Sports Columns
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A fitting day for two great competitorsSep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Imagine former Bulls coach Jerry Sloan coaching former Bulls player Michael Jordan. Each was enshrined in basketball's Hall of Fame on Friday, Sloan for his work as Utah...
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Knights put time on their sideSep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Conant had the right idea. Hang on to the football as long as possible and basically sideline Miles Osei and the supercharged Prospect "500" offense Friday night. For ne...
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For Bears, still too many questionsSep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - The Bears pose all sorts of questions. Foremost among them is whether they begin the playoffs tonight at Green Bay or merely the regular season? Seriously, it seems the ...
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Long and short of it: Dubsdread defenseless against TigerSep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - If Cog Hill really wants to entertain thoughts of a U.S. Open, it's going to have to tame a Tiger first. Good luck with that. The legend of Tiger Woods in Chicago grew e...
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A lesson for the Illini: Time to play to team's strengthsSep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - There are 10 Football Bowl Subdivision teams with active losing streaks of 4 games or more. Illinois is on this list. There are 13 FBS teams that averaged 14.0 points or...
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Bride gets quite a kick out of her wedding daySep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Most wedding photographers don't find themselves taking pictures at a football field on the day of the big event. Then again, most brides aren't out trying to drill fiel...
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Nelson's special story just keeps getting betterSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Cheryl Nelson knew she shouldn't have been shocked about Saturday's good news. She was well aware the odds were against her son Tom. After all, NFL rosters aren't heavil...
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For fantasy fanatics, hope springs eternalSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Finally, it's here. The opening week of the NFL is upon us. And for fantasy football fanatics everywhere, we are pumped to see how the teams we drafted will perform. Eve...
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What's wrong with Tiger Woods? Not muchSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Michael Jordan enters the Hall of Fame this weekend with a lifetime's worth of experience handling the pressure of living up to his name, not to mention the standards se...
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Here's what Cubs should do with Baker, Bradley, bullpenSep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - The scouts will tell you that spring training and September are the two worst times to draw conclusions about baseball players. So let's try to look at the bigger pictu...