Sports Columns
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Yes, LeBron will be NBA's greatest everApr 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Bulls fans can say they saw the greatest player ever to play the game of basketball. Sorry, no, not Michael Jordan. Not in 10 years or so. Not by the time LeBron James c...
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Barrington's 'Big O' gets a big NFL shot with BengalsApr 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Otis Hudson was on his way to the mall when he got a call. No way it could be the call for the former Barrington football standout, right? After all, it was still too ea...
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Hawks two-step leads to sweet-sounding finishApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Some country lyricist in Nashville likely will write a song about Saturday's Blackhawks-Predators game. "Pants on the ground" is taken but "Puck in the pants" is more ap...
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Garey, Sauser to take their place in IBCA Hall of FameApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Girls basketball has been an IHSA sport for a little over 35 years. In the Fox Valley area, the sport didn't really take off until the mid-1980s when St. Edward's run of...
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Ochoa's retirement decision evokes conflicting emotionsApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - If Lorena Ochoa was named, say, "Lorenzo Ochoa," there would have been no news conference today. No way, no how. "Lorenzo Ochoa" would have never even given a passing th...
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One unsatisfying draftApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Somehow, it just didn't feel the same. The first two days of the NFL draft were more than just boring for Bears fans. It was downright unsatisfying. Usually, we'd awake ...
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In hockey or baseball, Wheaton Academy's Dzingel carries a big stickApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Trading one stick for another has become old hat for Wheaton Academy senior Ryan Dzingel. A gem as a three-year starter for the Warriors' baseball team, Dzingel is also ...
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Former players prove you can come home again -- to coachApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - It's not that Bryan Dovichi minds re-living "the shot." After all, his monster home run that cleared the Alexian Field fence in left field and helped Carmel win the 2004...
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Bulls must have missed 'roll-over-and-die' memoApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Say what you want about the end of the Vinny Del Negro era. No, seriously. Go ahead and say it. It's all true. But something that should also be mentioned in his upcomin...
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Hawks fans can breathe a bit easierApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - OK, order has been restored. The Blackhawks beat the Predators 3-0 on Thursday night in Nashville, evening their opening-round playoff series 2-2 and regaining homeice a...