Sports Columns
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Best bench bosses in city? Here's one viewMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Almost in passing Thursday, I mentioned that Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville was behind only White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen on my list of Chicago's best coaches and m...
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Watching STC lose as kid drives DeMoss todayMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - St. Charles North senior Jonathan DeMoss has a good memory. How good? "I remember watching Petey Schmit in the sectional finals when my brother was on the team, and I'...
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Mike North's Internet radio venture to launch April 6Mar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Mike North announced Thursday that his new ChicagoSportsWebio.com Internet sports-talk radio venture will launch April 6 and that its backers expect it to be profitable ...
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His message heard loud and clearMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Joel Quenneville is so good at this, so adept at manipulating and motivating young players, that you wonder if there haven't been times this year that he hoped for a wee...
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Wheeling grad Nowry stars on international mat stageMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Max Nowry has been a success at every level he has wrestled. So, it should be no surprise the former IHSA state champion at Wheeling High School and junior national cham...
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Taking turns at starring roles proves to be winning formula for D-CMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Playing the Dundee-Crown boys basketball team is like trying to plug holes in a leaking dam: an opponent can fill one crack, but another fissure soon erupts and leaves t...
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Down the stretch, Naperville Central had guys step upMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - It may have been the longest 1 minute and 39 seconds of Naperville Central's collective life. But life will go on for the Redhawks' boys basketball team after its 68-61 ...
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Quiet in Lake Forest has fans making noiseMar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - If the natives were restless a few weeks ago, let's just say Bears fans are bordering on all-out convulsions. You're so far past losing patience you're becoming patients...
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Knights' success loud, clearMar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - The ear-aching roar from the Prospect "Underground" student section was a clear indication of how far its boys basketball program had come in just two years. And the lar...
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The never-ending wait for spring is about overMar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - After all these years, I still don't get it. I'm unable to pinpoint the exact reason why friends and some off-the-wall relatives have a need to call me and brag how goo...