Sports Columns
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Perception not necessarily a reality in Williams' eyesApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - CLEVELAND -- The schedule will be the ultimate judge of the 2008 White Sox. But to believe their many critics, the Sox will not only fail this year, but fail so miserabl...
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Cub Nation just has to be happier than any otherApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Baseball's Opening Day conjured visions of last month's "60 Minutes" segment on Cubs fans. OK, so it wasn't really on Cub fans. But it could have been, especially during...
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Blanco proves to be Fire's best buy on and off the fieldApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - To understand what Cuauhtemoc Blanco means to the Chicago Fire on the field, you only need to have seen Saturday's season opener at Real Salt Lake. In the dying moments ...
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Great move by IndianaApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Not everybody in the coaching fraternity loves Tom Crean. I believe it was Bob Huggins, then at Cincinnati, who nicknamed him "Tommy Naismith" several years ago because ...
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Sadly, Classic keeps getting held back by typical weatherMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - If anyone deserves a break from Mother Nature it's John Sarna. Sarna is in charge of the eighth annual Schaumburg Flyers High School Baseball Classic. The three-day tour...
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Five years removed from Illinois, Self delivers his own Final Four teamMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Two months after Illinois' run to the 2005 NCAA title game, Bill Self swung through Chicago to check out the NBA predraft camp. During a break in the action at Moody Bib...
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Sox plenty positive after lossMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - CLEVELAND -- The White Sox got precisely the start they wanted. For 26 minutes. After that, following a Jim Thome homer and Mark Buehrle's 8-pitch first inning, 2008 loo...
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These Cubs destined to make history … for better or for worseMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Welcome to Wrigley Field, which these days is history's drawing board. The significance isn't nearly as serious as it was at Ford's Theater or the Watergate Hotel. But n...
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No contest in MVP race: Give the hardware to PaulMar 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Some late-season thoughts on the NBA, which still holds the attention of fans in many locations beyond Chicago: • First off, the MVP race is over. New Orleans guard Chri...
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'Conversation' under way with Farmer, StoneMar 30, 2008 11:00 pm - CLEVELAND - One booth, two microphones, and enough ego and personality to fill an entire stadium. That's the argument against a team of Ed Farmer and Steve Stone working...