Sports Columns
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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 ...
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Time to put all that football knowledge to the testAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Welcome back. Bet you thought you'd peel back Neighbor to our first Sports Extra of the 2007-08 school year and have an easy read checking out the previews of all our lo...
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Manic schedule just fires up WaltersAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - One 16-hour day blends into the next. You mindlessly trade back baseball caps for football helmets, barely skipping a beat. June melts into the high heat of July. Next ...
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We're witnessing Golden Era of Tri-Cities footballAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Talk about big shoes to fill. That's your Will Perdue, size-24 shoes to use a basketball reference, which is perhaps fitting for a town with a basketball tradition like ...
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Fantasy football receivers: Take T.O., we dare youAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Try as I might, I can't find any fantasy football Web site that ranks Terrell Owens as its top wide receiver. Carolina's Steve Smith and Cincinnati's Chad Johnson seem t...
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Talk about a love-hate relationshipAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - If nothing else, Rex Grossman can be proud of this much: He has had a polarizing effect in Chicago sports unmatched in recent memory by anything except the hatred that a...
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Cubs' quality starts translate to victoriesAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Let's revisit our old friend, the "quality start," this week. You know the quality start. It might be the most maligned stat in baseball. To get credit ...