Sports Columns
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Is that the Stanley Cup in Chicago? You bet it isSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - It is said that the remedy for thirst is to drink before you crave. Unfortunately for Chicago hockey fans, that cure is nothing more than a mirage. But for a few hundred...
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Unbeaten W. Aurora standing at crossroadsSep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - It all looks so familiar at this point. West Aurora's football team is off to a 2-0 start and thinking big. Ronald Reagan's classic quote certainly applies to the Blackh...
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Here's a rare feel-good storySep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Finding the good guys among the college football coaching ranks is generally akin to spotting a needle in a stack of needles. Which is what made Saturday's showdown betw...
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A diamond is this girl's best friendAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Loud, screeching chants of "You go, girl!" were commonplace last spring at freshman boys baseball games at Warren High School in Gurnee. That's right. "You go, girl" at ...
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For college football fans, today's a much better dayAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - The curtain raised on the college football season Thursday night, but there wasn't much behind it. Opening night was unquestionably a dud. If you missed it, no worries...
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'Hurricane Season' offers fascinating look at team's spiritAug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Reading books is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you. I read books for the purest of reasons -- entertainment. For me, a good novel beats anything on...
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Toews, Hawks will benefit from addition of Lang, PerreaultAug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Blackhawks general manager Dale Tallon has a plan, he's sticking to it, and it has everything to do with putting the team's future into the hands of its prospects. The H...
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MSL football would thriveAug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - What makes football unique compared to every other sport in the Mid-Suburban League? Of course, not every football team is eligible for the postseason. Football is also ...
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Ward breathing easier after whirlwind summer vacationAug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - The only thing that stopped Naperville North girls volleyball player Colleen Ward this summer wasn't a tall blocker at the net or an acrobatic libero in the back row. It...
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For the Cubs to be the best, they'll need more from Big ZAug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - "This is a very good pitching staff, a threat to push the Cubs not just into October, but into the World Series." This assessment comes not from some Cubs "homer," but f...