Sports Columns
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Live bait and 'crawlers still tops in my repertoireMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Angling legend Ron Lindner has a lot on his mind. Every time I have him on my outdoors radio talk show Lindner weaves dozens of thoughts and issues together like a finel...
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Urlacher makes it easy to criticizeMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - It sure seems like Brian Urlacher's contract dispute is more with the NFL Players Association than with the Bears. Yet Urlacher continues to threaten the team by saying ...
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It's Wolves' present over Hawks' future in this roundMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Reaching the conference finals is nothing new for the Wolves. But for the Blackhawks, it's no small measure of how far their minor-league program has come that they snif...
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Bulls' unstable situation part of equation?May 12, 2008 11:00 pm - All any of us can do is try to read minds concerning the Bulls. What is general manager John Paxson thinking while searching for a new head coach? What is club chairman ...
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Making quick work of the DiamondbacksMay 11, 2008 11:00 pm - It's nice work if you can get it. Daryle Ward's 2008 salary is $1.2 million. Sunday he earned it by working one minute. If anything he was underpaid. "Was it even a minu...
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Maddux stopping to smell the ivy these daysMay 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Suddenly, chicks dig a well-located changeup. While that may be overstating it a bit, it does seem a majority of baseball fans have finally tired of the steroid era and ...
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With no Nash, no guarantee D'Antoni's system will workMay 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Here are three reasons why the Bulls shouldn't be too broken-hearted about missing out on former Phoenix coach Mike D'Antoni: 1. Steve Nash 2. Amare Stoudemire 3. Shawn...
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Cards stun Brewers; Maddux wins 350thMay 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Eric Gagne no longer wants to be called the Brewers' closer. He's pitching his way out of that role, anyway. The former NL Cy Young Award winner gave up a 2-run single w...
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Bulls make right move -- for all the wrong reasonsMay 10, 2008 11:00 pm - The Bulls finally made some sense by letting Mike D'Antoni go to the Knicks instead of persuading him to come here. But who was responsible for not hiring D'Antoni as he...
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Sky should try 'burbs again, perhaps staying for goodMay 10, 2008 11:00 pm - If Thursday's Chicago Sky exhibition game was the final interview, the suburbs might not get the job. Only 2,215 fans showed up to the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates to...