Sports Columns
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More than ever at stake this seasonJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - As interleague games approached, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen threw a first-strike fastball at the Cubs last weekend. It came after a TV reporter pointed out how long...
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After slow start, U.S. soccer finally enjoys an easy victoryJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - It sure is fun to be on the right side of an 8-0 game, and U.S. fans had to enjoy Sunday's 2010 World Cup qualifier against Barbados, the first in a home-and-home series...
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Tigers do have issues, but not on offenseJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - The White Sox don't have to wait long to size up the American League Central. They'll open the season Monday against the Indians, last year's division winner, in Clevela...
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Mediate almost slays giant with a new approach: kindnessJun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - A real-life "Rocky" almost brought down the champ. But in real life, as in the original movie, Rocky came up one punch short of a knockout, and when you have the world N...
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Great as he is, Tiger not in M.J.'s leagueJun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Tiger Woods won another U.S. Open golf championship Monday, so let the nonsense begin. It isn't enough for admirers to declare Woods is the greatest golfer ever. After t...
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Rain wipes out Hall of Fame Game for CubsJun 15, 2008 11:00 pm - COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Severe thunderstorms drenched historic Doubleday Field on Monday, forcing cancellation of the final Hall of Fame Game. Despite a determined effort t...
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Limping Tiger to take on a guy we'd all like to meetJun 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Today's U.S. Open golf playoff will look sort of familiar. In fact, I might have been hooked up with the competitors at some time on the first tee at Buffalo Grove Golf ...
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Replay's day in baseball has finally comeJun 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Major League Baseball appears headed toward instituting "upon further review" sooner than later. "I'm for it," White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said late Saturday afterno...
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McKeown answers NU's call for helpJun 13, 2008 11:00 pm - There was Joe McKeown, as recently as a month ago, minding his business and enjoying some rare free time. He was watching his 16-year-old daughter Meghan play AAU basket...
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Durlacher's Olympic dreams at stake in Las Vegas trialsJun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Pleasure is big business in Las Vegas. But Lindsey Durlacher has some serious business to tend to before partaking in the bright lights of Sin City. Durlacher, the 1992 ...