Sports Columns
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NHL's trade season starts with a seven-player bangJan 31, 2010 10:00 pm - The trade deadline in the NHL isn't until March 3, but the approaching 15-day Olympic break is changing everything for teams looking to make deals. With a roster freeze ...
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New to coaching, but Del Negro might be a wiz at player relationsJan 31, 2010 10:00 pm - Generally, just the hard-core regulars show up to cover a Sunday practice at the Berto Center. This time a full contingent of cameras and reporters were on hand to welco...
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Fine Cutlery: a Bears issue to chew onJan 31, 2010 10:00 pm - Dinner has become a dirty word around here. Like, isn't the VIP room at White Castle where Milton Bradley bamboozled Jim Hendry over sliders? So when word arrived that B...
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Chicagoans need DePaul right where it is - in the Big EastJan 29, 2010 10:00 pm - Too many around here suggest that DePaul leave the Big East basketball conference. The point is moot. The Blue Demons can't trade down to some mid-major league. I won't ...
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Lakes' Phelan chooses family in emotional tug-of-warJan 28, 2010 10:00 pm - The end is hard to face in a normal year. The abruptness of it all, the finality of it all, it's almost too much for Brian Phelan to take. "I hate it when seasons end," ...
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Huskies, Blazers made right callJan 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Paul Parpet sat front-row center at a coaching clinic in Florida as Lou Holtz spoke to a packed house. In the middle of a motivational lecture being given by the man who...
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Sox hoping Big Frank phones homeJan 28, 2010 10:00 pm - There was one man conspicuous by his absence last weekend at SoxFest. One very big man. Frank Thomas was nowhere to be found, and at least a few White Sox fans noticed. ...
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Manning's homecoming evokes some mixed emotionsJan 28, 2010 10:00 pm - An emotional attachment to Hoffman Estates is still evident for Marty Manning. This wasn't just any place or team where Manning played basketball. He was the Hawks' all-...
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Pugliese the latest to join the Sutton coaching treeJan 27, 2010 10:00 pm - It honors a coach when former players and assistants make their own way in the world. Neuqua Valley boys basketball coach Todd Sutton has become prolific at spinning coa...
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Miller should feel right at home at NIUJan 27, 2010 10:00 pm - Geneva senior Erica Miller, who has accepted a scholarship to run track at Northern Illinois University, already knows she'll be rooming in the Stevenson Towers on campu...