Sports Columns
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Winning a title not as easy as A-B-CApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Blackhawks fans can take the lampshades off their heads, collect the party horns and sweep up the confetti. The Hawks finished their season Sunday with a loss at Detroit...
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This time, the timing was right for both DavidsonsApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - This was not your typical job interview. There was no official, face-to-face sit-down involving a lot of questions and answers. Instead, the process for selecting Aurora...
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Hard to root against Parker, but LSU a sentimental choiceApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - I know we all love Naperville native Candace Parker in these parts, but it's difficult not to want to root for LSU this weekend in the Women's Final Four. And doing that...
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Domo arigoto, Mr. FukudomeApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - In less than a week's time, Kosuke Fukudome has reached rock star status around Wrigley Field. There are chants and cheers and gasps and men wanting to be him and women ...
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One year of college good for those basketball prodigiesApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Daily Herald reaction One and done. It's the newest fad in college basketball these days among the sport's elite. The superstar freshmen of this season -- Kansas State's...
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Bingo and basketballApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Besides a letter, basketball and bingo share little. Still, Fenton's Gozie Umeadi was among the top-flight senior basketball players joining young patients Monday at Ch...
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Natalie Cortese thrives under national spotlightApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - There won't be any surprise with the outcome. There is no way Natalie Cortese can be kept in the dark. She already knows what happened in the Denny's All-American High S...
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Huntley's Marzejon ready to put cap on great careerApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - When one has accomplished in a high school track career the things Huntley senior Coryn Marzejon has, one has to wonder what's left? How about a state championship. Marz...
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Commitment comes with price tag paid by young athleteApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - I took piano as a kid, but I can't remember if I ever argued with my parents about getting involved with all those lessons. Did I really want to learn how to play, or wa...
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Round Lake prepares to open hall's doorsApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - As the back of his 1978 Topps football card notes, with cartoon caption, Tom Wittum once was offered a contract by the White Sox as a third baseman. Got 'im? I'm glad my...