Sports Columns
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Lachel refuses to allow sands of time to slow him downSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - When Bud Lachel began coaching tennis at Cary-Grove High School during the 1969-70 school year, he had no thoughts of winning 800 matches. Heck, back then Lachel probabl...
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NIU will try to recover its confidenceSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - The sick bay? Full. The win column? Empty. The potential Notre Dame transfer? Irrelevant to the serious issue at hand. As Northern Illinois embarks on a rare trip west t...
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History on Ohio State's sideSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - From recent history, two conclusions can be drawn about Northwestern before every football season. The first states that the Wildcats will never, ever win all of their n...
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Test of time for Grant footballSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - I took a pop culture trivia quiz online this week about the year 1986. I aced it -- not that that actually says much. I mean, I was in high school in 1986 and always tri...
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Home for the holidaysSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Two years ago, the college football pulse around these parts was as strong as ever. Notre Dame had reawakened behind first-year coach Charlie Weis and quarterback Brady ...
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Struggling teams have a ways to goSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - What happened? Last week I talked about a handful of surprise teams on the plus side of the win column so far this season, and today let's take a look at some surprising...
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Taunted anyone lately? Is that celebrating or rubbing it in?Sep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Taunting in high school sports is the product of emotion. Everybody is hyped up during competition. There are a lot of personal battles going on out there. There's an ad...
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Eastern Kentucky has a steal in DaPisaSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - There is no mystery where Jessie DaPisa will likely be next Thursday. In front of the TV -- along with millions of others across the country -- watching the season premi...
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Hendry makes the grade for his off-season movesSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Behind every great season, there is an equally great off-season. Granted, this season hasn't been a great one for the Cubs. Right now, they're a touch above mediocre. Th...
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Can Tirico's show find local in national?Sep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - I've written it before, and I'll write it again: All sports, like all politics, is local. So it seemed a recipe for disaster earlier this week when Mike Tirico said on a...