Sports Columns
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This Isaiah Thomas has come a long wayMay 19, 2010 11:00 pm - The fire alarm sounded at Round Lake High School, and, as instructed, every student exited orderly. They were instructed to go back in. Back out. Back in. Back out. Back...
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St. Edward's Venlos focused on picking up more state hardwareMay 19, 2010 11:00 pm - There was a time when St. Edward girls track coach Shawn Collins wondered if he'd ever see Megan Venlos run for the Green Wave. "She came up to me as a freshman and aske...
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It all starts with this: Cubs can't do this without Big Z in rotationMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - If nothing else, give them credit for trying. There have been too many Cubs teams, and especially Cubs managers, who would have sat back and watched it unravel without t...
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A night for Starla -- Sky brings attention to Williams' legacyMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - The sounds of children laughing and screaming had Rich Williams utterly confused. So upon arriving late to Emmons Grade School in Antioch for a Thursday basketball pract...
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Dale Tallon gone but not soon forgottenMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - You can take Dale Tallon out of Chicago, but you can't take him out of this Blackhawks playoff run. It was difficult to not think of Tallon while watching Tuesday night'...
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The truth about LeBron's plansMay 17, 2010 11:00 pm - While not wanting to remove the fun for NBA media over the next six weeks, the reality is not one person on the planet knows where LeBron James wants to play next season...
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Hawaii, now that would be compensationMay 17, 2010 11:00 pm - One word should dominate Big Ten expansion discussions: Hawaii. Of course, conference power brokers will take that to mean they should hold future meetings out there. "H...
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Big Buff comes up big in big situationsMay 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Big Buff. Big Buff. Big Buff. Big Bad Buff. It's getting to the point where Big Bad John has nothing on the Blackhawks' Big Bad Buff. Dustin Byfuglien is muscling his wa...
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WNBA season tips off, but will Sky make the playoffs?May 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Some people said it wouldn't last a year, but the WNBA opens its 14th season Saturday with nearly a full slate of games. The Chicago Sky plays Saturday afternoon in Conn...
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Organizations, not players, win NBA titlesMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Readers have berated me for a couple weeks now for writing that LeBron James' career eventually will be better than Michael Jordan's was. My mistake. What I should have ...