Sports Columns
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Playoff school's out for Blackhawks, summerMay 27, 2009 11:00 pm - If there were a trophy for heart, the Blackhawks would have carried it home with them Wednesday night. But they can rest assured, as they assuredly rest over these next ...
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Khabibulin's 4 years a mixed bagMay 27, 2009 11:00 pm - DETROIT - So is this how Nikolai Khabibulin's Blackhawks career will end, with an injury? It's probably only fitting. The debate could go on forever whether the four-yea...
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A bad adult decision causes heartbreak at BartlettMay 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Here we go again. Yes, we have been hit with yet another case of a collective group of adults making a decision against IHSA rules, and in the end it's a group of soccer...
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Keenan may be right about hockey playersMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - While following the Blackhawks through the Stanley Cup playoffs, it became clear to me that Mike Keenan had a point. Now, that's something you don't hear very often: Mik...
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West Coast fishing legend casts some deep thoughtsMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - I was supposed to fish with him while I was in southern California, but family issues took precedence. I was eager to tie into a jumbo California largemouth, but it woul...
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Cubs' quick move could land PeavyMay 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Through no fault of his own, Tom Ricketts is under the gun. The clock is ticking and the Cubs have a brief window right now to get a Jake Peavy deal done. The Padres' ho...
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Bradley needs to lead with bat, not his mouthMay 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Leadership comes in all sorts of sizes, shapes and forms. The Cubs expect it to come in a 6-foot, 225-pound package of explosives. You know, as in Milton Bradley, as odd...
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Sorry, Coach, Hawks' play actually worse than that callMay 24, 2009 11:00 pm - All of a sudden the Q in Coach Q stood for Qwazy. "Well, I think we witnessed probably the worst call in the history of sports today," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville ...
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Clippers may move Kaman; Bulls not shopping ThomasMay 24, 2009 11:00 pm - It's been interesting to watch the flow of drama in this year's NBA playoffs. There were five games decided by 3 points or fewer in the Bulls-Celtics first-round series,...
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Hawks live to fight another dayMay 22, 2009 11:00 pm - You wonder how many times a team can come back from the dead. But the Blackhawks apparently aim to find out. For the third time this postseason, the Hawks seemed to be a...