Sports Columns
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TNT's Craig Sager has deep ties to Illinois basketballFeb 07, 2010 10:00 pm - Craig Sager is known for loud sport jackets and short sideline interviews during NBA broadcasts on TNT. That description doesn't do justice, though, to the passion for b...
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Hawks looking at Ducks' WisniewskiFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - The Blackhawks are interested in bringing back an old friend. According to a team source, the club has been talking to Anaheim about ex-Hawks defenseman James Wisniewski...
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Simpson finds home on women's sideFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Back when I was playing basketball at Northwestern in the mid-1990s, Eric Simpson was busy doing the same. He was a guard for the men's basketball team. "You guys were g...
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Why do they do this to themselves?Feb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - A Chicago Bear is donating his brain to science. If this weren't so serious a subject, you might joke that it should be Jerry Angelo, Lovie Smith or any of the assorted ...
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Role models? You don't have to look far to find themFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - As a reporter, sometimes you ask a question and think you have a pretty good idea what the answer will be before you hear it. Like when you ask Batavia boys basketball c...
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St. Francis' Spangler leading the charge for cancer researchFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - St. Francis senior Jack Spangler has seen the school's girls volleyball team Volley for the Cure. He's seen the boys volleyball team Feed the Need. Spangler, a 3-point s...
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Honoring the best, all-Aguilar styleFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - February means all-area basketball teams are all but here. So let's tune up, all right? Here are my annual Lake County teams, some of which are more serious than others....
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Honoring the best, all-Aguilar styleFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - February means all-area basketball teams are all but here. So let's tune up, all right? Here are my annual Lake County teams, some of which are more serious than others....
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Wittum's way was to quietly, humbly excelFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - If it weren't for that seemingly out-of-place San Francisco 49ers baseball cap, Pat Crowns may have never found out the truth. One day back in the early 1980s, Crowns no...
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U-46 financial crisis has a distinct taste of déjà vuFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - With every new story I read, and with every new piece of information that comes in, I can't help but have an overwhelming feeling of déjà vu. Elgin Area School District ...