Sports Columns
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Palatine pins down one important winOct 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Palatine faced the equivalent of a 7-10 split after getting bowled over by Conant last week. Now the Pirates had to try and pick up the pieces against Barrington on Satu...
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What Danks has done this year is 'impresssive stuff'Oct 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Editor's note: Each day throughout the White Sox' playoff drive, we'll chat with former White Sox Bill Melton and share his answers to key questions. Q. What ha...
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GM Williams always tries to stay ahead of the gameOct 04, 2008 11:00 pm - On the last day of March, Ken Williams stood on the top step of the visitors' dugout in Cleveland and made a bold prediction. Not only would the White Sox make the playo...
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The ultimate bad occurrenceOct 04, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - There are no curses, jinxes or hexes. Except when it comes to the Cubs, that is. Some sort of supernatural force must be at work for a baseball franchise t...
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Fukudome now a problem for CubsOct 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Call it the Fukudome Flash Point. Cubs manager Lou Piniella reached it Thursday night at Wrigley Field, after another sickly looking performance at the plate by right fi...
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It's time for Sky to say bye-bye to expansion labelOct 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Say goodbye to the Chicago Sky. Well, at least the expansion version. It's been easy in the past to chalk up silly mistakes, bad losses and less than impressive crowds a...
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Colletti shows where dreams can take youOct 03, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - The winter lunches became a ritual for a while back in the 1980s. We would meet at Murphy's Bleachers across from Wrigley Field and talk about all sorts of...
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Prospect returns to formOct 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Two weeks ago Prospect was playing a big part in making this the year for offense in Mid-Suburban League football. It was an unfamiliar role for the Knights. "That wasn'...
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Cubs face their biggest game in 10 yearsOct 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Editor's note: Each day throughout the Cubs' playoff drive, we'll chat with Dan Plesac and share his answers to key questions. Q. The Cubs' previously silent offense pie...
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Sox in trouble? Nothing new thereOct 03, 2008 11:00 pm - ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A week ago, the White Sox were dead and buried, facing three elimination games against huge odds, with tired arms and timid bats. They were given ...