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Rick Morrissey
Purdue's Robbie Hummel makes Illinois pay - March 15, 2009 - INDIANAPOLIS — Robbie Hummel's father was a tennis player at Illinois.
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Teddy Greenstein
Pricey and private, Chicago Highlands hopes to buck trend - March 15, 2009 - The views at the aptly named Chicago Highlands Club will be dramatic.
David Haugh
Questions plentiful for Chicago Bears' mini-camp - March 15, 2009 - Bears players will report Monday to Halas Hall to begin meetings for this week's mini-camp. It will mark the end of a 78-day off-season, which felt shorter than one of the team's offensive drives in 2008.
Philip Hersh
Nastia Liukin, winner of 5 gold medals at Beijing Summer Olympics, eager to return to competitive gymnastics - February 24, 2009 - Nastia Liukin tries to blend in when she goes to Southern Methodist University for the psychology and philosophy classes she began taking this semester.
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Melissa Isaacson
Chicago Bulls should honor Norm Van Lier as they did Johnny Kerr - March 1, 2009 - It will mean plenty to their families if somehow Johnny "Red" Kerr gets elected to the Hall of Fame or if Norm Van Lier's No. 2 is hoisted to the United Center rafters.
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Fred Mitchell
San Diego Padres ownership issues could keep Chicago Cubs and Jake Peavy apart - March 12, 2009 - If trade discussions between the Cubs and San Diego Padres regarding starting pitcher Jake Peavy resume, they could face another snag.
Dan Pompei
Jim Schwartz building Detroit Lions from ground up - March 15, 2009 - The Lions of Jim Schwartz will not resemble the Lions of Rod Marinelli very much.
Phil Rogers
Chicago Cubs' Ted Lilly loves World Baseball Classic despite giving up homer - March 12, 2009 - TORONTO — Cue Tom Petty.
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Bob Verdi
Netherlands upset nothing like 'Miracle on Ice' - March 15, 2009 - Not so fast. Better than the United States' hockey triumph over the Soviet Union in 1980? Better than the "Miracle on Ice"? Better than Jim Craig and Jack O'Callahan and Mike Eruzione and all that gang?
