Sports Columns
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Sad ending, but much to build onNov 28, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN - Cory Hofstetter couldn't fight it. He openly admitted he was crying after the Geneva football team lost to East St. Louis 33-14 for the Class 7A state title ...
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Whirlwind World Cup soccer experience for South Elgin teenNov 28, 2008 10:00 pm - It's the season to give thanks, and teenager Taylor Vancil knows that she has plenty to be thankful for - starting with her next-door neighbors. In a whirlwind year, the...
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Return to Grace Gym for 'Bells' game will be emotionalNov 27, 2008 10:00 pm - I am a very emotional person. I may not show it on the outside, but I feel it on the inside. You should have seen me in June when the Daily Herald gave me a wonderful da...
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Venison villains pay dearly for crimeNov 27, 2008 10:00 pm - In keeping with the holiday theme, there always seems to be a story that catches my eye. A Texan and a Minnesota resident recently found out just how expensive misdeeds ...
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Physical Graham making the most of his chancesNov 27, 2008 10:00 pm - The Bears might actually benefit Sunday night from having Corey Graham replace starting cornerback Nate Vasher, who is out indefinitely with a fractured right hand and a...
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A perfect time for reflectionNov 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Every year at this time I agonize over what would be appropriate in this column. The usual mission is to call attention to a holiday where Americans are supposed to find...
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Bears know stopping Vikings is 'All Day' challengeNov 27, 2008 10:00 pm - The good news for the Bears is that the worst of three games Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has played against them was at Minneapolis' Metrodome, the site of Sund...
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Basketball Hall of Fame should be all about the playersNov 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Maybe you saw that cute video clip of Charles Barkley and Dick Vitale playing a pretend game of 1-on-1 last weekend. There was no real significance to the contest, othe...
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Antioch's moms dish it out; the football team eats it upNov 26, 2008 10:00 pm - And here I thought serving up Thanksgiving dinner for 12 was a challenge. There's the planning, and the shopping, and the baking and the cooking and the timing it all ou...
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Purdominating downstateNov 26, 2008 10:00 pm - Immaculate Conception graduate and University of Illinois student Mallory Purdom informs us that this weekend three of her football-playing cousins will crash her turf. ...