Sports Columns
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Record crowd in L.A.Mar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Carl Erskine vividly remembers a most distressing experience at the Los Angeles Coliseum 50 years ago. Don Newcombe easily recalls the difficulty of doing his job there....
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Auriemma-Summitt feud could erupt at Final FourMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - It's possible the Tennessee and Connecticut women's basketball teams could meet in the NCAA championship game next week. Yawn. Just kidding. But in all honesty, the game...
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Spring sports… a cure for senior-itis?Mar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - You already know what it's about. Or, if you're too young to have experienced it yet, you will. It hits every high school like the common cold. Symptoms begin to appear ...
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With year under his belt, Piniella ready to lead wayMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - If nothing else, the managerial matchups in the National League Central should be fun to watch. • We'll have the Dusty Baker-Lou Piniella matchup when Baker's Cincinnati...
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Must be that time again …Mar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Another baseball season inspires another set of guaranteed predictions: Like, Volume II of the Mitchell Report will allege Eliot Spitzer paid Brian McNamee for a round o...
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Nothing like baseball cards to restore youthMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - It's more difficult to wax romantic about baseball these days, what with all the evil potions and the culprits who use them to stack their stats. But then I came upon a ...
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More questions than answers as baseball beginsMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Coulda sworn that darn groundhog signaled six more weeks of winter, not 10. This is what we get for banking on a rodent. No matter. The extra downtime between canceled ...
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Changes abound for area baseball and softball programsMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - The list of new baseball and softball coaches combined is unbelievable in the Tri-Cities Area this year. Never before has there been so much turnover from one season to ...
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What lessons were learned from 10 recognition banquets?Mar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - There's just so much chicken a person can eat. I know. I speak from experience. I spent some serious time in 2007-08 traveling the chicken circuit. It was Daily Herald b...
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Hoffman Estates' achievement stands the test of timeMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - There was no shortage of individual stories to chase in eight years of covering the boys state track and field meet. The team race usually was not a concern. Mid-Suburb...