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• Blackhawk Patrick Sharp's knee injury a new test for healthy team

• Philip Hersh: Northwestern women's tennis wins indoor championship

• Wisconsin basketball team gets hot at right time

• Prep scoreboard

Bears headlines

• David Haugh: Urlacher for Cards' Boldin

• Bears, Mike Brown split

• Scout talk: NFL combine

• Dan Pompei: A green crop of coaching candidates

Bulls headlines

• Down-to-earth rising star

• Stoudemire not likely the Sun to go

• Shaq, Kobe lead West

• Rose wins Skills Challenge

Blackhawks headlines

• Short break, then Hawks hit the road again

• Hawks likely to be buyers at trade deadline

• Blackhawks return home to beat Stars

• Hawks scratch Byfuglien, Wisniewski

College headlines

• Illinois holds off Indiana 65-52

• Loyola pulls of upset of No. 15 Butler

• Northwestern loses to Michigan in OT

• Notre Dame wins a 'weird game'

Cubs headlines

• Hardball: Cubs' Ramirez wants steroid users outed

• Phil Rogers: Don't forget: Baseball players are people too

• Bradley's desire: Be a Cub on rise, not man on move

• Phil Rogers: Same old, something new the agenda

White Sox headlines

• Jenks: No bad behavior

• Phil Rogers: Family priority for Buehrle

• Ozzie Guillen calls for 1-year suspension for using steroids

• Buy Sox tickets

High School headlines

• Foreman a heavyweight

• St. Edward's Yohn reaches milestone

• Montini girls
  in position for playoff run

• Top 20: New girls basketball rankings

From the sports wire

• Manager Fredi Gonzalez receives contract extension through 2011 with Marlins

• Yankees' Alex Rodriguez says he took an over-the-counter substance from 2001-03

• Andre Ethier, Dodgers reach agreement to avoid arbitration

• Saints release popular running back Deuce McAllister

• With rain shortening the Daytona 500, television ratings decline from last year

• Bankruptcy court schedules March 10 auction of Michael Vick's suburban Atlanta home

• Celtics trade veteran G Sam Cassell to Kings for draft pick

• Serena Williams advances to 3rd round in Dubai, Dinara Safina loses to Razzano

• Federer will miss Davis Cup match vs. US and Dubai tournament as he recovers from back injury

• NCAA president Brand says his pancreatic cancer is advanced; he's fighting 'as hard as I can'