Sports Columns
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Looks like we're in for a fine seasonMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - For as long as I can remember, softball has produced some of the most competitive and successful teams of any sport around the Fox Valley. From the late 1980s through th...
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High school experience brings rewards that last a lifetimeMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - I have nothing against the University of Illinois. I had a great time there for four years. I am very proud of my diploma and have it framed and hanging on the wall in t...
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One man's fantasy comes trueMar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- I used to sit back in amazement while watching promotional announcements on some of the cable sports channels about fans sitting around and picking player...
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Here's a baseball guidebook with more than predictionsMar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Not only does "Baseball Prospectus" remain my annual guidebook of choice, but it should get the title by acclimation after predicting the White Sox' 72-90 finish dead-on...
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Sox will be better, and they might even surpriseMar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Like it or not, White Sox fans, your team's going to be better this year. Now, it's been said that you'd have to be some kind of idiot to think the Sox can compete with ...
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Savard knows Blackhawks must get bigger to get betterMar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Denis Savard was in a reflective mood Wednesday morning. While the Blackhawks coach won't admit that his team can't make the playoffs until the math tells him so, Savard...
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Trophy or not, Toews is best rookieMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Jonathan Toews should be the NHL Rookie of the Year. As for the question of whether he will be, well, it's a good question. His main competition is Washington's Nick Bac...
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Starting from scratch again, Wilt enjoying the challengeMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - It's 8 a.m. on the first Saturday in March, and Peter Wilt is making his pitch to a group of U-8 and U-9 girls soccer coaches meeting in Schaumburg. Just five minutes is...
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What was ESPN thinking?Mar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Oh, good-goody, Bobby Knight returns as an ESPN basketball analyst today. Don't worry, the sarcasm isn't a prelude to declaring Knight doesn't say anything worthwhile. W...
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For Cubs, another year of strange spring happeningsMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - MESA, Ariz. -- The Cubs partied instead of playing baseball on St. Paddy's Day. They'll get back to action today, so this would be a good time to take a look back at a ...