Sports Columns
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All in good scrum for Fremd graduateAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Dan Mangan had a feeling his younger brother Mike might like a good scrum. Mike Mangan was looking for a way to sustain the competitive drive he had as a football and ba...
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Big deal for Big Z means a big loadAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Carlos Zambrano didn't just pick up a paycheck Friday morning. He picked up an entire pitching staff and put it on his back. It's now his to carry for the next five year...
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Price is right for Sky's superstar rookieAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Moving to the big city from rural Mississippi can take some getting used to. And a lot of tissue. Chicago Sky rookie guard Armintie Price could barely keep enough of it ...
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Slots or not, Arlington has room to growAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Nearly two decades after its spectacular opening, it remains the marble-plated sleeping giant of the industry. And that industry has never needed Arlington Park as much ...
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Cuban-Cubs talk nothing more than a smoke screenAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Hardly a day goes by that we don't hear from someone who'd like to see Mark Cuban buy the Cubs. Well, let me make this as simple as I can for you: Cuban isn't to get the...
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Rizzuto's spirit carries on in Cubs' infieldAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Ryan Theriot and Mike Fontenot, meet Phil Rizzuto. Not literally, of course. Not anymore. Not after Rizzuto died early Tuesday at 89. But the former Yankees shortstop's ...
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The best of his era --perhaps of all timeAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - The answer is simple. The question, not so much. Assuming most of the best players of this era did something untoward, who are the best -- who is the best -- of the last...
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Hawks part with Vrbata for veteran center AdamsAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Statistics can be misleading. Radim Vrbata was the Blackhawks' second-leading scorer last season with 41 points, but with only 14 goals and because of his reluctance to ...
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Another self-induced headacheAug 08, 2007 11:00 pm - Sometimes, the answer isn't in Celebrex. I found this out while at a Wisconsin Dells water park this week, when I repeatedly hit my head in the same spot, at the same tu...
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Life's a beach for this lucky volleyball duoAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - When Annett Davis became pregnant with her first child and went on leave from her job, Jenny Johnson Jordan was left in a bit of a predicament. Johnson Jordan is Davis' ...