Sports Columns
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For Salvi clan, it's all about familyNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - What a gem that Grandma Salvi is. Every year, she ponders the perfect Christmas gift for each one of her grandchildren. Then, she sets out to find them. All 40 of them. ...
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Brown out in Bears' O-lineNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - The Bears have a golden opportunity to get their feeble running game going this week against an Oakland Raiders defense that has been trampled all season by ground attac...
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IHSA should go back to schools on four-class tourney systemNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - So here it is, huh? The four-class system brought to you by the confounding folks of the Illinois High School Association makes its official state debut today with the g...
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THE rivalry gets its due in hourlong HBO documentaryNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - With the third Saturday in November only a week away, HBO Sports gets a jump on what every college football fan knows is coming with "Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalr...
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For Walker and Hoeppner, focus was always on playersNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Randy Walker and Terry Hoeppner wouldn't have wanted Saturday to be about them. They would have steered the spotlight toward their teams, both of which remain in bowl c...
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NVHS's Bollweg a stereotype busterNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - When on Saturday Neuqua Valley senior offensive lineman David Bollweg told Yale line coach Keith Clark he wanted to play there, Bollweg promptly became Neuqua Valley's f...
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Hampshire tradition continues with Whitehouse leading wayNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Hampshire High School is growing by leaps and bounds and getting ready to move into a new building next year with double its current enrollment. But that's next year. Fo...
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Brother Rice back in the mixNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - It's quarterfinals week. Several outstanding matchups are on the docket this weekend in IHSA football state playoff quarterfinal action. Here's a look at a few outstand...
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A closer look at 12 fantasy underachieversNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Two years ago, I wrote a column centered around 12 underachieving players and called them The Dirty Dozen. They were players we all expected to be high-flying fantasy po...
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Now it's up to Uribe to show Sox were rightNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - With the White Sox, you just have to expect the unexpected. The latest surprise came Wednesday, when the Sox announced that shortstop Juan Uribe is coming back for anoth...