Sports Columns
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Plenty of highlights on MSL tourSep 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Maybe it wasn't the brightest idea considering gas prices. But I decided not to worry about that and see if I could make it around the world of Friday night Mid-Suburban...
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You don't have to play to contribute to a team's successSep 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Nobody likes to sit as a high school athlete. Nobody likes to be known as a bench warmer, a substitute. I realize we're less than a month into the new school sports year...
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Stone, D.J. broadcast swap not without risks for SoxSep 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Be careful what you wish for, White Sox fans. Some things just make so much sense they ought to be examined for hidden pitfalls, and that's the case with the Sox' plans ...
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Upstate Eight set to enter new era with divisional setupSep 18, 2008 11:00 pm - "It's a new era". We hear that phrase more and more today throughout society, and the Upstate Eight Conference is not immune to it. On Thursday, the UEC announced that b...
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ADs fielding tough questions about turf readinessSep 18, 2008 11:00 pm - As buckets of rain fell over the last two weeks, area athletic directors hoped for one thing. Road games. It's an athletic program's worst nightmare to host a football g...
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Like it or not, D-C deserves thisSep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Dundee-Crown football coach Mike Davis always tells it to me straight. "Awww, jeez, don't write about us. That's the kiss of death!" he told me on the phone last Saturda...
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The river of endless pursuitsSep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - LACROSSE, Wis. - Being green with envy is not a medical condition. It's more of a state of mind when I find myself surrounded by towering bluffs, backwater sloughs and f...
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Track qualifying standards in motionSep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Gearing up for a three-class system to debut this spring, the IHSA Track & Field Advisory Committee met Sept. 10 in Bloomington. Those in attendance included Wheaton No...
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This party could take an odd turnSep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Being a Cubs fan means rarely getting a chance to celebrate. And in the uncommon years when a postseason berth has materialized, the Cubs usually have been away from Wri...
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Entirely new feel these days at WrigleySep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Maybe it's just my imagination, but Cubs fans might finally have grown up. I know, I know, that's like saying Charlie Brown has matured, but that's how it has felt aroun...