Sports Columns
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Winning in Calgary would be big for HawksApr 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Now comes the difficult part for a young team in any playoff series in any sport. You know, that precious fourth victory in a best-of-seven playoff series. For the Black...
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Change is a constant for these coaches in game they loveApr 24, 2009 11:00 pm - When St. Charles North baseball coach Todd Genke comes home from a North Star game, it's often not long before he's in the doghouse with his better half. The reason? No...
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No regrets or looking back for ex-coach RollerApr 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Something tells me that Tracy Roller is going to be OK. Near the end of our two-hour phone conversation earlier this week in which she described in detail the personal h...
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Details, not intent, at heart of Bartlett elgibility rulingApr 23, 2009 11:00 pm - I should make a couple of things clear today right from the start. First off, I have never known Bartlett girls basketball coach Denise Sarna to be anything but aboveboa...
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Now batting: Flyers add sports psychologist to lineupApr 23, 2009 11:00 pm - The Schaumburg Flyers baseball team this week announced a new partnership with Argosy University for a team of academic sports psychologists to help the players with the...
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Back to reality for Del Negro and Co.Apr 23, 2009 11:00 pm - It was pointed out to Vinny Del Negro before Thursday's game that no one expected much from the Bulls when they went to Boston last weekend. "Why is that?'' Del Negro in...
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Patriots well 'below' averageApr 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Even in a loss earlier this week, the Stevenson baseball team did nothing to alter its reputation as one of the toughest teams in Lake County to score runs against. On W...
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Two sides to the question of coaches who don't teach on siteApr 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Tom Dineen, Derril Kipp and Ken Grams have coaching resumes few can match. The trio has accounted for more than 1,900 varsity victories in their current sports - Dineen ...
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With spring come the usual suspectsApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Yes, the tulips have popped through the softened soil and announced their presence. Of course the grass has transformed itself in to an emerald-like hue again. And the l...
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Fire knows defense must improveApr 21, 2009 11:00 pm - After five games the Chicago Fire is in first place in the Eastern Conference, one of just three undefeated teams in Major League Soccer and leading the league in severa...