Sports Columns
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Catching up with Mariah SmithMar 04, 2010 10:00 pm - A three-sport athlete who will garner 10 varsity letters by the time she hangs up her prep track spikes, the West Aurora senior on Feb. 3 signed her letter of intent to ...
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Panicked Bears have to pay piper, PeppersMar 04, 2010 10:00 pm - There's nothing like despair to make an NFL off-season entertaining, and that's what you have in Lake Forest right now. Despair and complete panic. You have an ownership...
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Kudos to the college achieversMar 04, 2010 10:00 pm - If we stopped the presses every time we heard about a local graduate's collegiate athletic accomplishments, we'd never publish this paper. We hoard the news until folder...
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Despite goalies, Hawks could make long run in playoffsMar 03, 2010 10:00 pm - So this is just about where the season began. Notwithstanding the efforts of GM Stan Bowman the last few months to move the team's worst contracts, thus creating salary ...
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U.S. soccer roster starting to take shape for World CupMar 03, 2010 10:00 pm - You can see the United States' World Cup roster slowly taking shape, and it includes a few asterisks. That's really no surprise. Injuries happen, even after the roster i...
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After Olympic glory, Hawks stars expecting to fit right inMar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - UNIONDALE, N.Y. - After playing in what might have been the game of their lives on Sunday for the Olympic gold medal, Blackhawks stars Duncan Keith, Jonathan Toews, Patr...
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NHL misses opportunity - yet againMar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - The National Hockey League already is missing the point, to say nothing of an opportunity. That's the indication from a quick glance Tuesday at this week's Jay Leno and ...
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A super difficult defeat for Geneva to takeMar 01, 2010 10:00 pm - The losses come so few and far between for the Geneva girls basketball team that when they do it's a bit of a shock to the system. Hersey's 60-54 victory over the Viking...
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Rumor has it this is very intriguingMar 01, 2010 10:00 pm - What an interesting hypothetical: Gordon Beckham for Adrian Gonzalez. Any rumor is a good rumor as long as you aren't Kenny Williams. The White Sox' general manager prob...
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Invaluable experience for Toews, KaneMar 01, 2010 10:00 pm - One by one, the young men stepped forward and reluctantly accepted their silver medals. And the faces of the U.S. hockey players said it all. They were paid precisely no...