Sports Columns
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Complainers' negative thoughts produce negative resultsApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Everyone complains at some time about something. I certainly have complained on this job. I'm also not alone as the newspaper business everywhere battles through a very ...
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10 years and still going strongApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - It started as a mound of dirt, the first new high school in Elgin Area School District U-46 in roughly 20 years. Now, 11 years later it has become an athletic program th...
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Walliser's focusedApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Sitting in a ball holder on a shelf in his bedroom is Jack Walliser's prized autographed baseball. It's picture perfect -- much like the prize-winning photo he took rece...
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WGN-TV special on Cubs strays on bases, but scoresApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - It takes a critic to find fault with "Cubs Forever: Celebrating 60 Years of WGN-TV and the Chicago Cubs," but such is my calling in my life, so let me get a couple thing...
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Here's one way for Bears to reload fastApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - The Bears are either rebuilding or they're about to put up a sign that reads, "Forty percent off all merchandise. Everything MUST go.'' Since they're still answering the...
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Cary-Grove using teamwork to get off to another hot startApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - For Cary-Grove the soccer field has been a battlefield, and currently the Trojans are winning the battles. At 5-0, the Trojans have not only scored a minimum of 5 goals ...
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A true institution of higher learningApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Crested Butte Academy is nestled at the base of a ski hill in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. For a Midwesterner it's an unlikely place to attend, a preparatory school ...
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Two sides to the cat controversyApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - This latest controversy will probably drag on for some time in the city, where wild political animals roam free at taxpayer expense. In the case of wayward Chicago couga...
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After strong start in April, Fire faces difficult scheduleApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Denis Hamlett has to be happy. The new Fire coach has his team off to a good start, with two wins and a tie in its first three games, two of the games on the road. It's ...
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Bulls' coaching search can start with these namesApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - As the noted poet, Sam Kinison, used to ask, "When do we hit rock bottom?" In the case of the Bulls, it's when an e-mail informs you the club has been bumped off Comcast...