Sports Columns
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Who will emerge as this year's prime-time performers?Feb 13, 2010 10:00 pm - With the Class 3A and 4A basketball tournaments starting Monday, here's all the Do's and Dont's you need to know. Do: Appreciate the senior season by Geneva's Lauren Wi...
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Finding that inner peace suits ThomasFeb 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Frank Thomas finally is letting people embrace him for who he is rather than what he thought he should be. At his retirement news conference, Thomas allowed a peek at a ...
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Dawson: Thomas won't have to wait for HallFeb 12, 2010 10:00 pm - When Andre Dawson retired in 1996, he was a first ballot Hall of Famer. At least, that's what I heard while traveling around the baseball world and talking to writers wi...
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Toliver improved, ready for Sky seasonFeb 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Walking through the streets of Israel, Kristi Toliver blends in better than she would have ever expected. "I get mistaken for an Israeli all the time," she said. Toliver...
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Lake Park's second-place finish a source of prideFeb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Quickly joining the ranks of the area's most successful athletic programs, Lake Park's boys bowling team was recognized at the high school last Saturday for its second-p...
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Washington-Steel will be missed on, off athletic fieldsFeb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Sadness knows no boundaries. It spans throughout communities, drifts beyond borders. It bleeds through many school colors. While elite high school athletes across the na...
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Tiongson's the exception to the declining free-throw ruleFeb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Foul shooting is an accurate description for some of the inaccuracy at the free-throw line by area boys basketball teams this season. Some of the numbers haven't been pr...
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Good neighbor policy makes Rappaport a center of attentionFeb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - It's been said that good fences make good neighbors. Josh Rappaport might argue that his neighborhood is a bit different. He says that he's got great neighbors because t...
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More where that came from for RoseFeb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Just so we're clear, this is less criticism than it is suggestion. Either way, Derrick Rose is going to have to learn to control his body better when he's up among the t...
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Offensive line anywhere in Bears' plan?Feb 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Beyond the comic relief they provide, there is one very good thing about the Bears again becoming a league laughingstock. It puts them in total desperation mode, and tha...