Sports Columns
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Things get heated up off field as wellJun 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Maybe it's just my imagination, but Wrigley Field seemed like a hot box ready to overheat Saturday afternoon. After all, this is the Cubs-White Sox series. Nerves figure...
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If necessary, says Hendry, Cubs will pay to playJun 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Hours before the Cubs defeated the White Sox on Friday, long before he even knew the results of Carlos Zambrano's MRI, Cubs GM Jim Hendry was as realistic as an optimist...
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What is fantasy football?Jun 20, 2008 11:00 pm - You've heard your friends talking about it. And not just talking about it, but obsessing over it. You've seen them cheering for players on teams they hate, and rooting a...
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City Series a TV battle as wellJun 19, 2008 11:00 pm - The so-called Crosstown Classic isn't just a head-to-head battle between the Cubs and the White Sox. It's also a head-to-head battle between WGN Channel 9 and Comcast Sp...
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Here's one way to at least make interleague games matterJun 19, 2008 11:00 pm - They are games on the schedule. And that's pretty much it. That's all these contests are to the White Sox and Cubs players forced to endure two weekends of hysteria and ...
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Bluegills: A fish for all seasonsJun 18, 2008 11:00 pm - An ideal local fishing outing for me is finding and catching a quantity of large bluegills and crappies. At day's end, I am usually a happy camper. In countless columns ...
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No worries: Tiger will only use any skepticism as motivationJun 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Before the news was an hour old Wednesday morning, there were dire predictions and dreadful forecasts. Tiger Woods, we were told, is finished. Of course, we heard this a...
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New Hawks bosses still busy repairing years of damageJun 18, 2008 11:00 pm - John McDonough has tackled many subjects since taking over as president of the Blackhawks, but none of his words have been as on-target as those he used the other day at...
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More than ever at stake this seasonJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - As interleague games approached, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen threw a first-strike fastball at the Cubs last weekend. It came after a TV reporter pointed out how long...
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After slow start, U.S. soccer finally enjoys an easy victoryJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - It sure is fun to be on the right side of an 8-0 game, and U.S. fans had to enjoy Sunday's 2010 World Cup qualifier against Barbados, the first in a home-and-home series...