Sports Columns
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It's the end of an era at D-CMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - The Class 4A baseball playoffs begin next week, which means the end of a fine career is drawing near for Dundee-Crown coach Fred Bencriscutto. Due to his impending retir...
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Stone and Farmer combo sounding better each gameMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - I've waited long enough. Forty games is enough. Enough to prove that Steve Stone is once again the top baseball analyst in town. Mainly because he has done the impossibl...
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Grant's Kyle Stroup is enjoying big-league attentionMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Guess who's coming to dinner? At Kyle Stroup's house, the guests are sometimes very major league. Quite literally, in fact. Recently, the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Ph...
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They came from DuPageMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Time again to peruse the overstuffed folder containing local athletes' exploits… Cum Laude Benj Petroelje, a senior goalkeeper and co-captain on the Taylor University m...
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Life in the fast lane, with Melissa LewisMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Melissa Lewis is in hot pursuit of a specific number, and it includes a decimal point. It has nothing to do with the 100-meter high hurdles, however, nor the 1,600 relay...
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'Just pumped' Roper helps Harper repeat as national champMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Jamal Roper wanted to help the Harper College men's track and field team win another NJCAA Division III national title. But no one in the Harper program -- from Roper to...
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Cubs, fans send Maddux off in styleMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Just another game. That's what Greg Maddux called it a couple hours before he departed the Padres' clubhouse for the field Thursday morning. Just another game. Just tryi...
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Busy schedule no excuse for missing quality family timeMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Remember the days when moms were moms, kids were kids, and fathers knew best? If you're even close to my age, you must remember "Father Knows Best," the family radio and...
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If it comes to that, why not Fukudome in center field?May 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Last winter we were told that Sam Fuld was going to be the surprise of spring training. Forgive me if I was skeptical then, and for reminiscing now. But it was difficult...
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Helping Wolves win the Cup remains Krog's only focusMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - There's a reason why Chicago Wolves center Jason Krog was the American Hockey League's most valuable player. When the Wolves needed him most, trailing in their Calder Cu...