Sports Columns
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'O' my! Orton helping make Bears fantasy-relevantOct 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Something strange is happening in Chicago, and it has nothing to do with the 97-65 Cubs being swept out of the postseason. No, there's something happening at the Spacesh...
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Foley: He didn't shoot, but he scores with return to HawksOct 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Don't call it a comeback, because Pat Foley never really went anywhere. Yet, when he returns to the Blackhawks' broadcast booth at 6 p.m. today on Comcast SportsNet Chic...
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Luck wasn't Cubs' problem, Dodgers wereOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - While many try to rationalize their feelings on the local baseball clubs' 2008 seasons, the barometer is the perception, which in this case is also the reality. The Whit...
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Nothing like a walk in the woodsOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - The fog started to lift, and then I spotted it. A massive head of antlers on the body of a huge white-tailed buck. It was my wake-up call of sorts, telling me that wint...
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These last three games loom large for HuntleyOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - The Huntley football players have already secured an invitation to the big party. The results of their final three regular-season games will determine what suits they'll...
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Passing on first down does wonders for Orton, Bears' offenseOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Something amazing occurred Sunday at Detroit's Ford Field. The Bears discovered what a beautiful thing passing on first down can be. The NFL allows this, and other team...
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Only fair to say Sox, Cubs both failedOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - The responses to the Cubs' and White Sox' playoff stink-outs are more amusing than Tina Fey. The Dodgers swept the Cubs in three games and the Cubs are considered failur...
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What to do with Vazquez?Oct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - There may be no more complicated question about the 2009 White Sox than this: What do they do next with Javier Vazquez? Rarely have we seen a pitcher so completely lose ...
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Week 7 a good time for the EdgyiesOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Since we are now at the middle portion of the 2008 IHSA football season (seven weeks in the books and seven weeks left to play) it's time to hand out some of the greates...
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What a 10 years it's been for the FireOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - As the Chicago Fire prepares to celebrate 10 years of professional soccer at Sunday afternoon's game against Columbus, we can't help but note how far the franchise has c...