Sports Columns
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Secret spot delivers under tough conditionsOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - With my ice-fishing garb wrapped around my body, I gingerly stepped on a very mushy bank and flipped the tiny, white Mini-Mite jig parallel to the shoreline. By all stan...
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Demote Benson; Peterson has earned chance for nowOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Replacing Rex Grossman with Brian Griese hasn't done much to improve the Bears' playoff chances, but it did give their dormant offense a much-needed bounce. Now it's ti...
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Hawks wasting favorable early scheduleOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - The holes you see in the Blackhawks' roster are the same ones general manager Dale Tallon sees. This is not to suggest Tallon is close to making a trade, but believe he ...
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Will Deng be good … or great?Oct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Kobe Bryant hasn't arrived at the Berto Center yet, so the Bulls still need a superstar, all-star or even mere star. Luol Deng, perhaps? The 6-foot-9 forward appears to ...
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Business as usual: Cubs to bump payroll in 2008Oct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - The answer is $115 million, give or take a million or two. The question is, of course, what's the Cubs' payroll expected to be next season? Every year around this time, ...
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Football? It's the time of year to start talking college hoopsOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - We interrupt this unexpectedly intriguing college football season to switch the topic to basketball. This hoops hijack comes earlier than normal because the season start...
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Bears' losing should come as no shockOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - While they may not like it, the current Bears hysteria is neither historical nor unexpected. Not for a team that played in the final game of last season and talked ever ...
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Looks like it's a win for sportsOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - DEKALB -- Theoretically, at least, the kids can play. That was the decision District 211 announced Monday with regard to its athletes currently in postseason competition...
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Even in defeat, Geneva is a teamOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - There was no drama at the end of the Geneva boys soccer team's season. After Neuqua Valley topped Geneva 1-0 at the Class AA Benedictine supersectional in Lisle on Monda...
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Kobe? No; A-Rod? No; D-Mac? YesOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Welcome to the sports buffet table. Today's spread includes superstar dishes ranging from a slab of Kobe beef to A-Rod hot dogs minus the relish. OK, fans, what would yo...