Sports Columns
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Hawks can either blame problems, or overcome themMar 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Grasping at straws has become something of a cottage industry in Blackhawks nation of late. The virtual diagnosis of Hawks ills knows no end, but sometimes the answers a...
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Bulls face some tough questions before free agency beginsMar 28, 2010 11:00 pm - The Bulls may or may not slide into eighth place in the Eastern Conference before the season ends. But their playoff fate shouldn't make much of a difference when it com...
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Hey, maybe Big Ten isn't all that badMar 28, 2010 11:00 pm - For years now, maybe decades, readers have enjoyed criticizing me for my criticism of Big Ten basketball. All that means is that my strategy worked. You see, the Big Ten...
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Yes, softball fans, 43 feet is already making a differenceMar 27, 2010 11:00 pm - There has been one overriding theme to the start of the high school softball season. Forty-three feet. And yes, it is making a difference. Scores are elevated so far. Ma...
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WNIT success sweet for up-and-coming NUMar 26, 2010 11:00 pm - A couple of weeks ago, Amy Jaeschke spent the better part of a Monday night in front of her computer clicking away like crazy. "I just kept hitting the refresh button, o...
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Bears shopping Alex Brown a bad gambleMar 26, 2010 11:00 pm - The admission by the Bears that they are shopping defensive end Alex Brown might make sense from a bottom-line, financial standpoint, but it's a bad gamble for a team tr...
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Not exactly a landmark decision hereMar 26, 2010 11:00 pm - You might have thought a parking garage was replacing the Art Institute. Or maybe Ernie Banks was declaring himself Mr. Met. Or Oprah was announcing her engagement to Sp...
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Expect a quality fight in the MSLMar 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Competitiveness has rarely been lacking in Mid-Suburban League baseball. It is the big reason no team has gone through a league schedule unbeaten since 1978. Every day m...
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Conlon makes Naperville Central No. 1, but others will have a sayMar 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Naperville Central's baseball team made its argument for No. 1 preseason status by the time last season ended in June. Less than two months after that the Redhawks beca...
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It's a whole new ballgameMar 25, 2010 11:00 pm - One yard makes for a whole new ballyard. So it's doubtful that Warren fireballer Kayla Hurd will strike out 19 batters in a game this spring, something she did twice las...