Sports Columns
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Finally, it's just like old timesMar 07, 2008 10:00 pm - That unmistakable voice boomed in the Blackhawks dressing room following Friday's morning skate. "Let's go get 'em tonight, boys," Bobby Hull said. On Friday, all was ri...
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This team is winning more than gamesMar 07, 2008 10:00 pm - The Elgin boys basketball team injected the city's east side with a desperately needed shot of hope Friday night The Maroons won the Class 4A Jacobs sectional title by u...
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Learning to talk to the media is part of athlete's educationMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Sports writers don't want to be viewed as vultures or leeches. Sports writers also don't like dealing with athletes who are uncooperative, rude and paranoid. That pretty...
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Powers that be surely creating some confusionMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - What worthless power forward are you here to write about? The question was posed hours before Thursday night's game between the Bulls and Cavs at the UC, and was the stu...
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Join me in annual hair-razing cancer benefitMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Ashley Conley spent too much of her third year on Earth vomiting. Enduring blood transfusions that lasted for hours. Riding in the family van that wore two deep grooves...
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IHSA should move girls Class 3/4A state tournament northMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Change in anything draws many different responses. The IHSA's new four-class system for boys and girls basketball sure has. Last weekend in Normal, the hottest topic of ...
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DeSimone: Buffalo Grove's proven leaderMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Four more years is a common theme in politics. High school athletes are restricted to four-year terms of competition. If they weren't, there is no doubt Buffalo Grove bo...
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Paul, Linda Mallers grateful for every day they haveMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Former Dundee-Crown basketball star Paul Mallers said he doesn't think about the St. Patrick's Day crash at a Subway restaurant in West Dundee that nearly killed him unl...
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Booker the go-to guy againMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The Bears and Marty Booker seem to be perfect for each other. The Bears get a physical, veteran presence at wide receiver, two things the roster is lacking, and at the b...
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Competitive fire roars deep within PiniellaMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - PHOENIX -- Know this about Cubs manager Lou Piniella: He hates to lose. He doesn't care if it's the seventh game of the World Series, a mid-April game in 30-degree tempe...