Sports Columns
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Our view: Hornets' Paul league MVP at the breakFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Compared to last summer, when the NBA brought us a rogue referee and a superstar's parking lot rant, the regular season has seemed a little quiet. But the league has set...
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Indiana's national Knight-mareFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - It was like waking up, turning on the television and still being in a nightmare Saturday morning. The scary part is the implication that college basketball might not hav...
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NIU's community never strongerFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - It's not always the first question, but it's usually in the top five. It's somewhere after, "Do you know Michael Jordan?'' and "Cubs or White Sox?'' Just a couple days a...
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ACC ready for encore to record seasonFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - The gym glowed with unprecedented glee. Amid the sea of hugs and handshakes, small groups posed with broad smiles. Camera phones clicked like flashing sparklers. Though ...
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Women's hoops thinks pink for a good causeFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Don't adjust the tint on your televisions. Hues of pink will again shade women's college basketball games this weekend as the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's "T...
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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...