Sports Columns
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Zook must squeeze more from JuiceSep 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois quarterback Juice Williams poses a dilemma for Illini head coach Ron Zook. Of course, Zook pretty much always looks like a big galoot befuddled by game situatio...
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WW South to open door to historySep 29, 2009 11:00 pm - It's been 88 years since No. 77 carried what probably was a real pigskin in a high school football game in Wheaton. The Tigers have since played in two stadiums named fo...
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Fat cats not right choice to sell ChicagoSep 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Sorry, but I chose not to accompany Chicago's Olympic posse to Copenhagen. OK, so maybe I wasn't invited aboard either Air Daley or Air Force One. But I wouldn't have go...
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Thomas spreads hope, Bulls see it in fourth-year forwardSep 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Since last season ended, Bulls forward Tyrus Thomas started an outreach program for at-risk kids in his hometown of Baton Rouge, La., sponsored a school supply giveaway ...
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Bears ahead at only time it really mattersSep 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Maybe the Bears went to Seattle figuring the Seahawks would be waiting to get beat. The Bears made the Seahawks wait - and wait - and wait - and wait - and wait some mor...
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Time for FVC to go to 14 - and here's a vote for HampshireSep 27, 2009 11:00 pm - When the Fox Valley Conference expanded to 13 schools by taking on Woodstock North, the league's leaders knew it would only be a matter of time before a 14th school woul...
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Dupree's Olympic dream within reachSep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - A self-described "military brat," Candice Dupree was often on the move during her childhood. Discovering new places was neat, but moving so much didn't do her basketball...
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NU running back Schmidt's gamble is paying offSep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - If the Hodag hadn't been invented more than a century ago in Rhinelander, Wis., then Northwestern running back Jacob Schmidt could serve as the mythical creature of the ...
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Stretch field with TE and run game could explodeSep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - The best thing that happened for the Bears' running game last week was a pass to tight end Greg Olsen. Before we get into that, let me point out that complaining the Bea...
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A little bit of everything at the halfway pointSep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Throwing to all my receivers as the football season heads past the halfway point this weekend and into the home stretch... First and 10: Here's hoping with Geneva and B...