Sports Columns
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For Novak, the clock is tickingAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - DEKALB -- In an idyllic gated community just off the Intercoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean, there's a home with Joe and Carole Novak's names on the deed. The deve...
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Voeks tradition lives on at BataviaAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Week 1 of the high school football season is always an exciting thing -- not just for players and coaches, but parents, fans and yes, even reporters. But what about masc...
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Briggs gives Rex pass for a dayAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Christmas came early for Rex Grossman Monday at 3 a.m. when Lance Briggs misplaced his Lamborghini. In the time it takes to snap a football, Grossman was bumped off the ...
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How good are the Bears?Aug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - In the wake of Saturday night's dominant performance against the San Francisco 49ers, you have to wonder how good the Bears' defense will be with a healthy Tommie Harris...
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High school football -- the talk of the townAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - It's great to be back to share each Sunday in the prep sports section, but ... this isn't the column I intended to write. All summer, I looked forward to high school foo...
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Hester OK, but point has been madeAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - If the defense can't afford to be without Tommie Harris or Mike Brown, the offense has a player that is just as irreplaceable: Devin Hester. But not for his potential on...
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OK, we can wait one more dayAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - MENDOTA -- You couldn't have asked for a better night for football than Friday in Mendota. Comfortable temperatures. A light breeze. Not a drop of rain. Maybe a few too...
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St.Charles East authors story it will love to readAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Saints alive. Saints 30, Batavia 7. That's Batavia, 2006 Class 6A state runner-ups. And the score wasn't that close. Better make thatȢ₈¬Ã‚ˆ¦ Saints Alive! Those ...
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Osterman, NPF take playoffs on the roadAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Traveling to obscure places for tournaments isn't unusual in youth softball. That's why Rockford Thunder pitcher Cat Osterman, once a youth softball junkie, is convinced...
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Excitement turns to disappointmentAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Scott Zari woke up Friday and wondered like most high school football players in the northwest suburbs. The Conant senior linebacker wondered if Thursday's wild weather ...