Sports Columns
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Whips' final Purple Palace game sure wasn't supposed to be like thisFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - This was not the way the curtain was supposed to come down on so much history. The girls basketball program at Hampshire High School has had success in its own gym like ...
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Batavia seniors enjoy final game vs. VikingsFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Phil Albrecht has made the same shot before and won $5. He didn't have any extra money in his wallet walking out of Batavia's gym Friday night, but he had something he l...
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It's settled: WNBA, players agree to the 'core' of new dealFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - It's been a busy week or two for the WNBA. The league's newest franchise, Atlanta, picked out its name (Dream) as well as its first crop of players in an expansion draft...
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Hey, don't let Briggs get too farFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - The Bears aren't about to reveal the extent of Brian Urlacher's neck injury until, oh, maybe the day before training camp starts in late July. But if the team's attitude...
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It's not big-time football, but WIU should be a good fit for TassioFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - For the most part college football programs can't afford to recruit with their hearts. If that were the case, Naperville North's Jordan Tassio would have garnered Divisi...
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Don't panic, Pax: Stand patFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - John Paxson has been called a lot of things lately, most of them wrong. In reality, the Bulls' GM is -- or at least he was -- an optimist, and an inexperienced one at th...
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Dramatic game-winning shots bring both cheers and tearsFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - There's nothing like the drama of a buzzer-beater that wins a basketball game. Depending on your allegiance at the time, the buzzer-beater can send you storming the cour...
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Judson men have a common goal: A trip to nationalsFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Two years ago, Judson University men's basketball coach Jim Cook would agree, the Eagles may have had more talent than they do this season. Judson did finish that 2005-0...
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Let me spell it out for you: We're trying to get it writeFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - When you write words, you have to get them rite -- I mean, right. We have to think before we ink. And that's not always as easy as it seems. There's a Lake County high s...
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Sad but true: Coach Komaromy decides it's time to goFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - It didn't come as a surprise. In private conversation we had discussed it for, to be honest, the last couple of years. But the reality that came through the telephone li...