Articles filed under Sports
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Some questions to ponder as the Sox' season winds downAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- On the surface, finishing ahead of the Kansas City Royals in the race for last place in the American League Central appears to be the only carrot dangling in...
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Palatine grad Emerich earns scholarshipAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Palatine High School graduate Joe Emerich has received the Illinois State University men's golf L. Durwood Boone endowed scholarship. The award traditionally goes to the...
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Brown doesn't think it's right he's looking leftAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - BOURBONNAIS -- In a training camp short on controversy and complaining, defensive end Alex Brown is a lonely voice. Brown was told in the spring that he was the third-be...
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Sports digestAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Selig staying with Bonds' chase: Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig will follow Barry Bonds' home run chase through the San Francisco Giants' weekend series in San Diego. B...
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Homer-happy Yankees have 13 in 2 gamesAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- If Alex Rodriguez wasn't mired in a slump, the Yankees would really be pounding lumps on the White Sox. For the second straight game, New York used the home ...
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He's not giving up the ChaseJul 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Before Sunday's race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Juan Pablo Montoya believed he had almost no chance to make the Chase for the championship. Then he finished second ...
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No. 9 at Klein Creek intimidating, demandingJul 31, 2007 11:00 pm - With four sets of tees ranging from 4,900 to 6,700 yards, the Dick Nugent-designed Klein Creek Golf Club in Winfield offers challenges to players of any ability. General...
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Will media jinx hit Michigan?Jul 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Bad news for Michigan. The Wolverines are this year's potential victims of the historically inaccurate voting bloc known as the Big Ten media. In seven of the last 11 ye...
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Sports briefsJul 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Girl power Less than two months after Rags to Riches bruised the thoroughbred male ego in the Belmont Stakes, another filly will try to rock the harness world in the $1....
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Rowand on Wrigley's surface: It just stinksJul 31, 2007 11:00 pm - It's called beautiful Wrigley Field, but the players who play there see it a bit differently. Phillies center fielder Aaron Rowand is the latest to criticize the actual ...