Sports Columns
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This treasure in Rochester, Minn., is just being discoveredAug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - ROCHESTER, Minn. - When I lived in Minneapolis and someone mentioned they were going to Rochester in the southeast part of that state, I assumed they were going to the w...
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Reclamation project at Lake Delton in the worksAug 26, 2008 11:00 pm - It appears that help is in the offing for Lake Delton in the famous Wisconsin Dells. There is a meeting going on today with various Wisconsin state officials pertaining ...
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Making sense of MLS playoff chase; East is looking goodAug 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Just because the Chicago Fire has Brian McBride now doesn't mean the team is a shoo-in to win MLS Cup or even the Eastern Conference. Looking good (on paper) is no subst...
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Obama did right thing on this voteAug 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Apolitically speaking, cheers for Barack Obama. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee answered one of the major questions about himself this week. No, it didn'...
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For Cubs' Ramirez, proof in the approachAug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Aramis Ramirez is not the Cubs' MVP. That honor would have to go to Ryan Dempster, the team's best pitcher, player, teammate and spokesman. The best hitter's been Geovan...
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Distrust just nature of the businessAug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - We take this truth to be self-evident: The truth is in the ears of the beholder. So it's amusing that Bears general manager Jerry Angelo is upset because the local media...
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A.J. just knows how to wrestle away a victoryAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Maybe you noticed that A.J. Pierzynski likes to be noticed. Some of it is intentional, like the bleached blond hair he has been sporting lately. Some of it is - well, no...
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Suddenly, hitting is foreign to FukudomeAug 23, 2008 11:00 pm - He has been reduced from "Fu-ku-DOH-may!" to "Fu-ku-BOO-me!" That'll happen when a player has a day like Saturday, with a bases-loaded strikeout at bat and 2 errors on o...
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Moss can be the centerpiece of your fantasy teamAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - "And with the seventh pick of the 2008 North/South League fantasy football draft, Team Riptide selects ... Randy Moss of the New England Patriots." It almost seems like ...
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Sky's Fowles coming up big in OlympicsAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - "Big Syl" is coming up big in Beijing. And her employer, the Chicago Sky, believes it needs to think big to welcome her home. Sylvia Fowles will likely be returning from...