Sports Columns
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How to define Bears? So far, winnersOct 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Finally, the Bears got off the bus running. Well, chasing, actually. And holding and clutching and grabbing. It took all that and more to try to keep up with Calvin John...
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Cutler not afraid to do what it takesOct 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Air Cutler took the Bears for a helicopter ride Sunday afternoon. "That was nuts, man," offensive tackle Chris Williams said. When a team scores 48 points, 1 touchdown m...
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A Hersey volleyball reunion in CincinnatiOct 04, 2009 11:00 pm - A few years ago, Annie Fesl, Megan Fesl and Emily Steinbeck were starring for Hersey's girls volleyball team. Now, they're playing the game at the Division I level. On L...
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Which 2010 free agents are most likely to move?Oct 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Bulls general manager Gar Forman tried to deflect attention away from next year's free-agent chase on media day by stressing that the current team is good enough to comp...
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Midweek track sectionals would be a big false startOct 03, 2009 11:00 pm - When it comes to decent proposals from the IHSA, the idea of changing the schedules of boys and girls track and field sectionals isn't one of them. What not only concern...
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These athletes enjoy running to their own (unique) scheduleOct 03, 2009 11:00 pm - It's not your typical schedule for a high school student. Sleeping in Saturday mornings? Don't think so. Hanging out with your friends at the big football game Friday ni...
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Catching up with tennis star Kayla FujimotoOct 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Good things have come in threes for Geneva senior tennis player Kayla Fujimoto. Three Western Sun Conference titles. Three state tournaments, and sixth-place overall as ...
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This Elgin-Larkin game truly what good rivalries are all aboutOct 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Now this is what Elgin-Larkin football is all about. Not a soul at Memorial Field who braved what started out as a nice day but quickly gave way to "football weather" co...
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Could a WNBA championship save the Indiana Fever?Oct 02, 2009 11:00 pm - OK, I admit it. I'm doing something very anti-sportswriter here and I'm rooting for someone - and something. I'm hoping that Tamika Catchings and the Indiana Fever win t...
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Never at a loss for words on 2016 bidOct 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Random thoughts on losing the 2016 Summer Olympics to Rio, which is no big loss anyway: • OK, this clinches it. Copenhagen doesn't get an NBA expansion franchise. • Forg...