Articles filed under Football
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No feeling sorry for Lions coach MarinelliOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Bears coach Lovie Smith worked on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers staff with Rod Marinelli from 1996-2000, when Smith was linebackers coach and Marinelli was defensive line coa...
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Naperville Central earns respect in defeatOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Drawing Mt. Carmel for a first-round playoff assignment is cause for any football team to do a collective "uh-oh." Naperville Central was anything but an easy out. The N...
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Waubonsie Valley ousted in first roundOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - It wasn't football X's and O's that beat Waubonsie Valley on Friday night in Frankfort. It was experience, Warriors coach Paul Murphy said after Lincoln-Way East's 35-1...
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Grant beats Vernon Hills in double OTOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - In the year of Cameron White and DaVaris Daniels in the North Suburban Prairie Division this football season, it's been easy to overlook Tommy Bychowski. That's what hap...
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Packers sign Rodgers to contract extensionOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - The Green Bay Packers made a long-term commitment to quarterback Aaron Rodgers on Friday, signing the first-year starter to a contract extension through 2014. The team a...
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It's a big one in West TexasOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - LUBBOCK, Texas - The eye patches will be out Saturday night in honor of Texas Tech coach Mike Leach. And yet, his No. 6 Red Raiders have a chance to turn their eccentric...
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What Illinois, Northwestern and NIU must do to get bowl bidsOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - You might think 34 college football bowl games are a little excessive. That's two bowls more than ever before. That's 12 bowls more than 10 years ago. Considering there ...
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Fremd goes old school in win over PalatineOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Fremd played old school football on the school's new turf Friday. The result was a dominating 24-7 victory over cross-town rival Palatine in the first round of the Class...
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Glenbard South figures out R-BOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Class 6A football teams don't have to worry anymore about trying to figure out how to defend Riverside-Brookfield's gimmicky A-11 offense. The Raiders did that for them...
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Doubling the first round heartbreakOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - I know the calendar says November today, but nobody told me basketball season already started. Don't believe me? How else do you explain Huntley's 70-63 win over Batavia...