Sports Columns
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It's Batavia-Geneva again tonight, only twice the funFeb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - This reminds me of football season - and not just because how physical play promises to be tonight. Two years ago, the St. Charles East-St. Charles North and Geneva-Bata...
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With A-Rod in tow, Yankees' skipper Girardi ready to goFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - A few weeks ago, Joe Girardi was staring down the barrel of a few dozen questions a day about the pressure to win in 2009 after his club spent hundreds of millions on fr...
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Ready for Schaumburg Boat and Sports ShowFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - It's outdoor show time again in the Northwest suburbs. The doors open at 3 p.m. today as the 2009 Schaumburg Boat and Sports Show kicks off its four-day run at the Schau...
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Whip-Purs, Rockets battle down to wireFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - We can thank Mother Nature for a compelling finish to the Big Northern-East boys basketball title race. Co-favorites Hampshire and Richmond-Burton were originally schedu...
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Lake Park bowlers on pins, no needles, at stateFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Trailing Lockport by 53 pins after Day One at the boys state championship, it was a deficit Lake Park gobbled up like so much bowling alley pizza. Sophomore Adam Keith h...
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Placing priorities in proper orderFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - I know these are tough times for a lot of people. I know families are facing horrible economic hardships. And I am fully aware that some people may be willing to take ...
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'Red Bull,' Chicago one and the sameFeb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - This is how much Johnny "Red" Kerr is Chicago. If Ron Santo played high school baseball here along with playing and broadcasting for the Cubs, he'd be Kerr. If Dick Butk...
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For concerned Hawks fans, these are the hottest issues nowFeb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - While looking ahead to the NHL's March 4 trade deadline, I asked in my dailyherald.com blog last weekend, "What do the Blackhawks need?" The responses were interesting, ...
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One fine FrenzyFeb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - After the public address announcer shouted his name during starting-lineup introductions - and the articulate and enthusiastic lady had to shout, mind you, because Wauke...
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Yelvington a big success on and off the court at KenyonFeb 09, 2009 10:00 pm - An amazing ascent on the basketball court didn't keep Bryan Yelvington from losing sight of what mattered off the floor. Yelvington went from a freshman "B" team player ...