Sports Columns
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Unexpected should be expected with postseasonOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Expecting the unexpected is commonplace when it comes to the IHSA. But Mount Carmel coming all the way from the Southeast side of Chicago into the upper bracket of 16 te...
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Bears lack that key ingredient: talentOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Tommie Harris says the Bears haven't been hungry nough, and Lovie Smith says they lacked heart last week against the Vikings. How about this? How about that being more e...
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What might have been … and could beOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - It's tough to point to one game and classify it as a cornerstone in the future of a high school football program. A key game may define the season, but there's always a...
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Healthy Schrader can't wait for new season to get startedOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - When we last visited with Lindsay Schrader, it was a solemn conversation. It was about a year ago and Schrader had just gone through surgery for a torn anterior cruciate...
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Return to old timing rules good for the college gameOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - There were bigger games that paired better teams, but few had the raw drama of Northwestern's double-overtime shootout last Saturday against Minnesota. The teams combine...
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Dreams finally come trueOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - This was Wheeling's field of dreams Friday night. Mobs of screaming students streamed onto the field. Senior linebacker-offensive lineman Justin Arvidson grabbed one of ...
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Atlanta a curious, intriguing choice for WNBA expansionOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - During light-hearted presentations, the WNBA sometimes uses smiley faces on a map of the United States to show where its franchises are located. "We always had this gap ...
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Batavia-Geneva rivalry pits cousin vs. cousinOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - As if playing against your biggest rival isn't exciting enough, two cousins -- Jake Creed from Batavia and Sean Grady from Geneva -- got the chance to play one another F...
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Geneva repeats its winning formulaOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - When you find something that works, stick with it. Before Friday, Geneva had one win over Batavia since 1994 --14-12 in 2004 at Bulldog Stadium. So why not try that agai...
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This game will be remembered for a long timeOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - After a while you stop believing what you're seeing. There's no way a football game can be this good, right? And it'd be tough to convince the 7,500 fans in attendance t...