Sports Columns
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TV helping Big Ten women's programsNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Someone asked me recently, "Do you myspace?" That's how much of a phenomenon the online social network, also known as myspace.com, has become. It's now a verb in the Eng...
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The work for Hoops for Healing starts nowNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The third annual Hoops for Healing boys basketball tournament is a couple weeks off, but the benefit for the Edward Cancer Center in Naperville needs attention right now...
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With its defense a year older, better, PR up for rematchNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Three days before Halloween Prairie Ridge defensive lineman Brad Knipfel relaxed at home by watching the football equivalent of a horror movie -- a copy of his team's 56...
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Don't believe for a second it's a dead dealNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The ball firmly in his court, Bulls GM John Paxson fired it back at Kobe Bryant and the Lakers on Thursday afternoon. In classic Bullspeak that would have made even Jerr...
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Japan's Fukudome would make a difference for CubsNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Last off-season, the Cubs hired former pitcher Steve Wilson to be their point man in the Far East. It was a move long overdue, as the Cubs had ignored Asia and its burge...
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High schools played important role during 'The War' yearsNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The war is still going on, and I can't stop watching. No, not that war. I'm talking about "The War." When PBS first aired Ken Burns' magnificent seven-part television se...
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Coaches big key to Cary-Grove's successNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - In the many years I've spent covering high school sports around the Fox Valley, one thing I've learned is that as athletes graduate and reflect on their high school care...
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A humble request to the IHSA: Take 1 more step to straight seedingNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Before we begin let's get one thing straight. I don't envy the IHSA. It's a thankless job preparing endless supplies of playoff tournaments. But somehow, through layers ...
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Whips not ready to stop yetNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - BYRON -- They weren't the typical postgame hugs so often shared between happy, victorious volleyball teammates. No, the hugs the Hampshire girls shared after sweeping Or...
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With Bulls, Hawks broadcasts, finally some common senseNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Geez! Go fishing for a week, and the entire Chicago sports media winter landscape changes. I come home to find the Bulls back where they belong on WMVP 1000-AM, and the ...