Sports Columns
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Bidding for a fight? Believe itJul 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Bob Berland thought he was done with the Olympics. After all, he'd seen it from just about every possible angle. In 1984, he became the first American to reach the Olymp...
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It's was all Greek to Conant's SotosJul 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Tommy Sotos considers himself a "mutt" because of his German, French, British and Greek ancestry. But the elegance and mythology of Greece was of most interest to Sotos....
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Once undrafted, BG's Lebda brings Stanley Cup homeJul 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Might have been Tom Petty who said waiting is the hardest part. But in the case of the Stanley Cup, it's the winning that's truly difficult. The waiting part, waiting fo...
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Most soccer players use heads - on and off fieldJul 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Some stories stay with you for a while. For instance, there was the long-ago conversation in the Chicago Fire's Soldier Field locker room with then-MLS commissioner Doug...
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New year, yes, but same old Bears' issuesJul 21, 2008 11:00 pm - The seasons in which there is very little reason to be optimistic going in are often the seasons that carry great surprise. So feel free to lean on that possibility, if ...
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The 'Dean' helped show me the wayJul 21, 2008 11:00 pm - I arrived at Wrigley Field in good time to make my appointed round with Jim Leyland, the manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. This would have been long about 1994-95, when...
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Mully, Hanley succeed North at ScoreJul 20, 2008 11:00 pm - All-sports WSCR 670-AM formally named Mike Mulligan and Brian Hanley morning-drive hosts Monday to replace the departed Mike North. Hanley has been a Score contributor f...
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Stalemate with Deng could soon turn dangerous for BullsJul 20, 2008 11:00 pm - In contract negotiations, there is a time to play hardball and other occasions when it's best to lob a soft underhand toss toward home plate. The Bulls need to settle on...
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Stalemate with Deng could soon turn dangerous for BullsJul 20, 2008 11:00 pm - In contract negotiations, there is a time to play hardball and other occasions when it's best to lob a soft underhand toss toward home plate. The Bulls need to settle on...
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Simply put, this Sox' loss was uglyJul 20, 2008 11:00 pm - On a Sunday when the team celebrated Harold Baines' statue and turned back the clock to jerseys from 1983, the current White Sox missed something in the translation. "Lo...