Sports Columns
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Iowa likes the look of the real ZookOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - IOWA CITY, Iowa -- You could hear the chuckling all the way down in Gainesville, Fla. After two-and-a-half seasons without an appearance, the Ron Zook that Florida fans ...
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These Pirates groomed for successOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - When Taylor Aiello, Ryan Hourigan, Dan Sutton and their classmates first came to Palatine they watched highlights of football legends before the program's fall. John Nal...
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West Aurora's playoff drive is already in gearOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - This late into the season, it's rare to see West Aurora's football players and coaches chomping at the bit in their eagerness to get back to practice. Not during the thi...
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Saturday it is and will be, and in all reality it's not that badOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - OK, I give up. For the past five years now the Elgin-Larkin football game has been played on Saturday. I still can't get used to it and I still don't think it's right, b...
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Bison take major step forwardOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - There were Bison stampeding everywhere Friday night at Rolling Meadows. Buffalo Grove football players raced around the field and deliriously celebrated. Retiring head c...
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Ominous NHL omen: attendance woes in Hockeytown USAOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - It's one thing for the Blackhawks to struggle at the gate. For the last decade there haven't been too many reasons for Hawks fans to go to the United Center to watch bad...
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North Stars enjoy spoiler role while keeping title hopes aliveOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - On the 14th annual kick-a-thon in St. Charles, it wound up being St. Charles North who delivered a swift kick right to St. Charles East's gut. The Saints' undefeated Ups...
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Redhawks can think seed; Panthers still on bubbleOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - "On the bubble" sounds like a nice, safe spot to relax. For teams like Glenbard North and so many others, though, it's the last place you want to be going into the fina...
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Big Ten mental health checkOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - It happened almost overnight -- autumn finally wriggled free of summer's grasp, and football weather blitzed the area. Several Big Ten teams are also cooling off, which ...
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Mastandrea happy to do her partOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - The last time Linda Mastandrea was this vested in the Olympic Games, she was in them. The 43-year-old Chicagoan was born with cerebral palsy and tires easily -- to the p...