Sports Columns
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For Hawks to make playoffs, Khabibulin must take themDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - It should have been an eye-opening week for the Blackhawks. If the Hawks didn't realize how difficult it could be to make the playoffs in a Western Conference that is s...
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Cubs ought to keep buying … and buyingDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - What we know is that the Cubs were by far the highest bidder for Kosuke Fukudome, and were prepared to go well beyond $48 million if necessary. So why stop now? The Cubs...
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The quest for big bluegills never stopsDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - When it comes to finding and catching jumbo panfish and putting all the pieces together in the never-ending search for monster bluegills, I politely bow to the quiet man...
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Illini's O'Donnell receives 'great honor'Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Illinois senior left guard Martin O'Donnell earned first-team All-American recognition from the Associated Press on Tuesday. That made the 2003 Downers Grove South gradu...
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Cubs really cornered this marketDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - By early Tuesday evening, the deal was done. The word in San Diego was that Kosuke Fukudome wasn't going anywhere but the North Side of Chicago to play baseball next sum...
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Grossman staying hopeful for his futureDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Anyone who saw the grotesque way Rex Grossman's knee caved in after Washington tackle Cornelius Griffin rolled into him Thursday night had to be worried it might result ...
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Good while it lasted, which was not longDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - The end of an era in Chicago sports is upon us. As eras, go, it was a short one, but it was memorable nonetheless. Unless both sides are willing to come together on some...
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Are Cubs seeing the light on stats?Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - This space has been the toughest in Chicago on the Cubs' approach to baseball statistics and the science of "sabermetrics." But during Wednesday's teleconference with re...
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From BCS gains, losses to non-calls in basketballDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - It's finals week for our local semester-based colleges and the highbrow-sounding "Reading Week" at our local private Division I university. Since all this academic stuff...
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Let's hope Orton gets a fair shakeDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - Give the Bears credit for getting one right. After all, if you were among those who thought Bears coach Lovie Smith would step to the microphone and proclaim, "Brian is ...