Lju...
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How one outdoorsman landed ultimate dream jobAug 11, 2010 11:00 pm - GARRISON, Minn. - People often tell me I have a dream job that affords me the opportunity to fish and hunt throughout the year. I won't argue that assertion, but there ...
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White Sox in agreement: It's only one gameAug 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Ozzie Guillen doesn't agree that he was born to be disagreeable. Certainly not. And that, of course, just goes to further my point. Unless the White Sox manager invents ...
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Libertyville's Kowal delivers county Amateur titleAug 11, 2010 11:00 pm - With an old friend suddenly on his bag and encouraging him not to punch out, old Connie Kowal reached for one of those old irons he still swings - they've been touched b...
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Taking a tour of the Tri-Cities, football styleAug 10, 2010 11:00 pm - I'm dropping back, making my reads and spreading the ball around to all my favorite targets... Buckle up, Geneva fans: From the west border of Illinois in Week 1 - Rock ...
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Bad night for Guillen's DH defenseAug 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Tuesday was a perfect summer night for a lot of things. White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen's defense of his philosophy on designated hitters wasn't one of them. Not when Ji...
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There's no 'I' in... well, you know the phraseAug 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Let's raise a frosty mug of cream soda to toast, for many of us, the end of summer. Personally, team sports-wise, these past couple months exceeded expectations. It was ...
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Elk Grove on target for another quantum leapAug 10, 2010 11:00 pm - There was a message scrawled on the front of Elk Grove assistant coach Rob Pomazak's T-shirt as high school football practice officially started across the state Wednesd...