Sports Columns
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Baseball signs, they sure are a-changingMay 06, 2010 11:00 pm - The intricate sequences of gestures and touching various body parts to signal plays has been part of baseball for more than a century. So has missing and stealing those ...
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'The waiter' serves one upMay 05, 2010 11:00 pm - It's been the opinion here for months that Team Canada won in spite of Roberto Luongo, not because of him. That judgment hasn't been very popular among our neighbors to ...
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Fire's jovial Conde shows he's all business on fieldMay 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Wilman Conde clearly likes to enjoy himself. On the Fire practice field or in the locker room, he exhibits a boyish demeanor. "He has his moments when he likes to joke ...
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Gramit staying with volleyball wherever he can find itMay 05, 2010 11:00 pm - A line had to be drawn. "I can't wear any North stuff," said Kyle Gramit, a 2005 Naperville North graduate who assists coach Bryan Johnwick with the Naperville Central b...
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Molnar delivers award-winning senior season for EmoryMay 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Emory University senior Dan Molnar, a graduate of Stevenson High School, was presented with the 2010 Partin Award, given annually to a varsity athlete for an outstanding...
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When it comes down to fishing, panfish always measure upMay 04, 2010 11:00 pm - It was like a session of an old "hot stove" discussion when four angling buddies got together to discuss issues and angling matters. Charles, the elder of the group, ann...
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When Bulls' brass speak, skepticism scores pointsMay 04, 2010 11:00 pm - The longer that Bulls general manager Gar Forman spoke Tuesday morning the more his words sounded familiar. Familiar as in the Gettysburg Address? No. As in Lou Gehrig's...
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Barreiro to coach IBCA North all-starsMay 04, 2010 11:00 pm - When the Class 3A-4A North all-star girls basketball team takes the floor June 12 at Illinois Wesleyan's Shirk Center, it will be coached by the dean of Mid-Suburban Lea...
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Montana's tourism pitch worth trying in IllinoisMay 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Perhaps the tourism folks in Montana should ship some of their brainy breakfast food to the the Illinois Tourism Agency so they can see what real promotions are about. M...
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This drama had a do-or-die feel for HawksMay 03, 2010 11:00 pm - You sort of had to be in the United Center to appreciate Monday night's 4-2 Blackhawks victory over the Canucks. We're talking end-to-end action from beginning to end, c...