Sports Columns
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Coaching change for Duds; catching up with Sammi HillApr 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Kaneland's Dave Dudzinski seems like a cool cucumber, not prone to make impulsive decisions, a bright yet easygoing young man with a positive perspective. After all, rea...
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Fire misses Thorrington's considerable flair for competitionApr 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Not that it's a bad start to come off two road games with a loss and a tie, but certainly it's not the start the Fire dreamed of. Maybe the team just needs time to accli...
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Bryant not letting setback get him downApr 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Shane Bryant is even-keel as always. But he's certainly not out of the woods. In this space on Dec. 17, 2009, we wrote of the 2008 Glenbard West graduate, a former Hillt...
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Ricketts' leadership welcome signApr 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Sometimes the object most easily missed is that which is hiding in plain sight and in front of your nose. And for all the money the Ricketts family has spent on the Cubs...
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For Peavy, it all comes down to one thing: winningApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - It's possible that upon first glance, you may think Jake Peavy to be something of a lunatic. OK, probably on second glance, too. "Yeah, I could see that," Peavy says wit...
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Cubs concerns? Sure, but perspective needed, tooApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - ATLANTA - One thing is true about Opening Day in baseball: It's a lot easier to jump to conclusions about a team than it is to draw them after one game. But such is the ...
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Keith remains top choice for NorrisApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - DALLAS - Maybe I'm a bit of a homer and maybe it's because I get to watch him play every night and appreciate what he does, but my Norris Trophy vote for the NHL's top d...
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DePaul coach just took on his biggest challengeApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - A couple of days ago critics were suggesting that DePaul athletic director Jean Lenti Ponsetto was incapable of hiring a new basketball coach. The process was dragging o...
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Cygan, Duffy reunited on Chicago softball teamApr 05, 2010 11:00 pm - When freshman Kim Cygan from Barrington High School joined her University of Chicago teammates this spring, there was a familiar face. It was another former all-area Fil...
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For a day, at least, all quiet on South Side frontApr 05, 2010 11:00 pm - The list of things that might have come between Kenny Williams and Ozzie Guillen the last six years could fill an empty ball yard. But nothing did. Until, perhaps, now. ...