Sports Columns
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He makes this must-see tee to greenMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - With all due respect to football, if the next month isn't the most spectacular time of year in sports, you'd be hard pressed to find better. The NCAA conference tourname...
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128 teams? Give me a break, BobbyMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Madness. It's what March is all about to college basketball fans. But another sort of madness reared its ugly head on Selection Sunday, and it came from former-coach-tur...
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Sefolosha's improved play brings focus back to crowded backcourtMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - One issue facing the Bulls was set aside for a couple of weeks while Thabo Sefolosha sat out with a groin injury. Sefolosha returned to the court Tuesday against Utah an...
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Tourney still could become Illini fright festMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Now that Illinois' basketball dream has ended, it's time to consider the potential nightmare. Unless, that is, you considered the Fighting Illini run in the Big Ten tour...
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Four-class system delivers big thrillsMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Two, squared. Four classes instead of two. Has the IHSA's new, four-class system been twice as nice? That, of course, depends heavily upon who you ask. And the jury is n...
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RL's Reinhard trying to keep positive attitude despite setbacksMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Like three strikes, it's three Fs and you're out. Kai Reinhard, who was playing baseball before he probably could tie his own spikes, knows that and accepts that. A seni...
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Sox still trail Cubs in the attention gameMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - The White Sox-Cubs exhibition game Saturday represented a reminder that Chicago still is a two-team town. Sometimes that's easy to forget, especially during a spring lik...
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Internet message boards can produce hazardous materialsMar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Citizens beware: Not only might Big Brother be watching, John Q. Public may be blogging, or posting, or whatever it is that people do on Internet message boards. Yes, fo...
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Notice anything different? Predictions game loses a playerMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Something is not right today. I feel a little strange. For many years, I spent this particular week pounding out a massive state boys basketball tournament column. And I...
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A Central theme: Cubs will be fineMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - If it's March in Chicago, then it's time for Cubs fans to panic. Whether it's this injury or that ailment, this surgery or that procedure, the batting order, the rotatio...