Sports Columns
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Tigers do have issues, but not on offenseJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - The White Sox don't have to wait long to size up the American League Central. They'll open the season Monday against the Indians, last year's division winner, in Clevela...
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Mediate almost slays giant with a new approach: kindnessJun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - A real-life "Rocky" almost brought down the champ. But in real life, as in the original movie, Rocky came up one punch short of a knockout, and when you have the world N...
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Great as he is, Tiger not in M.J.'s leagueJun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Tiger Woods won another U.S. Open golf championship Monday, so let the nonsense begin. It isn't enough for admirers to declare Woods is the greatest golfer ever. After t...
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Rain wipes out Hall of Fame Game for CubsJun 15, 2008 11:00 pm - COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Severe thunderstorms drenched historic Doubleday Field on Monday, forcing cancellation of the final Hall of Fame Game. Despite a determined effort t...
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Limping Tiger to take on a guy we'd all like to meetJun 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Today's U.S. Open golf playoff will look sort of familiar. In fact, I might have been hooked up with the competitors at some time on the first tee at Buffalo Grove Golf ...
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Replay's day in baseball has finally comeJun 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Major League Baseball appears headed toward instituting "upon further review" sooner than later. "I'm for it," White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said late Saturday afterno...
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McKeown answers NU's call for helpJun 13, 2008 11:00 pm - There was Joe McKeown, as recently as a month ago, minding his business and enjoying some rare free time. He was watching his 16-year-old daughter Meghan play AAU basket...
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Durlacher's Olympic dreams at stake in Las Vegas trialsJun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Pleasure is big business in Las Vegas. But Lindsey Durlacher has some serious business to tend to before partaking in the bright lights of Sin City. Durlacher, the 1992 ...
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Prime-time U.S. Open TV should be Father's Day treatJun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Golf in prime time worked for the Skins Game, more or less, but will it work for the U.S. Open? This, after all, is the major championship that didn't even allow play on...
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There's nothing minor league about the champion WolvesJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - While the Chicago Wolves might be a minor league team, this is a big league organization from top to bottom led by an owner, a general manager and a coach who all should...