Sports Columns
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Paczosa completes standout college careerMar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - At Buffalo Grove High School, Kristin Paczosa starred in volleyball and basketball. Not much changed in her four-year of playing sports at Cornell College in Mount Verno...
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You'd love Ovechkin on your teamMar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Nothing is as polarizing as sports, and nothing in sports today is as polarizing as hockey's Alex Ovechkin. Like, the Capitals' star has to be one of the biggest embarra...
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Bucks' success could be costly for Bulls in draftMar 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Anyone who followed the Bulls during the past decade already knew Scott Skiles was an excellent coach and shouldn't be surprised the Milwaukee Bucks are in playoff posit...
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Here's how it will unfold, minus IllinoisMar 14, 2010 11:00 pm - At least the NCAA Tournament maintained a little bit of credibility Sunday by not including Illinois. The basketball bubble was absurd enough as long as the Fighting Ill...
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Hawks lose more than just gameMar 14, 2010 11:00 pm - An identity crisis is bad enough. But now the Blackhawks are suffering a serious crisis of confidence. "If we play like this in the playoffs," said defenseman Niklas Hja...
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Some claims shouldn't just be dismissedMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - The Ricketts family probably thought baseball was all about runs, hits and errors. They're discovering that it's also about troubled souls like Milton Bradley alleging b...
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Trash talk and Twitter at the Illinois Ohio gameMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS With roughly six minutes to go in the first half Saturday, Ohio State's Evan Turner slashed to the hoop through three Illinois players and didn't receive ...
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Even 'brick wall' can't stop St. Viator's AboonaMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Alan Aboona found out what it was like to run into a Division I football player Friday night. It was definitely the hard way with 6-foot-6, 225-pound future Iowa tight e...
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Benet juniors aren't content to wait until next yearMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Next year is here. Benet's boys basketball team - loaded with promise for the future - proved there's no time like the present by claiming the program's first sectional ...
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Could simple change help more Big Ten teams?Mar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - This is how worrisome things are for Big Ten women's basketball. Purdue, which has made the NCAA tournament for the last 16 consecutive years - a streak that ranked four...