Sports Columns
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Atlanta a curious, intriguing choice for WNBA expansionOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - During light-hearted presentations, the WNBA sometimes uses smiley faces on a map of the United States to show where its franchises are located. "We always had this gap ...
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Batavia-Geneva rivalry pits cousin vs. cousinOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - As if playing against your biggest rival isn't exciting enough, two cousins -- Jake Creed from Batavia and Sean Grady from Geneva -- got the chance to play one another F...
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Geneva repeats its winning formulaOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - When you find something that works, stick with it. Before Friday, Geneva had one win over Batavia since 1994 --14-12 in 2004 at Bulldog Stadium. So why not try that agai...
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This game will be remembered for a long timeOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - After a while you stop believing what you're seeing. There's no way a football game can be this good, right? And it'd be tough to convince the 7,500 fans in attendance t...
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These two are a hit for CarmelOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Here's the hard truth about hard-hitting Ryan Williams, according to him. Apparently, when he was piling up all those solo tackles last fall, when he was making all thos...
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Pity on you Shaun Alexander ownersOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Memo to all Shaun Alexander owners: Your running back is toast. Yes, Mr. MVP, Mr. 28 TDs, Mr. 1,880-yard rusher has become … Cedric Benson. Ouch! OK, so that was a low b...
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Carmel ready for its big tripOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The trek down to Joliet on a Friday night through rush hour is always a long one for Carmel fans. But pretty soon, they might be aching for the traffic jams. After this ...
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Who's in, who's out & who plays where?Oct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - I wish I had Scott Johnson's computer. Johnson, the Elgin High graduate who is a longtime assistant executive secretary for the Illinois High School Association, is a co...
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Playoff teams provide lessons; it's up to the Cubs to learnOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - If the Cubs, along with the rest of America, have been able to stay up late enough and pay attention, there are a good number of lessons to be learned from the teams tha...
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A big daily double for Reinsdorf?Oct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Jerry Reinsdorf didn't sign Albert Belle because he thought Halloween in Chicago was boring. He did it with one eye on winning and the other on putting fanatics in the s...