Sports Columns
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Fasten those chin straps for Game 3May 31, 2010 11:00 pm - The flame on the front burner figures to keep turning up. It did in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals, making Game 1 seem in retrospect like barely a spark. Seconds after...
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A memorable moment before puck ever dropsMay 30, 2010 11:00 pm - The Blackhawks likely will do it again Monday night in the United Center. No, not that "it." Not just win another Stanley Cup Finals game. Before the first puck drops th...
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Game 1 a coach's nightmareMay 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville had to be one of the few people not entertained Saturday night in the United Center. And his team won the game. Hockey coaches like bor...
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Good omen: Hawks win despite poor playMay 28, 2010 11:00 pm - One thing has been certain about these 2010 Chicago Blackhawks, even on the nights when so much is uncertain. Regardless of how they good they are, or in the case of Sat...
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Northwestern's faith in Dowd pays off with national titlesMay 28, 2010 11:00 pm - One minute the future was bright, full of promise. The next, Katrina Dowd was staring at her achy knee, wondering if she would ever play lacrosse again, wondering what w...
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Lord Stanley's Cup is all that matters nowMay 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Bling ain't the thing in hockey. Who needs jewelry when you compete for the most meaningful trophy in sports, along with the great traditions that accompany it? OK, so m...
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Fear and Loving at EIUMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - As you read this I'll be reveling amid the mass celebration that is the 116th boys state track and field championships at Eastern Illinois University in downstate Charle...
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Miller came full circle in passion for Palatine trackMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - What seemed to be just another lunchbreak last year turned out a lot more fulfilling for Fred Miller. Palatine boys track and field head coach John Nalley was talking ab...
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With no regrets, Hawks have no worriesMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - The '69 Cubs are the standard by which all other Chicago sports heartbreaks have been measured. But for a hockey fan it was always the '71 Blackhawks, the nightmare that...
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Huntley's Popenfoose will settle for nothing less than state titleMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Joel Popenfoose thought the youngest of his three sons, Marcus, was destined to be a standout on the track, not in the field. Marcus ran a fast 400 time as a sixth grade...