Sports Columns
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Prime-time U.S. Open TV should be Father's Day treatJun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Golf in prime time worked for the Skins Game, more or less, but will it work for the U.S. Open? This, after all, is the major championship that didn't even allow play on...
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There's nothing minor league about the champion WolvesJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - While the Chicago Wolves might be a minor league team, this is a big league organization from top to bottom led by an owner, a general manager and a coach who all should...
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Desert provides quite a show each nightJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - CAREFREE, Ariz. -- In the early-morning or late-evening hours, if one sits quietly alongside one of the roads here, it's almost a safe bet that the wilderness will come ...
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Bad guys OK; they just can't be the wrong onesJun 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Jerry Angelo is being hammered for populating the Bears' roster with bad guys like Cedric Benson. This stirs memories of a conversation I had while working in Rockford d...
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How much will Fire give up to get McBride in uniform?Jun 10, 2008 11:00 pm - If your team was off to a 6-3-1 start and second in MLS in scoring, would you want to trade for a nearly 36-year-old target striker? If you're the Fire and that player i...
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This hire shouldn't shock youJun 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Sure Vinny Del Negro is an odd choice to be the Bulls head coach. You expected any less -- or more -- from club chairman Jerry Reinsdorf? The obvious first reaction to D...
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Benson too clueless to even take advantage of 2nd chanceJun 09, 2008 11:00 pm - The only one who didn't see this coming was Cedric Benson -- and he might have, too, had he just opened his eyes. After the controversial early May boating arrest, Bears...
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For the Cubs, the road ahead has plenty of potholes to avoidJun 09, 2008 11:00 pm - If the Cubs think they've had it tough lately, they haven't seen anything yet. A West Coast trip like the one they just had to San Diego and Los Angeles may seem like a ...
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No evidence that Rose would face too much hometown pressureJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Jerry Krause was blamed unfairly for plenty of things that happened during his tenure as general manager of the Bulls. But there is one area where he probably deserves b...
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Maybe Ozzie should be running more than SoxJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - As successful as the White Sox were the past week, Ozzie Guillen's management style is sure to spread. Like, maybe to George Bush: "I'm sick and tired of these gas price...