Sports Columns
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Talking turkey, boys basketball can wait till after ThanksgivingDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Few coaches openly talk about it, but many think it. It's time to change the boys basketball calendar and begin a week later. What that means is an end to Thanksgiving ...
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Need reasons to watch? Try these on for sizeDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - On paper, Monday night's game against the Vikings looks like it could get ugly, considering the Bears are playing out the schedule and the Vikings have won three straigh...
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For Hawks to make playoffs, Khabibulin must take themDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - It should have been an eye-opening week for the Blackhawks. If the Hawks didn't realize how difficult it could be to make the playoffs in a Western Conference that is s...
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Cubs ought to keep buying … and buyingDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - What we know is that the Cubs were by far the highest bidder for Kosuke Fukudome, and were prepared to go well beyond $48 million if necessary. So why stop now? The Cubs...
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The quest for big bluegills never stopsDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - When it comes to finding and catching jumbo panfish and putting all the pieces together in the never-ending search for monster bluegills, I politely bow to the quiet man...
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Illini's O'Donnell receives 'great honor'Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Illinois senior left guard Martin O'Donnell earned first-team All-American recognition from the Associated Press on Tuesday. That made the 2003 Downers Grove South gradu...
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Cubs really cornered this marketDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - By early Tuesday evening, the deal was done. The word in San Diego was that Kosuke Fukudome wasn't going anywhere but the North Side of Chicago to play baseball next sum...
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Grossman staying hopeful for his futureDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Anyone who saw the grotesque way Rex Grossman's knee caved in after Washington tackle Cornelius Griffin rolled into him Thursday night had to be worried it might result ...
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Good while it lasted, which was not longDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - The end of an era in Chicago sports is upon us. As eras, go, it was a short one, but it was memorable nonetheless. Unless both sides are willing to come together on some...
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Are Cubs seeing the light on stats?Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - This space has been the toughest in Chicago on the Cubs' approach to baseball statistics and the science of "sabermetrics." But during Wednesday's teleconference with re...