Sports Columns
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McCurdy steps up big time this seasonMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - FREEPORT -- Six months ago, not many people would have predicted the Burlington Central boys basketball team would be playing into March. But six months ago, not many pe...
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BG seniors leave mark of successMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - A 20-20-20-20 vision is tough to focus on for a freshman. "I never understood the meaning of a 20-win season," Paul Timko said of when he arrived at Buffalo Grove and wa...
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Perfect how Favre left us wanting moreMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - What's that they say about always leaving you wanting more? Brett Favre did exactly that Tuesday. By retiring after a season in which he was absolutely brilliant, Favre ...
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Boylan's own superhero finds a way to contain MoranMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Even Superman didn't succeed all the time. And the culprit in the Jacobs Field House that led to the end of the host Golden Eagles' boys basketball season Tuesday night ...
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Finally! He's gone!Mar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Beginning with his third season as a starting quarterback, Brett Favre's Green Bay Packers defeated the Bears 18 times in 20 games from 1994-2003, and he was 22-10 lifet...
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Adams leaves as one of Chargers' all-time greatsMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - If Mark Adams' season with the Aurora Central Catholic boys basketball team had to end, this was the way to do it. The four-year varsity guard made the most of his final...
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Lucky for Favre he never was Bears' QBMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Naturally, the Bears' only good quarterback news involves another team. Call it the ultimate addition by subtraction -- Brett Favre retired from the Packers on Tuesday. ...
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Purdue's Hummel heads this all-Big Ten fantasy teamMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - I've busted out the Excel spreadsheet. I've crunched the numbers and calculated the formulas. I've figured out whom the voters should select when they send in their all-...
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Piniella, Marquis won't be feuding longMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - On the surface, it may seem a bit unusual for Lou Piniella to come out of a Sunday morning meeting with GM Jim Hendry and all of a sudden have a different point of view ...
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Griese's gone, but Bears' woes remainMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Brian Griese just became the NFL's definition of backup quarterback. If you come to the Bears and can't become the starter, you're a No. 2 at best and maybe even a caree...