Sports Columns
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Hawks' defensive posture sight to beholdMay 07, 2009 11:00 pm - The Blackhawks are saying the right things. "We won a game," said Duncan Keith. "It's one hockey game." They didn't clinch a series Thursday night at the UC, or advance ...
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Hawks will look back on crucial play as defining momentMay 07, 2009 11:00 pm - The Blackhawks' season was only minutes from being over, for all intents and purposes. They were on the verge of going down 3-1 in the series, needing a three-game winni...
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Leyden's low-key Wolf hits 400-victory milestoneMay 07, 2009 11:00 pm - There could be an unexpected bonus with Leyden playing its home baseball games at its West campus on Wolf Road in Northlake. There would be no need to create any street ...
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Bears shouldn't lose any sleep over Favre joining VikingsMay 06, 2009 11:00 pm - So the Minnesota Vikings are planning to talk to Brett Favre this week. If I'm the Bears, Lions or Packers, I'm not worried. When the Vikings' only other options are Sag...
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Know this: Simmons earned his chance with the JetsMay 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Compared to Jack Simmons, a lot of us don't know jack. For you don't graduate college in 31/2 years and work on a master's degree, all while playing Big Ten football and...
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Naperville Central's No. 29 will be the firstMay 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Naperville Central baseball pitching coach Phil Lawler will become the first Redhawks baseball player or coach to have his number retired. The ceremony takes place befor...
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Barrington grad Marshall starring in TCU closer roleMay 05, 2009 11:00 pm - One of the biggest starts of Eric Marshall's baseball career ended with a supersectional no-hitter and led to a third-place finish in the Class AA state tournament for B...
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Fire desperately in need of 3 points this weekendMay 05, 2009 11:00 pm - The Fire is undefeated, but it's in a slump. Brian McBride, who leads MLS with 5 goals, was voted by the North American Soccer Reporters as the league's Player of the Mo...
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Costa Rica truly a fishing -- and eco-tourism -- paradiseMay 05, 2009 11:00 pm - RIO PARISMINA, Costa Rica - Fishing and eco-tourism are as big in this country as its fruit exports and machine parts. And the people in charge of bringing the rest of t...
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At this rate, they'll be late to their own funeralMay 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Imagine the famished missing dinner because they stopped to Twitter. That would be almost as inexplicable as the tardiness the Blackhawks are demonstrating during the St...