Sports Columns
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Going for gold at MillionAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - All sorts of sports are trying to squeeze into the Olympics. Rumor has it that bocce ball is campaigning to be included but solitaire and "Guitar Hero" are acing it out....
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Konerko starting to clickAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - The Ken Griffey deal was a sure sign that the White Sox couldn't wait any longer for Paul Konerko to get it going. But you get the feeling that despite the proactive mov...
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How Cubs, White Sox stack up with Cards, Red Sox historicallyAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Let's pick a baseball season, say, 1967. That's as good of a place to start as any for today's fun little exercise. In one of those rare, serendipitous quirks of the sc...
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Athlete, family strike goldAug 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Some parents can scarcely make it through a child's kindergarten play without suffering apoplexy or aneurysm, fearing the slightest misstep and the agony of failure. One...
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Lake Delavan experience delivers a bite to rememberAug 06, 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 because this lake...
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The Kid sure has grown upAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - The hat and the bat looked familiar. Ken Griffey Jr.'s two trademarks were with him as he walked into a Comiskey Park auditorium Tuesday afternoon. Griffey wore the ha...
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Favre saga has familiar, scary ring to itAug 04, 2008 11:00 pm - The Brett Favre mess remains fluid. You could read anything into Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy's news conference being canceled Monday night. Favre might have been desig...
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Cubs push right buttons; panic button for Sox?Aug 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Call it a tale of one city. Sunday, the Cubs were in Wrigley Field toying with the Pirates. Meanwhile, the scoreboard showed the Royals battering the White Sox. Everythi...
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Is Hammon a 'traitor' for playing for Russia?Aug 03, 2008 11:00 pm - I enjoy the Olympics, but over the years I've found that watching what takes place on the medal stands is often better than watching the actual competitions themselves -...
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Williams needs to roll with his critics' punchesAug 02, 2008 11:00 pm - My goodness, Kenny, give it a rest already. The paranoia is getting a little old. The sensitivity is starting to be insensitive. In Saturday's editions, our Scot Gregor ...