Sports Columns
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Defense should worry BlackhawksSep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - It's going to be difficult for the Blackhawks not to score more goals with the upgrades they've made on offense. Keeping the puck out of the their own net looks to be a ...
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Sadly, Wirtz never did correct error of his waysSep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - This could have been the obituary's opening paragraph. "Bill Wirtz, the grinch who stole big-time hockey in Chicago, died Wednesday at age 77." This might be his endurin...
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Gundy's tirade among the best so far in 2007Sep 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Sure, we could wait for the final two months of the regular season before compiling a "Best of 2007" collection. But the college football world has already provided enou...
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Grossman can't change short, slowSep 24, 2007 11:00 pm - OK, so for two more days the Bears' quarterback predicament will dangle out there like a big pizza pie in the sky. Wednesday the drums will roll -- along possibly with R...
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On the road again … and again …Sep 24, 2007 11:00 pm - There's no place like home -- on the road. That's what the Aurora Christian football team has dealt with for several seasons -- playing all their home games on the road...
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Weis' tough practices will continue for IrishSep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Charlie Weis made it clear after Saturday's game that losing still doesn't sit well with him. "You all have been around those type of guys where losing is OK," the third...
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No English credit, even when it's dueSep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Remember that talk about defensive end Larry English's slow start? Forget about it. After posting just 1 sack in his first three games, English went crazy in Northern Il...
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Not all his fault, but still a total WrecksSep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - The Bears are the NFL franchise that brought you such football innovations as the T-formation. Sunday night they outdid themselves by featuring the first offense complet...
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Talented Illini CB Davis no shrinking violetSep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Decide for yourself the most impressive thing about Illinois sophomore cornerback Vontae Davis. Might it be his 2.9 percent body fat, which gives the muscles ample room ...
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Cubs head for road clincher after big going-away partySep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - The final home game of the season at Wrigley Field is generally reserved for dread and loathing, if not the occasional bloodletting and execution. But this season's 81st...