Sports Columns
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Antioch's athletic fields ready to spring into actionSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Tucked just northeast of Antioch's football stadium, a short jog north of Route 137 on McMillen Road, sits another county. Community High School District 117 takes proud...
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They can give your fantasy team a boostSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - OK, three weeks are in the books. At this point, you should have your team's strengths and weaknesses pretty well figured out. As for filling in those holes -- and to co...
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Rex rules didn't help former starterSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Where are they now? Like so much hot air, the many members of the Grossman Apologist Society have dissipated and disappeared. So vile, vehement and vapid only days or we...
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Who is David Venegoni?Sep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - If columns came with background music, this one would be playing "Who Are You?" by The Who. I jokingly asked that question of David Venegoni when we met for our intervie...
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Piniella is perhaps Hendry's best pickupSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- A week ago, I penned a column about the off-season acquisitions made by Cubs general manager Jim Hendry. The idea was to grade the GM on his moves. It seems mor...
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Winners don't let negative thoughts take over their livesSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Think like a winner. That's sound advice for every high school athlete, but it's also not that easy. Winners understand the power of positive thoughts, but we're living ...
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Wirtz had a good side that people never sawSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - The last time those of us in the Chicago hockey media saw Bill Wirtz was at the May 29 news conference at the United Center to introduce prized rookie Jonathan Toews. Wi...
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Exploring the back roads for Americana and anglingSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - The red-tailed hawk swooped down, practically skimming the hood on my truck. A tremendous sight if I may say so. And I continued on, wondering if the hawk thought my tru...
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Sox' Fields won't be among AL award winnersSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - White Sox third baseman/left fielder Josh Fields should get plenty of votes, but he figures to fall short in American League Rookie of the Year voting. Outside of Fields...
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Let's hope Rocky Wirtz fights for what's rightSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - For the last few weeks, as word spread through hockey circles that Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz was quite ill, those in the organization who have silently wished for chan...