Sports Columns
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Bison sticking togetherOct 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Buffalo Grove showed it could handle the adversity of two tough early-season losses. Now the Bison had to prove they could deal with the prosperity of one of the footbal...
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It's Elgin-Larkin day - and there's still magic to itOct 02, 2009 11:00 pm - It's Elgin-Larkin day. To some around the area that might not mean a whole lot, but to those many who have some sort of tie to this game, be it present or past, the Elgi...
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Hoffman Estates has plenty to be cheered aboutOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - People showed their appreciation by cheering, honking car horns and shouting "Go Hoffman." It's the kind of revelry one would expect after a big Friday night football vi...
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Lake County captains find leading takes workOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - If you grew up watching the "Brady Bunch" like I did, you'd think that all the captain of the football team ever did was wear a letterman's sweater with a big 'C' on it ...
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Is Romo's fantasy star beginning to fade?Oct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Before this fantasy football season began, I momentarily contemplated dropping Tony Romo in a keeper league and going after a star-studded field of free-agent QBs that i...
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Do we really want Summer Games?Oct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - I love the Olympics. There. I said it. I know it's not chic in this age of hyper-cynicism, but I still enjoy the games. Certainly not as much as in the days of the U.S. ...
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Zambrano? Sox? DoubtfulSep 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Everyone loves a good rumor, and that's why the real good ones never seem to go away. But this Carlos Zambrano to the White Sox for Jake Peavy is one of the strangest of...
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Don't let a chilly breeze deter you from hot fall fishingSep 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Strong winds aside, please perish the thought of putting your fishing gear away for the year. Right now could be your magic moments for bass and pike in the area. For e...
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With Toews leading way, how far can Hawks go?Sep 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Only a few days remain before the opener, and there is no shortage of folks picking the Blackhawks to win the Western Conference this season. And I might be among them, ...
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Fire's tribute to Stern, Sting a thanks to soccer's pioneersSep 29, 2009 11:00 pm - In 1981 a high school soccer player huddled in front of an old radio in his kitchen, listening to the Chicago Sting defeat the New York Cosmos in the Soccer Bowl for the...