Sports Columns
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Not just any ol' seniorsJan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - It's a rite of passage in most athletic circles. If you're the rookie, you're also the team gopher, the ball boy, the locker room cleaner-upper. It's how you earn your s...
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History for 'Ping'Jan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - John Ryan was one of many people who helped Gene Pingatore in his long march toward boys basketball state history. Ryan ended up on the wrong end of a historic Friday ni...
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Loss of North still leaves a vacuum at the ScoreJan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Picking up where I left off last week, Mike North has found a place to land some six months after leaving WSCR 670-AM. Yet the Score has not yet found a way to replace M...
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How long will Zell keep Cubs captive?Jan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Enough is enough. Sam Zell has held Cubs fans hostage for 656 days, and enough is flippin' enough. For 93 weeks, the Cubs have not had an owner. For nearly 22 months, fr...
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The cold, hard truth: ice-fishing can be funJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - "You need to see a shrink," my beloved wife barked at me as I loaded the truck with my gear. "You must tell him or her you're too old for this kind of nonsense," she ad...
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Payne still likes the fast laneJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Schaumburg guard Cully Payne sat patiently and waited for the microphone to make its way around the table so he could introduce himself to the gathered media, not that a...
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Longacre's assistance went way beyond athletic fieldsJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Behind every great head coach are great assistant coaches. Jim Longacre was a great assistant coach. He retired from Wheaton Central High School well before our current...
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With season over, Bears fun to watchJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - If they can possibly forget for a moment the Daily Show evolving at Comedy Central Hall in Lake Forest, perhaps the Bears can answer a few questions. Yes, the constant c...
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Bulls' tailspin didn't just happen; it was years in the makingJan 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Everyone is trying to figure out now how the Bulls have suddenly fallen so far, and how GM John Paxson could have been so out to lunch. But the reality is, it wasn't so ...
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Trust me, in Lovie we no longer trustJan 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Every time Lovie Smith speaks now, Norm on "Cheers" comes to mind. "Once the trust goes out of a relationship," Norm said, "it's no fun lying to 'em anymore." Around her...