Articles filed under Sports
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Az. view: Wrigley Field just a beautiful disasterOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - It's April of 1988, and a 23-year-old first baseman for the Chicago Cubs is walking from the on-deck circle to home plate. Mark Grace knows he should be thinking about t...
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Tigers know they're targeted, but who do you hit first?Oct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Every Sunday night Wheaton Warrenville South coach Ron Muhitch meets for five hours with his assistants to discuss the game gone by and the game to come. The first thin...
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Palatine 35, Barrington 7Oct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Palatine began its quest for the playoffs in style. The Pirates bounced back Friday from a tough loss at Fremd and put themselves squarely in the chase for a spot in the...
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Red Sox fan helps team with catchOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - BOSTON - As fan interference goes, Danny Vinik is more Jeffrey Maier than Steve Bartman. Vinik reached over the temporary photographers' box in front of the stands and k...
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Wheeling 25, Prospect 21Oct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Wheeling? Playoffs? Wheeling hasn't advanced to the postseason since 1996, and in those 11 years the Wildcats and their faithful have had their share of suffering, inclu...
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Same old refrain for ChicagoOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - No funky foul balls, black cats or cursed goats to pin this one on. In fact, some crazy Cubs fan - is there any other kind? - actually hung what appeared to be a dead, s...
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Lake Park 32, Streamwood 0Oct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Lake Park finally found water in the desert. After going scoreless in their four previous football games, the Lancers scored a touchdown on their opening drive when quar...
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Montini 33, Marian Central 0Oct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Speed. Montini coach Chris Andriano's one-word answer for how his football team shocked Marian Central, ranked No. 1 in Class 5A, by the unlikely score of 33-0 in Woodst...
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St. Charles N. 28, Larkin 13Oct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Friday night's game wasn't a must-win for both the St. Charles North and Larkin football teams. But it certainly was a need-to-win game for both to keep possible playoff...
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Wrigley Field gets extreme makeoverOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - The Cubs may not be in great shape down 2-0 heading into today's crucial Game 3, but the playing surface in the Wrigley Field outfield sure is. Or at least it looks that...