Sports Columns
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Burned twice, will Reinsdorf become gun-shy?Feb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - After last week's Ben Wallace trade, Bulls general manager John Paxson talked about being positioned for when the next major acquisition opportunity presents itself. Mak...
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Cutting bait with Wallace right move, but what next?Feb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - HOUSTON -- In the aftermath of Thursday's departure of Ben Wallace, the most comical occurrence has been the number of people claiming that no one criticized the Wallace...
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Holding on through this raw day and the rough ones to comeFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - DeKALB - Like whitecaps in winter, it crashed in frigid waves, taken by storm and tossed about. Uncontrollable and unmistakable, the pent-up tsunami of raw emotion rolle...
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It might be… It could be… It almost isFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - In football terms, Aurora Christian had just seconds remaining on the clock. To pull this one out, they needed a Hail Mary pass. So the school huddled with its extended ...
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Can't beat season filled with buzzer-beatersFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Lou Gehrig beat me to the "I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth" by about 70 years. But that's just what I feel like this winter. I guess I'll jus...
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With Naperville's Parker, suburbs make history againFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - According to the Tennessee women's basketball media guide, Candace Parker is majoring in sports management with a minor in psychology. I wonder if she also likes history...
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We all pay a high price for watching Bears QBsFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Well, this explains the increase in Bears ticket prices. The Bears need cash to pay quarterback Rex Grossman. The ticket e-mail sounded coldbloodedly matter-of-fact when...
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No gray area here: Sampson a cheaterFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Found a great Web site the other day: www.kelvinsampson.com. It has everything you want to know about the two-time national coach of the year. For example, here's the fi...
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Randolph is stylin' for Round LakeFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - With the aid of only a rotating mirror, Vernon Randolph can turn his entire head into an art form. Randolph not only cuts his own hair, he also designs it by trimming in...
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The bottom line? Metal spikes not good in high schoolFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - I don't like spikes. Let's put that on the table as an appetizer right up front. I don't like spikes. In nine years of coaching college-age girls in summer softball, the...