Sports Columns
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Slowik to hold baseball clinicJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Tad Slowik has spent a quarter century in professional baseball. He pitched for five years in the Cubs organization but has also been a coach and scout and worked for th...
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These kind of misses so very costlyJan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - At some point Cubs management has to be embarrassed by this. It has been kind of a joke that their hyped prospects too often turn into suspects and then rejects. But thi...
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Unlike brothers, Spurs' Parker passed at a chance to play in 'burbsJan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Watching San Antonio point guard Tony Parker jet through the Bulls defense for 20 points and 8 assists Saturday at the United Center, it's easy to forget how strange his...
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Illinois' priorities out of whackJan 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Jim Phillips has come up with a terrific idea. Northwestern's athletic director wants Illinois to play a football game against the Wildcats ... In Wrigley Field! Just a...
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McNeil out as WMVP afternoon hostJan 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Dan McNeil has apparently become the latest victim of downsizing in the radio industry. The all-sports WMVP 1000-AM afternoon-drive host was reportedly told after his sh...
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North Stars talking about (no) practiceJan 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Maybe Allen Iverson was onto something after all. His classic press conference that ranks with Jim Mora's PLAYOFFS! among the all-time most hilarious, Iverson's "We're t...
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Brave the cold, have Ball-looza of a weekend with the BanditsJan 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Shopping for a scarf and heavy-duty gloves when it's 80 degrees outside just doesn't seem right. But Kristina Thorson, who lives in warm and sunny California, put that o...
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Bright night without big starJan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Most of the people who braved the bitter cold Thursday night to pack the place at Hoffman Estates were probably a bit disappointed about 15 minutes before tipoff. Cully ...
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Eagles need win if anyone is going to noticeJan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - This entertaining act has been going on for a couple of years now. Whenever a particular prep sports reporter from a large Chicago newspaper - let's just say his last na...
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Whips expect tougher test from Rockets this timeJan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Back on Dec. 12, the Hampshire girls basketball team scored a relatively easy 48-31 home win over Burlington Central in the Big Northern East opener for both teams. When...