Sports Columns
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Chelios a competitor to the endJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - When Chris Chelios was playing dominant defense for the Blackhawks in the early 1990s, one of his assistant coaches -- who shall stay unnamed to protect his foolishness ...
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Sinking teams fail to weigh down sports talk radioJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - The Bears rallied at the end of the season in December, but that's nothing compared to the charge WMVP 1000-AM put on. The station rose from a 1.3 percent share of the o...
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Palatine reaches out to BrooksJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Few signs indicated Feb. 6 would be one of the biggest days in the young life of Monroe Brooks. Brooks was hardly an athletic prodigy. He made a last-minute decision to ...
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Glogovsky makes the most of her big basketball decisionJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - She could easily and literally be a big part of it right now. Erin Glogovsky could be teaming with fellow 6-footers and old friends Sarah Boothe and Lory Shaw to give Wa...
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Flying in to LaXJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Lacrosse is on the Illinois High School Association's list of "emerging sports." Emerge they did, some 150 prep lacrosse players from the suburbs and neighboring states,...
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Time to get ready for more class expansion in IHSA sportsJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - The big news out of the Illinois High School Association's office last week was the decision to move forward with a drug testing program for high school athletes. What g...
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Nothing better than this kind of rivalry battleJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Playing in big-time events against big-name schools from different areas and states is nice. But there is nothing better than two high-powered nearby rivals battling it ...
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Grant's Shields making all the right movesJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Fun is no problem for Grant senior guard Mike Shields. And neither is focus. But sometimes Shields is so focused on basketball it may look like he's not having much fun....
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Nichols again making good memories at Northern IllinoisJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Jarvis Nichols never will forget his first basketball game at Northern Illinois University. In March 2002 he was a sophomore competing for an underdog Glenbard North tea...
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Wheeling has room in Hall of Fame for five more legendsJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - It's a tough act to follow when you hit a home run in your first time at bat. What do you do for an encore when you get another chance? How about hitting another home ru...