Articles filed under Sports Types
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Illinois tracks hoping state delivers slotsNov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - After getting nothing but coal in their stockings for the past decade or so, officials at Hawthorne Race Course and Arlington Park are hoping to get the one gift they re...
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Grossman's NFL future is all up to himNov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. Why is Rex Grossman a better quarterback now than he was in his first three starts? A. He's not bigger, stronger or faster. But Rex has a desire to get the ball downf...
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Berrian hoping to get best of Bailey, BlyNov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - Bernard Berrian is far and away the Bears' leading receiver this season. And his role becomes even bigger when Rex Grossman is the quarterback. In the four games Grossma...
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Hitching horses to the slots bandwagonNov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS -- The Fair Grounds Race Course kicked off its 81-day thoroughbred meet Thursday with an added attraction: 245 slot machines the track hopes will boost purse...
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Geneva 3rd at Oswego; W. Aurora moves to 4-0Nov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - Fifteen feet. For the Oswego East boys basketball team, the distance from the free-throw line to the front of the rim must have seemed infinitely longer. Geneva converte...
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Hawks fly to a big victoryNov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - Looking back at its performance in the Fremd Thanksgiving Tournament, Bartlett (2-1) discovered that its height, depth, clutch shooting, defensive ability, rebounding po...
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Fruendt helps extend Batavia's streak to 7Nov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - It took exactly eight seconds for Nick Fruendt to get into the scoring column Saturday night. By the end of the first quarter, Batavia's 6-foot, 6-inch senior guard/forw...
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Sullivan leads Brown over NU, 73-67Nov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - Freshman Peter Sullivan scored 16 of his team-high 19 points in the second half to help Brown past Northwestern 73-67 Saturday in Evanston. Northwestern's Sterling Willi...
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Long-distance calls by A&T answeredNov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - North Carolina A&T isn't shy about shooting the basketball. "We want to score 90 points a game," said Aggies coach Jerry Eaves. "I tell our kids that if we score 90, wi...
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Overtime no bonus for SchaumburgNov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - ROCKFORD -- Was it or wasn't it? With just one second left in regulation against Rockford Boylan, Schaumburg's Brandon Bolger fired what looked to many to be a 3-pointer...