Sports Columns
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Not easy to stomach this, is it Cubs fans?Sep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Ryan Dempster was so sick Wednesday that he needed a pair of IVs to get upright. Cubs fans have known that feeling for going on eight weeks now. The roller coaster that'...
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It's easy to get youngsters involvedSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - My daughter Melissa still enjoys a day in the boat catching crappies and bass. I got her started with rod and reel when she was a tiny squirt, barely able to hold the r...
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Hampton: The defense resents what's happeningSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - On his way to the Hall of Fame, Dan Hampton dominated more than just the line of scrimmage. But the days of a player like Hampton calling out his teammates seem to be ov...
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Believe the hype: Toews and Kane specialSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Not even Jeremy Roenick came to camp in 1988 looking as polished as Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane. These kids appear special, and I'm not just drinking the company Koo...
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Time to give Hester the ball, Grossman a chanceSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Neither Bears head coach Lovie Smith nor offensive coordinator Ron Turner have asked for advice on how to tune up a misfiring offense, but here are a few suggestions any...
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Marmion players savor their Saturday night sneak previewSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Let there be light -- at least for one night. On Saturday night, this year's Marmion football team became a part of history when temporary lights were installed for the...
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For openers, Illini on a streakSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - After three weeks of unfathomable tumbles, bumbles and stumbles by multiple Big Ten teams, conference play mercifully gets under way Saturday. Illinois fans, you know wh...
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Bowl projectionsSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - CollegeBCS.com's Jerry Palm checks the schedules, crunches the numbers and projects the college football bowl scene each week on his Web site. Here are a few of this wee...
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From where he sits, Smith must see need for a changeSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Ben Bernanke he isn't, but maybe there is some method to Lovie Smith's mad defense of Rex Grossman. When the Fed Chair speaks today, the world markets will await with ba...
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O.J.'s turn to dark side perplexingSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - O.J. Simpson's latest legal mess isn't funny. Late-night comedians will crack jokes about him and I'll laugh out loud with everybody else. But this isn't funny. Among th...