Sports Columns
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High-profile Bulldogs are hard to overlookSep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - Mike Gaspari isn't someone you'd classify as loud and flashy. Heck, Batavia's longtime football coach rarely even raises his voice. He was exhibiting "Quiet Strength" lo...
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How will the Big House react?Sep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - There's a natural curiosity when a superpower is brought down, an intense human need to know what happens next. There are more significant games on tap today in college...
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'Sole' searching ahead for CatchingsSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Oprah likes to say she has the best-dressed audience in television, that fans of her show dress to the nines when they come to Chicago to sit in on a taping. Tamika Catc...
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Six inches a significant differenceSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Six inches. That's how close Palatine believes it should have been to potentially pulling an upset that would have put it back on the high school football map. And that'...
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Western Sun getting better from top to bottomSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - The days of 51-11 -- the average margin of victory for Geneva against Yorkville the past three years -- are over. You could tell that as early as the opening kick Friday...
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Schedule is brutal, but don't bet against PanthersSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - If you hope to survive the DuPage Valley Conference, it's best to keep your head on a swivel. Sorry for sounding dramatic, but things get dicey when you don't see what's...
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Whew! This golf stuff is hard workSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Jonathan Byrd shot a 7-under-par 64 Thursday and will carry a 1-shot lead into today's second round of the BMW Championship. We'll assume he's going to play. You never k...
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As fantasy season kicks off, keep strategies in mindSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Finally, it's here. Opening day is upon us. You've waited for this since December when your team either took the whole enchilada, you were unceremoniously eliminated fr...
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Weimer using lessons learned in Pan-Am deaf games and passing them on to KnightsSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Kaneland girls volleyball coach Todd Weimer wanted to remember everything about his trip to Venezuela last month, so he kept a detailed journal about everything that hap...
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Lemming slows down long enough to describe his journeySep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - High school sports lists are everywhere. Everybody seems to enjoy ranking high school athletes and teams. They're something to talk about and argue over. For better or w...