Sports Columns
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Sky president confident team will be successful in its new suburban homeMay 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Game on, suburban Chicago. The Chicago Sky, now in its fifth season, moved from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago to Allstate Arena in Rosemont during the off-season and is fi...
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As Bears hot air goes, this was vintageMay 21, 2010 11:00 pm - If a wild Bear burps in the woods, the echoes reverberate throughout the Chicago area. At least they do until the anthem is sung and the puck drops in the United Center....
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With thief in net, Hawks steal gameMay 21, 2010 11:00 pm - For some teams, like the Philadelphia Flyers, a 3-0 series deficit isn't even defining let alone daunting. But the San Jose Sharks aren't the Flyers, and the Blackhawks ...
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'Anything can happen in single-elimination baseball'May 20, 2010 11:00 pm - There's a feeling unique to high school baseball teams as they shift from the regular season to a first-round playoff matchup. Kind of like that feeling of bungee jumpin...
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Jackson hopes for action in June's major-league draftMay 20, 2010 11:00 pm - They share the exact same name: Jeff Jackson. They also share the exact same passion: baseball. And they each got to put that passion to use for the exact same high scho...
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Batavia completes miraculous comebackMay 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Just a mere two weeks ago, Batavia sophomore Nick Pappas laid down a suicide squeeze in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Bulldogs an improbable 4-3 come-from...
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Weedless lures still have a lot of pullMay 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Gary Richmond is nobody's fool. When someone tells him a particular lake is devoid of any decent largemouth bass, that alone is like waving a red flag in front of a ragi...
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Fishing industry feeling impact of oil spillMay 19, 2010 11:00 pm - With oil beginning to come ashore along Louisiana's coast, it appears the Deepwater Horizon's impact is beginning to make itself felt along the fragile wetlands. Today ...
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Shoot, this player can coach the heck out of basketballMay 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Matt Miller is the first to admit he's not the greatest athlete. It may have seemed so when he was an All-Area point guard at Waubonsie Valley, or as an all-conference ...
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Seriously, Toews the reason for seasonMay 19, 2010 11:00 pm - It was early November 2008 and Jonathan Toews was sitting quietly in the Blackhawks' dressing room, quickly shedding equipment and occasionally looking up to watch the f...