Sports Columns
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Add Lou Piniella's name to Cubs' feeble loreJul 20, 2010 11:00 pm - This is just the Cubs being the Cubs again. The players leave the pennant race sooner than later - the manager plans to leave the job later than sooner - the franchise i...
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Now or then, nothing more than businessJul 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Over the weekend Michael Jordan became maybe the last person on the planet to comment on LeBron James forming a basketball trinity with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. Jorda...
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Cubs need to let Lou leave with dignityJul 18, 2010 11:00 pm - The Cubs don't want to fire Lou Piniella. And he doesn't want to quit. So maybe there's another way. Maybe it's time to ask him if he'd like to retire, but with full pay...
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Cubs catcher Soto won't catch any heat hereJul 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Let's take a break from hammering the Cubs during this dismal season and say something nice about them for a change: Geovany Soto. Yes, the same catcher whose fielding g...
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Morello's name will adorn his track and field masterpieceJul 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Maybe it was the artist in Jeff Morello that allowed him to see beauty where there was little to behold. Morello had come to Christian Liberty as an art teacher in 1993....
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Looking for a fight? Join 'The Club'Jul 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Television has a way of making much of little, so it'll be interesting to see what MLB Network makes of the feud between Kenny Williams and Ozzie Guillen. Premiering ton...
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Lean and mean(er), Fowles having MVP season for SkyJul 16, 2010 11:00 pm - A run-in with Chicago Sky center Sylvia Fowles has kept Shameka Christon off the basketball court for a month. The two teammates were going for a rebound during a game a...
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Steinbrenner as complex as they comeJul 13, 2010 11:00 pm - How is a Chicago baseball fan supposed to react to Tuesday's death of Yankees owner George Steinbrenner? Mourning Steinbrenner is one option. Dancing in the streets is a...
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Sandberg ready for major leapJul 13, 2010 11:00 pm - The Cubs don't have a managerial opening at the moment, and Ryne Sandberg's been around too long to get baited into a conversation about a position that isn't vacant. "I...
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Finding the spots is both hard work and funJul 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Paul K. sent an e-mail that stopped me cold in my tracks. Here's part of what he wrote: "I keep reading your stories about all the great local and area fishing spots you...