Sports Columns
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What is this? Spring training or pampering?Feb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Descriptions of the White Sox' new spring-training facility in Glendale, Ariz., are more appropriate for a spa. What kind of name is Camelback Ranch for a place where a ...
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Will Bulls acquire Stoudemire? If they do, it's a $100 million gambleFeb 15, 2009 10:00 pm - A potential $100 million question is staring the Bulls in the horns, and an answer is due no later than Thursday. Should they acquire all-star power forward Amare Stoude...
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Stoudemire big concern either wayFeb 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Two concerns accompany the Bulls' presumed pursuit of Amare Stoudemire. The first is that John Paxson won't find the key to completing the trade with the Suns. The secon...
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Bulls can't seem to shake confused stateFeb 14, 2009 10:00 pm - As usual, the Bulls reside at the intersection of complicated and confused. General manager John Paxson is resigning. No he isn't, reports insist. Yes he is, others insi...
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Coming soon to a theater near you: The Chicago SkyFeb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - We may not be buying houses, cars, furniture, refrigerators and other big-ticket items in this disastrous economy, but, apparently, we are still going to the movies. And...
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Great year to be a Geneva fanFeb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - The Year of Geneva continues. And how. A 33-point win over Batavia in football win was one thing. Now a 4-0 record in basketball? That's where Geneva sits after the boys...
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Bartlett's Arnet bringing a satisfying career to an endFeb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - As Pat Arnet was growing up Pat Norman in Ames, Iowa, and then in Freeport, IL., there were no competitive sports in high school for girls. Gym classes and whatever orga...
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Will you be ready to step in when your number is called?Feb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Some coaches refer to it as "being ready when your number is called." Will you be ready to go when you're suddenly needed? Especially now, as the postseasons in some IHS...
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Three-sport star real kid magnetFeb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - When it's time to do a head count before the bus trip home from a road game, and Grayslake Central coach Brian Moe doesn't immediately see his 8-year-old son Coby, he kn...
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Comic relief for steroid era: HBO lampoons the entitlement of athletesFeb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - For all those who've recently felt betrayed, angered, disappointed or even repulsed by a baseball player, does HBO ever have a show for you. Danny McBride plays former s...