Sports Columns
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North Stars enjoy spoiler role while keeping title hopes aliveOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - On the 14th annual kick-a-thon in St. Charles, it wound up being St. Charles North who delivered a swift kick right to St. Charles East's gut. The Saints' undefeated Ups...
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Redhawks can think seed; Panthers still on bubbleOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - "On the bubble" sounds like a nice, safe spot to relax. For teams like Glenbard North and so many others, though, it's the last place you want to be going into the fina...
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Big Ten mental health checkOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - It happened almost overnight -- autumn finally wriggled free of summer's grasp, and football weather blitzed the area. Several Big Ten teams are also cooling off, which ...
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Mastandrea happy to do her partOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - The last time Linda Mastandrea was this vested in the Olympic Games, she was in them. The 43-year-old Chicagoan was born with cerebral palsy and tires easily -- to the p...
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Fantasy not all about the running backsOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Excuse me for a moment while I borrow from singer-songwriter Paula Cole's "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" Where is my Larry Johnson? Where is my Steven Jackson? Where...
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Rocky's knockout punchOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - The dominoes are starting to fall. The housecleaning on West Madison began with the departure of Peter Wirtz last week and continued with the removal of Bob Pulford on T...
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Bears bite backOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - One of the main responsibilities of NFL safeties is to cover tight ends, but Minnesota Vikings 11-year veteran Darren Sharper apparently isn't too worried about the Bear...
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New facilities signal the end of an era in Hampshire footballOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - When Hampshire High School began playing football in the fall of 1964 on a spacious patch of grass behind the school, it's a pretty safe bet no one envisioned what thing...
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New Cubs history gets caught in presentOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Pity the bar owners of Wrigleyville who just saw a fortune go out the window with the Cubs' collapse, but save any pity for Glenn Stout. Stout was sitting pretty as auth...
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Time for a sneak peek at playoffsOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Have we ever gone into Week 8 of a high school football season with neither Libertyville nor Stevenson having clinched a playoff berth? The slow starts by both perennial...