Sports Columns
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Saints lose their heart and sole, then their seasonNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - At 6-foot-2 and 265 pounds, St. Charles East defensive lineman Dave Mashal is hard to miss. Even before the senior steps on a football field or makes a huge tackle, Mash...
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BC's Ryan doesn't yet have stranglehold on HeismanNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Usually by now, the Heisman Trophy engraving process can begin. Last year, Troy Smith had all but secured the award before November. In 2005, Reggie Bush was the clear-...
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Stand defines Pirates' returnNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Palatine's defining moment arrived with 3½ minutes to play Friday night. Mighty Mt. Carmel had a fourth-and-goal with the Pirates' defense backed up just 3 yards from th...
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Geneva proving it can play with anyoneNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - So, Class 7A? Too tough for Geneva? Too much to ask the Vikings to go from beating smaller schools in their non-conference and Western Sun Conference schedules to tackli...
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TV helping Big Ten women's programsNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Someone asked me recently, "Do you myspace?" That's how much of a phenomenon the online social network, also known as myspace.com, has become. It's now a verb in the Eng...
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The work for Hoops for Healing starts nowNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The third annual Hoops for Healing boys basketball tournament is a couple weeks off, but the benefit for the Edward Cancer Center in Naperville needs attention right now...
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With its defense a year older, better, PR up for rematchNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Three days before Halloween Prairie Ridge defensive lineman Brad Knipfel relaxed at home by watching the football equivalent of a horror movie -- a copy of his team's 56...
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Don't believe for a second it's a dead dealNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The ball firmly in his court, Bulls GM John Paxson fired it back at Kobe Bryant and the Lakers on Thursday afternoon. In classic Bullspeak that would have made even Jerr...
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Japan's Fukudome would make a difference for CubsNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Last off-season, the Cubs hired former pitcher Steve Wilson to be their point man in the Far East. It was a move long overdue, as the Cubs had ignored Asia and its burge...
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High schools played important role during 'The War' yearsNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The war is still going on, and I can't stop watching. No, not that war. I'm talking about "The War." When PBS first aired Ken Burns' magnificent seven-part television se...