Sports Columns
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CSN Chicago makes good use of Presidents DayFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Monday is Presidents Day, but Comcast SportsNet Chicago is turning it into another sort of memorial holiday. Harry Caray died 10 years ago Monday, a few days after suffe...
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Sox' GM: Lay off TigerFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Six weeks after the fact, Tiger Woods is still taking heat. There are factions unwilling to let go of the Kelly Tilghman episode, and if it's this bad now, what's it goi...
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North Stars now in uncharted territoryFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - It was a regional championship game for the St. Charles North girls basketball team Thursday, but it sure didn't feel like one. Not only was it a regional final game, bu...
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Streamwood's Rosner will return for all the right reasonsFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - This has been a reflective week. I've spent the better portion of my career covering girls basketball in the Fox Valley area and with that has come the privilege of gett...
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All right: Time for the all- teamsFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - After watching Stevenson's Dylan Richter put together an all-state-like performance against Mundelein last Friday night (34 points, 22 rebounds), and with the regular se...
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Exciting events shape career with two wrestlers in big roleFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - When you hang around high school sports as long as I have, the ratings game becomes part of many conversations. Inquiring minds often want to know how I rate the athlete...
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End of successful coaching run not all bad for OefflingFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Today is a sad day for Grant's girls basketball program, but it's a good day for Tom Oeffling. Never mind that Grant's 63-52 loss to Mundelein in the title game of the C...
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Good news, girls basketball fans -- the level of play is improvingFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Now that we're in the middle of the girls basketball state tournaments (at last check we're up to four of those), it's time to give a state of the sport address for DuPa...
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These Warriors have come a long way from 0-26Feb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Westminster Christian senior basketball players Joel Benson and Tyler Beachler can smile about it now. But it was no laughing matter three years ago when the boys, along...
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Gambling on Forsberg too risky for BlackhawksFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Give Blackhawks general manager Dale Tallon credit for his continued pursuit of free-agent center Peter Forsberg, but it would seem there are much better ways to spend t...