Sports Columns
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Lack of 3-point shooting might be biggest reason for Bulls' strugglesDec 13, 2009 10:00 pm - At some point last season, while trying to make an argument for Ben Gordon's value to the Bulls, I pointed out that one of common traits of bad NBA teams was a lack of 3...
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Progress demands coordinationDec 13, 2009 10:00 pm - A thought occurred Sunday as Green Bay's Ryan Grant ran 62 yards for a touchdown on the game's first play from scrimmage. Who is the Bears' defensive coordinator respons...
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In Kelly, Notre Dame got the right man to revive programDec 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Let's see now, Cincinnati football players say Brian Kelly lied to them. Oh my. Kelly abandoned the Bearcats before their bowl game to begin working at Notre Dame. Reall...
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Why hasn't Illini coach Zook's time run out?Dec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Notre Dame gets it. Illinois doesn't. Notre Dame sees a coach that, after five years, has proven he can't take the Irish where they want to go. Notre Dame fires that coa...
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Conflicting circumstances swirl around pregnant athlete in TexasDec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Throughout both of my pregnancies, from start to finish, I exercised. In fact, when I was about three months pregnant with my son, my beach volleyball team was in the pl...
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Huntley faces a stiff road test against Johnsburg tonightDec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Huntley visits Johnsburg in a showdown between Fox Valley Conference unbeatens tonight at 7:30 p.m. Johnsburg (6-0), which returns loads of experience led by senior guar...
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Commitment to high school team often blurred in this eraDec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Playing for the old high school team isn't quite what it was years ago. The dream used to be putting on the green and gold or blue and white uniform before longtime frie...
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Some lessons to keep in mind on the fantasy football trailDec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - The last two fantasy football seasons have taught me a valuable lesson: No matter how bleak things seem, no matter how out of it your team looks, don't simply throw in t...
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Visiting the best of Lake County's gym dandiesDec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Last Friday, I was at Grant High School, which was celebrating the first boys basketball game to be played in its brand-new field house. After the game, Grant coach Wayn...
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Why would Cubs leave Arizona?Dec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Everything I've heard about the Ricketts family is that these are smart people who we can expect to be excellent caretakers of a franchise that has seen little of that i...