Sports Columns
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Maybe Bears just don't have a quarterbackSep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- Brian Griese looked like the Bears as a whole late Sunday afternoon. The welts, scratches and bruises were big, long and red on his back, shoulder and arm. He...
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Winners don't let negative thoughts take over their livesSep 29, 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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Hollywood or bust? It's up to CubsSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - The champagne dried in Cincinnati, Wrigleyville revelers are back on their barstools, and just one question remains. Is this 2007 Cubs team Hollywood or Follywood? When ...
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Quarterback 'controversy' not quite the same debateSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - The discussion began the day training camp opened. Which quarterback is better? Who should be the starter? An earnest debate carried on, with all sides engaged. Everybod...
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Postseason provides new opportunitiesSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - CINCINNATI -- There's no denying that some players love to play in the postseason. Others, not so much. For some stars, it's a bitter struggle, and for relative unknowns...
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With October will come some exciting times in local sportsSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - When the calendar turns to October on Monday, the Cubs still playing baseball won't be the only thing piquing the interest of sports-minded people around the Fox Valley....
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Cubs get it done for fansSep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - CINCINNATI -- They could have called it the Colonoscopy Classic. It was, after all, the division nobody wanted. Until Friday night, at least, when the Cubs clinched the ...
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Playing Neuqua on Homecoming extra emotional for JohnsonSep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - When applying to colleges earlier this year, St. Charles East senior Matt Johnson was asked to write an essay describing something that had changed his life. Johnson imm...
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Pregnant athletes at center of debateSep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The timing wasn't the greatest, as is sometimes the case when it comes to the discovery of a pregnancy. It was January of Jia Perkins' senior year at Texas Tech, and the...
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To Huskies, 2007 looks an awful lot like 1992Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - When you watch Naperville North, you can't help but think about 1992. In other words, you can't help but think about a state football championship. It's not an overly b...