Sports Columns
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Grossman staying hopeful for his futureDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Anyone who saw the grotesque way Rex Grossman's knee caved in after Washington tackle Cornelius Griffin rolled into him Thursday night had to be worried it might result ...
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Good while it lasted, which was not longDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - The end of an era in Chicago sports is upon us. As eras, go, it was a short one, but it was memorable nonetheless. Unless both sides are willing to come together on some...
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Are Cubs seeing the light on stats?Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - This space has been the toughest in Chicago on the Cubs' approach to baseball statistics and the science of "sabermetrics." But during Wednesday's teleconference with re...
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From BCS gains, losses to non-calls in basketballDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - It's finals week for our local semester-based colleges and the highbrow-sounding "Reading Week" at our local private Division I university. Since all this academic stuff...
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Let's hope Orton gets a fair shakeDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - Give the Bears credit for getting one right. After all, if you were among those who thought Bears coach Lovie Smith would step to the microphone and proclaim, "Brian is ...
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Nocioni's success creates another dilemma for BullsDec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - When something positive finally happens for the Bulls this season, it figures that it ends up creating more issues. The Bulls are nearly a quarter of the way through the...
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'It's an honor to be here, sir'Dec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- It was bone-chilling cold. The kind that when you speak of it two years later, it sends shivers through your core. But Kevin Sullivan sat through it to the...
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Hester, Wolfe emerge in offenseDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Although the Bears lost a starting quarterback and any realistic hope of a playoff berth in Thursday night's loss to the Washington Redskins, they did discover two more ...
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Another title for Wheaton Academy SixDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - It stands to reason that a NCAA championship ring would be bigger than a high school state title ring. But Taryne Lee wears them both with the same amount of pride. So d...
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Pousson turns it around, starts cleaning upDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Back when he was devilish Dillon, he had a brush with … soap. But then, what would you expect from a kid who says his mom named him after a soap-opera bad boy? "I used t...