Sports Columns
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In the NFL, there's simply no excusesSep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Sorry, fellas, no excuses are allowed in the NFL. You know, like the Bears had no excuse for playing so poorly Sunday at Green Bay. OK, so Brian Urlacher is out for the ...
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Keeping track of our college standoutsSep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Many of the area prep athletes who graced these pages for the last few years have moved on. But we'd like to move on with them and see what they are up to in the collegi...
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One game, even a terrible one, doesn't make a seasonSep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - As opening-game disasters go, Hurricane Jay will go down in the books as the storm of the millennium. So you can understand today the calls for complete demolition, a fl...
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Batavia creates new identitySep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Need any proof at how much a football team can change from year to year? Look no further than Batavia. Remember watching the Bulldogs with Jordan Coffey slinging the bal...
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So there's a bright side to this loss?Sep 13, 2009 11:00 pm - GREEN BAY, Wis. - It could have been worse. No, really, it could have absolutely been worse for the Bears. So there is a bright side to Sunday night's horrific 21-15 los...
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Jordan's Hall speech insightful, not petty and bitterSep 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Michael Jordan just did something else that's never been done before - he made the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony relevant. Thanks to po...
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Brees, Peterson Week 1's superstarsSep 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Week 1 superstar With apologies to Adrian Peterson (180 yards, 3 TDs), we have to give the superstar award to Saints QB Drew Brees, who looked like he was playing at the...
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Jordan could learn a little grace from WoodsSep 13, 2009 11:00 pm - All that was left to see Sunday in the BMW Championship was how Tiger Woods handled success. Hopefully it would be with more grace than Michael Jordan demonstrated Frida...
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If Bears finally get their share of luck, anything's possibleSep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - The Bears could reach the Super Bowl this year. That's the good news. The bad news is approximately 10 other NFC teams can make the same claim. So what separates them al...
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Bad break for WyckoffSep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Brooke Wyckoff should have been at basketball practice on Friday, preparing for the Chicago Sky's final game of the regular season, a Saturday night tilt against the Det...