Mike Spellman
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Medinah shaping up just fine for Ryder CupSep 03, 2012 12:38 pm - After many, many years on the job, Kerry Haigh has grown accustomed to the oft-dire pretournament reports about the condition of golf courses that are preparing to host ...
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Kudos to Maciaszek for two-plus decades of excellenceAug 30, 2012 11:29 am - Rain, cold, mud, snow, muffled P.A. systems, unexplained penalties, keeping your own stats while trying to absorb the flow of the game ... ask any sports writer and they...
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Ryder Cup exhibit puts its history on displayAug 28, 2012 11:00 am - A few feet away from the main fountain at Oakbrook Center, just across from Macy's, lies a relatively nondescript storefront. Inside however, it's anything but, as golf...
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Spellman’s Scorecard: Second NFL team in Chicago?Aug 23, 2012 9:20 pm - Dream weaver Former Mayor Richard M. Daley told Comcast SportsNet this week that there#146;s room for another NFL team in Chicago, one that would play in an enclo...
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Numbers up across the board on Million DayAug 19, 2012 9:29 pm - If the weather cooperates and you put on a good show, the fans will show up — and they will wager — as the folks at Arlington Park discovered Saturday. The 2012 Arlingt...
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In the long run, St. Leger suits JakkalberryAug 18, 2012 6:14 am - To give you an idea of how unusually long the inaugural running of the St. Leger at Arlington Park was Saturday, consider this: if you lined up a field of horses for an ...
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Dream finish in Beverly DAug 18, 2012 6:13 am - The stretch at Arlington Park is by no means the longest in the country; just one look at the never-ending run for home at Belmont Park is all the proof you need of that...
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Spellman’s Scorecard: What’s with all these injuries?Aug 17, 2012 6:00 am - Adidas says: D. Rose will rise. Kinney Shoes says: Nazr Mohammad will play nine minutes a game and average 3 rebounds and 5 fouls. ...
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Calabrese feeling at home at Arlington againAug 17, 2012 5:30 am - Frank C. Calabrese will be back at Arlington Park this week watching as his mare Romacaca battles it out in Saturday’s running of the Grade I Beverly D. And the man who ...
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Will it be Miller's time for big win in Beverly D?Aug 17, 2012 5:30 am - For Danny Miller, it's all about time. Time as in maybe it's finally time for the low-key trainer to hit it big with the Frank Calabrese-owned Romacaca in Saturday's run...