Sports Columns
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AC shocks Driscoll, not themselvesNov 15, 2008 10:00 pm - How big is it to send Driscoll home from the playoffs for the first time since Oregon did it all the way back in 2000? Bigger than winning the Super Bowl. Come on, you s...
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Beitzel keeps getting better now that he's having funNov 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Watch out Geneva. You are becoming so good the traditional football powers are coming after your players. "Does he have any little brothers who want to transfer North?" ...
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Former ND hoops star given a hand on Veterans DayNov 14, 2008 10:00 pm - With thousands of people giving her a standing ovation during Tuesday's Bulls game at the United Center, Danielle Green-Byrd felt a bit overwhelmed. And it's not easy to...
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Another leader steps up: ZasadaNov 14, 2008 10:00 pm - NORMAL - Turk and Holthus. Holthus and Turk. Throughout the girls volleyball postseason, the attention Burlington Central's girls volleyball team has gotten has centered...
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Writing beat out talking in pursuit of professional careerNov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - It's time to confess. The clock is ticking on my career at this newspaper, and I should come clean now on a false story I have promoted for the past 50 years. I have bee...
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Singing the playoff blues in the DuPage ValleyNov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - What happened? How did the DuPage Valley Conference go from the football penthouse a year ago to, well, a far less pleasant residence in 2008? It seemed so easy last Nov...
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Just one year remains to enjoy these two starsNov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - St. Charles North's Kelsey Smith and Geneva's Taylor Whitley have been two of the best girls basketball players in the Tri-Cities Area for the past three seasons. Both h...
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Trusting teammates propelled RocketsNov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - NORMAL - Trust can go a long way in high school volleyball. Just ask Burlington Central's Stephanie Holthus and Molly Turk. The Rockets did not arrive here at Redbird Ar...
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Nothing like a nice, long road tripNov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - The road to a state championship game in Champaign is getting shorter. But for the three remaining playoff football teams in Lake County, that means the road trips are g...
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Beating Green Bay's secondary no easy taskNov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Kyle Orton is expected to be back at quarterback Sunday at Lambeau Field after increasing his participation in practice Thursday, even though he was still limited somewh...