Mike Spellman
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Chicago Golf Show opens Friday in RosemontFeb 23, 2011 11:00 pm - Free golf! Free golf balls! Giveaways galore! Parking? Admission? Hey, everything can't be free at the 28th annual Chicago Golf Show, which swings into action Friday at ...
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Catching up with Trevor BayneFeb 21, 2011 11:00 pm - “Cinnamon Toast Crunch … that’s how I roll.” And with that response to a fan’s query about his favorite cereal, Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne was at his most controver...
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Arlington Park, horsemen join forces to boost fieldsFeb 20, 2011 11:00 pm - In politics, it’s all about the economy. In horse racing, it’s all about field size. You want to turn off the betting public both on-track and throughout the simulcast u...
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'Night School' offers horse-racing fans unique experienceFeb 20, 2011 11:00 pm - If you don't know the difference between a claiming race and an allowance race. If you are still trying to figure the exact distance of a furlong (a furlong??) or why th...
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Celebrating 60 years of drag racingFeb 17, 2011 11:00 pm - It doesn’t happen as often, but still some people will see a member of the media and ask, “Hey, where’s your hat that says ‘Press’ on it?” Um, that was 1938. Seven-time ...
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NHRA’s Schumacher revved up for returnFeb 17, 2011 11:00 pm - Looking back on the 2010 NHRA Top Fuel season, all Tony Schumacher can do is shake his head at what might have been. “We won six races last year and had an ‘off’ season,...
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Abbott joins BanditsFeb 14, 2011 11:00 pm - With a personal motto of Live2BringIT, it’s clear that there isn’t a challenge too big for Monica Abbott. As a 12-year-old, the girl with the golden left arm dreamed big...
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Illinois makes a splash on PGA TourFeb 13, 2011 11:00 pm - Even though golfers from around these parts have been limited to practicing their swings in domes and their putting on the living room carpet thanks to a brutal, ice-col...
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It’s football time in suburbs againFeb 09, 2011 11:00 pm - Are you ready for some … more football? Yeah, the Bears just finished their playoff run and the Packers and Steelers put on quite a show in the Super Bowl en route to be...
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Racing returns Friday at HawthorneFeb 08, 2011 11:00 pm - Every sports fan has his or her own harbinger of spring. Pitchers and catchers reporting. The Daytona 500. The Masters. The spring thoroughbred meet at Hawthorne. OK, th...