Sports Columns
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Some family treasures just can't be discardedDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - End-of-the-year rituals drive me nuts. "Call a trash hauler," my wife commanded, "and get a dumpster dropped on our driveway." I countered by telling her I would clean t...
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Quality starter should be next on Cubs' listDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - By the time they took the Dome off Wrigley Field on Wednesday -- a Fukudome, that is -- GM Jim Hendry had turned his attention to more pressing matters. He got the posit...
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Such a relief Kobe's happy … for nowDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Oh, what a relief it is that Kobe Bryant is OK. I was worried about the poor guy back when he was a prisoner in his own mind. Life was so miserable in Los Angeles that B...
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Hall of Fame balloting sure to bring about another stormDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - When it comes to an individual's Hall of Fame ballot, there is no correct answer -- despite the annual venom spewed on all sides of the steroid issue. I can only tell yo...
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Orton, Jackson merely pieces of a bigger puzzleDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- The NFL's quarterback crisis is only one of myriad baffling developments in America. I mean, it's like how can we have more and more TV channels and fewer...
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Here's giving Kill, NIU the attention they deserveDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - In terms of timing, Northern Illinois couldn't have picked a worse time to introduce Jerry Kill as its football coach. By conducting its news conferences Thursday, the s...
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Empty seats show Indiana fans have tuned out problem PacersDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - The upcoming Iowa caucuses are too close to call. But the Pacers already have been declared a loser in the Indiana polling. There was an interesting sequence in Indianap...
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Old gym floor retired, but its glory lives onDec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - In reality, they're nothing more than strips of wood -- held together by a bunch of nails and covered with a clear lacquer finish. But oh, the stories those gym floor bo...
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For players, this penalty is the worstDec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - George Mitchell is an honorable man. Of that, there should be no doubt. Anyone who serves the public, and the peace process, as he has throughout his life, should not ha...
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Batavia gets taste of L.A.N.Dec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - I've heard some talk going around about what Batavia is going to be like next year, if the Bulldogs are prepared to go through L.A.N. -- Life After Nick. Batavia fans go...