Sports Columns
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Quote & unquoteDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - As the days dwindle down to a precious few and the end of another year approaches, my search is finally over. After 12 months of reading and listening, I found what I wa...
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It's time to honor 'The Other Athlete'Dec 25, 2007 10:00 pm - OK, it's time to recognize my 2007 Person of the Year: "The Other Athlete." Too often we overlook him amid the rubble that is pro sports. The media -- including this spa...
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Ryan Acosta: A caring father's legacyDec 25, 2007 10:00 pm - Some things in life are so clearly beyond understanding or reason, as to be sadly opaque. A century of futility comes to mind, though the Cubs' future is never more unce...
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Some moments bound to stay with you for the longest timeDec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - Scott Skiles will be home for Christmas … and lots of days beyond that. Illinois' football team will be heading to Pasadena, Calif., for Christmas night … and several ni...
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Maybe GM should coach these playersDec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - If you want justice, try this: John Paxson goes to the bench to coach the Bulls. Let's see whether the club's general manager can win with this roster. At the same time ...
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Paxson only has himself to blame after taking so long on SkilesDec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - The only shock is that Scott Skiles didn't resign. If I had a nickel for every time in the last month I told someone Skiles would quit, I'd have like three bucks today, ...
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Lackluster Bulls feeling Wallace's lack of productionDec 23, 2007 10:00 pm - The Bulls' postgame routine has become drearily familiar. Inside the locker room, the key players are asked if they can identify any reasons why the team would show so l...
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Bears show true meaning of a rivalryDec 23, 2007 10:00 pm - Somehow the Bears-Packers rivalry endures. There can be no other conclusion after Sunday's 35-7 Bears victory in Soldier Field. "Beating the Green Bay Packers can cure a...
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Time to tear down WrigleyDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Here's a solution to the latest Wrigley Field crisis: Save the name, dump the dump. Yes, I'm playing demolition derby again because the crusty, creaky old joint doesn't ...
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It's not a very merry Christmas this year for CL South's HardieDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - This was not on Kaitlin Hardie's Christmas list. Hardie, Crystal Lake South's junior starting point guard in girls basketball and one of the area's top softball players,...