Sports Columns
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Bandits softball should be easy for Fox Valley to embraceNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Elgin city councilman Mike Powers may have said it best. "Elgin has an incredibly rich sports tradition," was Powers' comment Tuesday at a press conference formally anno...
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Building complete, Elgin ready to see profits of the workNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - After three years of remodeling, Elgin High's varsity boys basketball team can no longer be considered a fixer-upper. Like any construction project, building the Maroon...
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Can Streelman conquer the Q?Nov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Wheaton Warrenville South graduate Kevin Streelman, who finished second in the 1996 IHSA Class AA golf championships, has advanced to the final stage of the PGA Tour Nat...
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Genuine sportsmanship takes back seat to IHSA's greedNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Somewhere, Add A. Tude must have been cringing. With one hand the IHSA preaches about the values of sportsmanship in the form of its orange and blue foamed mascot that ...
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Be surprised only if there's any surprisesNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Talk to enough people in and around baseball and you'll get dozens of different notions about what's going to be in the Mitchell Report. But one fairly common opinion is...
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DVD puts Keith Reinhard back on the football sidelinesNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - The question is not asked as often as before, but it's still out there. I hear it occasionally at high school events or in conversations with people who have a history i...
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Bandits softball should be easy for Fox Valley to embraceNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Elgin city councilman Mike Powers may have said it best. "Elgin has an incredibly rich sports tradition," was Powers' comment Tuesday at a press conference formally anno...
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A quick fantasy trip around the leagueNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - I thought we'd try something different this week and next and go around the NFL. This week I'll offer some thoughts about a player (or two) on every team in the NFC, an...
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What an amazing turnaround for HawksNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - Fans of the Blackhawks must be pinching themselves, trying to make sure this is all real. Suddenly, the Hawks matter again. There's an entertaining team on the ice led ...
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One simple call would provide a lot of soothingNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - For many Blackhawks fans, it remains the crossing of the Rubicon, a deliberate act of war for which they still have not forgiven the team. It is the day the Wirtz family...