Sports Columns
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Close not good enough anymoreDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Opinions vary as to the origin of the phrase, "close but no cigar." The prevailing belief is that the phrase was popularized by traveling carnivals, where a cigar was of...
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Football's wild, wild rideDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Before switching gears to college basketball, permit me this brain dump on what was truly a mind-blowing college football season. • The theorists are out this week as e...
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Teamwork name of the game for these girlsDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Just a few weeks into the girls basketball season, and all appears to be on track. Geneva's Taylor Whitley is picking up where she left off, as is Rosary's Victoria Alva...
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Try, try, try, try, try againDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Tough breaks. As we got into last week, local golfer Kevin Streelman's had a few. There was his first PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament -- AKA "Q-School" -- where Streelman...
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Lets' explore some fantasies in the AFCDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Continuing on our theme from last week, let's take a trip around the AFC … AFC North • Few players have surprised me more than Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger (27 total T...
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Olsons team up at Maine EastDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - There was an early test of Glenn Olson's authority as the new Maine East boys varsity basketball coach. The former Rolling Meadows basketball and baseball standout was i...
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There's no rush, but Hampshire leaving BNC inevitableDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - It's been a couple of years since we've seen any major changes in conference structures around the Fox Valley. All that could be changing soon. As District 300 prepares ...
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A Frick-ing mistake where Morgan is concernedDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - The Baseball Hall of Fame is so messed up at this point, it's not even worth trying to fix it. It was bad enough that the management arm of the Veterans Committee voted ...
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Enforcing team rules brings hard but necessary decisionsDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Rules are not made to be broken. Records, yes. Rules, no. I can't remember all the team rules I had to follow in my high school sports career, but I do know I made it th...
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Gags and all, Gandolfi makes the HallDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - The instant you catch on to Chuck Gandolfi's cell phone shenanigans, particularly if you've been caught by them before, you immediately feel like doing your best Homer S...