Sports Columns
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No matter the reason, Bulls much better offJun 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Well, somebody's common sense finally prevailed. Maybe everybody's prevailed. Don't ask me who the Bulls' next head coach should be. Maybe general manager John Paxson wi...
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Grandson, it's that time of the year to share some thoughtsJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Dear Mark, I have an announcement to make today. I have been writing these annual letters to you now for 10 years. Readers have seen your picture every June and have wat...
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Grandson, it's that time of the year to share some thoughtsJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Dear Mark, I have an announcement to make today. I have been writing these annual letters to you now for 10 years. Readers have seen your picture every June and have wat...
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Another fabulous sports year had many shining momentsJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - It's been another bountiful year in Fox Valley area high school sports. How do I know this? Well, when sitting down to consider the Top Ten local sports stories of the y...
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The highlights have been plentiful, and they might not be done yetJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Last week Kevin Schmit reported a chronological list of the top 10 moments for DuPage County boys high school athletics for the 2007-08 school year. Let's close out the ...
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The old college tryJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - In the last Sports Extra of the academic year, this column likes to catch up with the college freshman our local sports staff voted as the prior year's top senior male a...
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Illinois Muskie Alliance deserves it dueJun 04, 2008 11:00 pm - In a recent column I reported that Illinois' muskie program isn't getting much help in the way of financial aid from the state. The major credit for the continued succes...
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Bass-a-plenty coming out of Lake DelavanJun 04, 2008 11:00 pm - DELAVAN, Wis. -- I shouldn't have listened to Spence Petros after he told me to leave my tackle bag in my vehicle. I wanted a box of weedless frog baits with me because ...
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HBO film knows how to score with 'Back Nine at Cherry Hills'Jun 04, 2008 11:00 pm - HBO warms up for the U.S. Open next week with a new golf documentary. This is a familiar TV trick. CBS even did a special on the overhead golf shot earlier this year to ...
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Thanks to Payton, Soehn earned his place in soccerJun 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Like many Chicago-area boys in the 1970s and 1980s, Tom Soehn grew up admiring Bears running back Walter Payton. But Soehn had German immigrants for parents, and from ag...