Sports Columns
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If it comes to that, why not Fukudome in center field?May 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Last winter we were told that Sam Fuld was going to be the surprise of spring training. Forgive me if I was skeptical then, and for reminiscing now. But it was difficult...
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Helping Wolves win the Cup remains Krog's only focusMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - There's a reason why Chicago Wolves center Jason Krog was the American Hockey League's most valuable player. When the Wolves needed him most, trailing in their Calder Cu...
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Live bait and 'crawlers still tops in my repertoireMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Angling legend Ron Lindner has a lot on his mind. Every time I have him on my outdoors radio talk show Lindner weaves dozens of thoughts and issues together like a finel...
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Urlacher makes it easy to criticizeMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - It sure seems like Brian Urlacher's contract dispute is more with the NFL Players Association than with the Bears. Yet Urlacher continues to threaten the team by saying ...
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It's Wolves' present over Hawks' future in this roundMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Reaching the conference finals is nothing new for the Wolves. But for the Blackhawks, it's no small measure of how far their minor-league program has come that they snif...
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Bulls' unstable situation part of equation?May 12, 2008 11:00 pm - All any of us can do is try to read minds concerning the Bulls. What is general manager John Paxson thinking while searching for a new head coach? What is club chairman ...
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Making quick work of the DiamondbacksMay 11, 2008 11:00 pm - It's nice work if you can get it. Daryle Ward's 2008 salary is $1.2 million. Sunday he earned it by working one minute. If anything he was underpaid. "Was it even a minu...
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Maddux stopping to smell the ivy these daysMay 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Suddenly, chicks dig a well-located changeup. While that may be overstating it a bit, it does seem a majority of baseball fans have finally tired of the steroid era and ...
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With no Nash, no guarantee D'Antoni's system will workMay 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Here are three reasons why the Bulls shouldn't be too broken-hearted about missing out on former Phoenix coach Mike D'Antoni: 1. Steve Nash 2. Amare Stoudemire 3. Shawn...
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Cards stun Brewers; Maddux wins 350thMay 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Eric Gagne no longer wants to be called the Brewers' closer. He's pitching his way out of that role, anyway. The former NL Cy Young Award winner gave up a 2-run single w...