Sports Columns
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Bears' failure starts much higher than coordinatorsJan 05, 2010 10:00 pm - So here's how it works. Jerry Angelo awakes one day after a protracted slumber and recognizes a need to fire the head coach, who has been asleep at the wheel for most of...
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Bears corner the market on gibberishJan 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Facing fourth and long, the Bears punted Tuesday afternoon. The kick was blocked. Trailing by 14 points with the ball at midfield, the Bears took a knee to end the half....
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Grayslake prepped Johnson for rugby championship gameJan 04, 2010 10:00 pm - When Valerie Johnson was running track and field at Grayslake High School, she never imagined she'd one day be playing for a national championship in rugby. But all her ...
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Six teams enter 2010 with momentumJan 04, 2010 10:00 pm - As promised last week, here's a look back at what was an exciting stretch for the area boys basketball teams in their various holiday tournament travels. We had a champi...
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A midterm look at Fox Valley area boys teamsJan 04, 2010 10:00 pm - They are the unsung heroes of holiday tournaments. Putting on a boys basketball tournaments takes a unified team behind the scenes, so a tip of the hat goes to the dedic...
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Remembering the man who personified Chicago: Bill GleasonJan 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Many know Bill Gleason only from "The Sportswriters on TV," but that show was merely his encore. First and foremost, Gleason was a newspaper columnist who died two days ...
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A midseason scouting report on Fox Valley area teamsJan 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Welcome to 2010! Now that the holiday tournament portion of the girls basketball season is behind us, it's time to look ahead, and for some reason it just doesn't seem p...
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Hawkins a hit with MemphisJan 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Just three years ago, Altrese Hawkins was walking the hallways of Hoffman Estates with her sights set on a college career of playing volleyball and studying to be a vete...
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Dawson hopes it's finally his year to get callJan 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Andre Dawson is not making the mistake so many have made before him. So there will be no family or friends, no cameras or reporters, keeping him company Wednesday aftern...
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Are Hawks' Keith, Madden halfway to hardware?Jan 04, 2010 10:00 pm - We're already halfway through the NHL season with the games coming fast and furious thanks to the condensed schedule because of the Olympics. Let's get right to it. Best...