Articles filed under Sports
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Contreras makes it clear bullpen gig just temporaryAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Jose Contreras understands why he's been demoted to the bullpen. But the struggling starting pitcher is not interested in an extended stay. "I accepted the b...
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NIU's Clanton cleared to playAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - The projected successor to Garrett Wolfe will be 100 percent when Northern Illinois opens preseason practice Monday night in DeKalb. Junior tailback Montell Clanton was ...
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Another chance? Sign Brown upAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - BOURBONNAIS -- For seven years, Mike Brown worked with his teammates to reach the NFL promised land. But when the Bears finally arrived there last season, it was without...
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Samardzija steps up in class to AAAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Pitching phenom Jeff Samardzija has earned himself a promotion. No, he's not coming to the Cubs, but he is going from Class A Daytona to Class AA Tennessee. Samardzija, ...
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Track tips for Friday, Aug. 3Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Pre-entries for the Million will be released this weekend, and solid lists of possibles for all three Festival Grade I races have been released by Arlington Park's racin...
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Business side of thingsAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Business side of things Brett Hull is leaving TV after a year to work full time for the Dallas Stars in their front office. The Stars announced Tuesday that Hull would b...
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Treutler, Palatine rally in ninth to stun ArlingtonAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Palatine pitcher Chad Treutler glumly walked off the Rec Park field with a 4-run deficit after the eighth inning Wednesday. An inning later, Treutler stepped on first ba...
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Jones takes boos, cheers in strideAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Jacque Jones is a realist when it comes to his status with Cubs fans. He was alternately booed and cheered in Tuesday night's 7-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies...
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Teixeira has 2-run homer, 4 RBI in Braves debutAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - One game, one curtain call for Mark Teixeira. Teixeira hit a 3-run homer and drove in 4 runs in his Atlanta debut Wednesday night, leading the host Braves to a 12-3 vict...
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Win-win for NIU and IowaAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Joe Novak walked over to the skybox window and paused, admiring the stadium below and the hulking skyline rising behind it. "Not quite the view we have in DeKalb," the N...