Sports Columns
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THE rivalry gets its due in hourlong HBO documentaryNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - With the third Saturday in November only a week away, HBO Sports gets a jump on what every college football fan knows is coming with "Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalr...
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For Walker and Hoeppner, focus was always on playersNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Randy Walker and Terry Hoeppner wouldn't have wanted Saturday to be about them. They would have steered the spotlight toward their teams, both of which remain in bowl c...
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NVHS's Bollweg a stereotype busterNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - When on Saturday Neuqua Valley senior offensive lineman David Bollweg told Yale line coach Keith Clark he wanted to play there, Bollweg promptly became Neuqua Valley's f...
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Hampshire tradition continues with Whitehouse leading wayNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Hampshire High School is growing by leaps and bounds and getting ready to move into a new building next year with double its current enrollment. But that's next year. Fo...
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Brother Rice back in the mixNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - It's quarterfinals week. Several outstanding matchups are on the docket this weekend in IHSA football state playoff quarterfinal action. Here's a look at a few outstand...
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A closer look at 12 fantasy underachieversNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Two years ago, I wrote a column centered around 12 underachieving players and called them The Dirty Dozen. They were players we all expected to be high-flying fantasy po...
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Now it's up to Uribe to show Sox were rightNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - With the White Sox, you just have to expect the unexpected. The latest surprise came Wednesday, when the Sox announced that shortstop Juan Uribe is coming back for anoth...
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Time to take off runningNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - If the Bears can't run the ball Sunday against the Oakland Raiders, they probably can't run it on anyone. Only the Denver Broncos have a worse run defense than the Raide...
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Good angling and good food go togetherNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - All too often, there appear to be members of our beloved angling community who focus more energy on lure selection, fish location, line choices, rod and reel selection, ...
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Replay definitely the right callNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Without a doubt, baseball's GMs got this one right. Most umpires fail to consistently get the balls-and-strikes calls right, let alone boundary calls. But that is part o...