Sports Columns
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When hardship hit, Thompson broke throughDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - This was meant to be a "tough break" story, a tale from the life-isn't-always-fair file. But Tyler Thompson changed the plot -- for the better -- by making a quicker tha...
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For Coble, picking mom over basketball was easy decisionDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - No one would have blamed Kevin Coble if he had stayed and played. It would have seemed normal, predictable even, in an age in which athletes routinely put their sport a...
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'Field Trip Day' quite a trip at NUDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - When do nearly 4,000 screeching grade schoolers -- all screeching at the same time, mind you -- sound like music to the ears? When they're lending their support to a tea...
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Gotta have heart: Gifts to soothe the disillusioned baseball fanDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - It strikes me that disillusioned baseball fans can use a little extra TLC this Christmas, so have I got a gift idea for them. It got scant attention when it was released...
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Charger Classic truly is Memory LaneDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Twenty-five years. The Charger Classic, which begins Wednesday at Dundee-Crown, is one of those things the holidays just would not be complete without. The Charger Class...
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Here's an idea: Let's be more like L.T.Dec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Two weeks ago, after arriving home late from work, I decided to watch the latest episode of "The Amazing Race." While forwarding the tape, I noticed "60 Minutes" had don...
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Some family treasures just can't be discardedDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - End-of-the-year rituals drive me nuts. "Call a trash hauler," my wife commanded, "and get a dumpster dropped on our driveway." I countered by telling her I would clean t...
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Quality starter should be next on Cubs' listDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - By the time they took the Dome off Wrigley Field on Wednesday -- a Fukudome, that is -- GM Jim Hendry had turned his attention to more pressing matters. He got the posit...
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Such a relief Kobe's happy … for nowDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Oh, what a relief it is that Kobe Bryant is OK. I was worried about the poor guy back when he was a prisoner in his own mind. Life was so miserable in Los Angeles that B...
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Hall of Fame balloting sure to bring about another stormDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - When it comes to an individual's Hall of Fame ballot, there is no correct answer -- despite the annual venom spewed on all sides of the steroid issue. I can only tell yo...