Sports Columns
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Not a hat trick Kane should be shooting forMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - Alarms aren't blaring yet, and lights aren't flashing. But enough caution flags are up that say Blackhawks winger Patrick Kane might want to consider cooling his off-ice...
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Senior shootout draws top talent for debut at CLCMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - Rosters have been announced for the first Lake County Senior Shootout, a high school all-star basketball game that has been rescheduled for Friday, April 9. The game wil...
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This was a nightmare for HawksMar 07, 2010 10:00 pm - The Blackhawks learned Sunday that there are a few things they better do if they meet the Red Wings in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Plus, there were a few that they better ...
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One, two - heck, three - thumbs up to the BearsMar 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Random thoughts while waiting to see who will be dumb enough to challenge the Bears in Super Bowl XLV: • The longer the Bears' free-agent hits kept coming Friday, the mo...
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A look back and ahead at Fox Valley girls basketballMar 05, 2010 10:00 pm - The end of another girls basketball season is upon us and it's time to take a look back, and a look forward at the state of the game in the Fox Valley area. But before w...
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Fear factor motivates Bears brass to make movesMar 05, 2010 10:00 pm - It's a simple formula. Fail miserably, and go for help in free agency. Show complete incompetence, and go wild in free agency. Fear for your job after failing miserably ...
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While spring remains on hold, plug awayMar 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Early each morning my wife and I stare at the TV screen, waiting for words of encouragement from a person pretending to know what the coming days will bring in the way o...
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Thank goodness UConn has more punch than GrinerMar 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Only a punch to the face could knock top-ranked and undefeated Connecticut off the top of the women's basketball news cycle. The compelling, not to mention disturbing, f...
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This regional title wasn't a given for BartlettMar 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Bartlett won its second Class 4A boys basketball regional title in three seasons Friday night in a distinctively different manner than it won its last. Some key holdover...
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Northwest suburban boys captain: Chris KlimekMar 04, 2010 10:00 pm - This was not the ending Chris Klimek envisioned. A dream season for the Fremd boys basketball season that came to a crushing halt so soon. One where Klimek and his teamm...