Sports Columns
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Ricketts didn't get his money by tossing it aroundOct 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Ricketts family members must feel like they're walking down the streets of Chicago and homeless persons are soliciting money from them every few steps. The latest reques...
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COD giving MacDougall his own football fieldOct 13, 2009 11:00 pm - For two decades it was very much his football field. Now it'll be made official. During halftime of Saturday's Iowa Central-College of DuPage football game in Glen Ellyn...
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Hall of Famer Osborne returns to familiar place - stateOct 13, 2009 11:00 pm - We know practice makes perfect. The only girls golf coach St. Charles East has known, Rod Osborne, is hoping his team realizes perfection a third time at a state setting...
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Orton gets my respect, but come onOct 12, 2009 11:00 pm - What you're about to read isn't like one of my Wanny rants where I root for Dave Wannstedt to fail because he damaged the Bears. In contrast I respect Kyle Orton but, yi...
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Palatine's Hall of Fame expandsOct 12, 2009 11:00 pm - The rain was persistent at Palatine's homecoming football game a few weeks ago. But the adverse weather hardly put a damper on the night's extra festivities. It was 1999...
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Feece fitting in at Louisiana TechOct 12, 2009 11:00 pm - In her only first year on campus, Mallory Feece is making a difference for the Louisiana Tech women's soccer team. The freshman, who played for Vernon Hills High School,...
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Johnson, Gibson make strong first impressionsOct 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Rookies chosen with the No. 16 and 27 picks in the NBA draft usually generate low - to no - expectations upon arrival. So it's been a little surprising to see James John...
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John Dietz's fantasy star, weaklingOct 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Week 5 superstar After a sickly start to the season, Falcons WR Roddy White showed ownership why it gave him a new contract before the season. White hauled in 8 receptio...
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You can book it: Bears, Irish sure read like winnersOct 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Any weekend when the Bears don't play is a good time to catch up on a stack of neglected reading material. After finishing last month's Playboy and Cat Fancy it was time...
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Sky highs ... and lows in 2009Oct 09, 2009 11:00 pm - What a great series the WNBA Finals has been between the Indiana Fever and the Phoenix Mercury. It's almost a shame it had to come to an end. But now that is has, and an...