Sports Columns
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Let's hope Orton gets a fair shakeDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - Give the Bears credit for getting one right. After all, if you were among those who thought Bears coach Lovie Smith would step to the microphone and proclaim, "Brian is ...
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Nocioni's success creates another dilemma for BullsDec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - When something positive finally happens for the Bulls this season, it figures that it ends up creating more issues. The Bulls are nearly a quarter of the way through the...
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'It's an honor to be here, sir'Dec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- It was bone-chilling cold. The kind that when you speak of it two years later, it sends shivers through your core. But Kevin Sullivan sat through it to the...
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Hester, Wolfe emerge in offenseDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Although the Bears lost a starting quarterback and any realistic hope of a playoff berth in Thursday night's loss to the Washington Redskins, they did discover two more ...
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Another title for Wheaton Academy SixDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - It stands to reason that a NCAA championship ring would be bigger than a high school state title ring. But Taryne Lee wears them both with the same amount of pride. So d...
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Pousson turns it around, starts cleaning upDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Back when he was devilish Dillon, he had a brush with … soap. But then, what would you expect from a kid who says his mom named him after a soap-opera bad boy? "I used t...
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Close not good enough anymoreDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Opinions vary as to the origin of the phrase, "close but no cigar." The prevailing belief is that the phrase was popularized by traveling carnivals, where a cigar was of...
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Football's wild, wild rideDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Before switching gears to college basketball, permit me this brain dump on what was truly a mind-blowing college football season. • The theorists are out this week as e...
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Teamwork name of the game for these girlsDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Just a few weeks into the girls basketball season, and all appears to be on track. Geneva's Taylor Whitley is picking up where she left off, as is Rosary's Victoria Alva...
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Try, try, try, try, try againDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Tough breaks. As we got into last week, local golfer Kevin Streelman's had a few. There was his first PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament -- AKA "Q-School" -- where Streelman...