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Playboy has Illini's No. 1 cheerleader (30 December 11:30) |
| Illinois alum Hefner knows his team's history in Pasadena
Hugh Hefner is on... |
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Bears-Vikings play-by-play (01 December 09:08) |
| Play-by-play of the Bears' 2008 trip to the worst active venue in major American sports from a guy who wonders why USC doesn't schedule Notre Dame as a homecoming sacrifice
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Soccer: Northwestern men in NCAA quarterfinals (01 December 08:22) |
| Northwestern can thank the weather for its home soccer match Sunday, and it might want to thank the weather for its game-winning goal as well.
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White Sox, Reds talking about Dye Dye in action (01 December 07:59) |
| The winter meetings don't start until Dec. 8, but the White Sox could act sooner in their quest to retool an aging and power-oriented roster.
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Notre Dame's Weis watch now in waiting stage No fight? Blame Weis (01 December 07:04) |
| Coach, Irish AD to meet next week
As a Stanford Law School-educated jurist, Jack Swarbrick must be ... |
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Cubs shopping on budget Hill flops in Venezuela (01 December 07:01) |
| Like seemingly everyone else this shopping season, the Cubs are watching their money. But that hasn't stopped them from checking the trade cost of pitcher Jake Peavy and his $60 million-plus... |
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Bulls wrap up trip with victory (01 December 06:30) |
| Ben Gordon scored 21 points, Drew Gooden had 20 points and 12 rebounds, and the Bulls rallied from an early deficit for a 103-92 victory over the 76ers on Sunday.
Bulls eye exhibition ... |
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Updated BCS standings (01 December 05:17) |
| NEW YORK (AP) _ A week before the final standings are released and the Bowl Championship Series is already ticking people off.
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Packers (5-7) lose at home Week 13 roundup (01 December 04:44) |
| GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) _ The Carolina Panthers should have been trudging into a snowy Green Bay night wondering for the second week in a row if they're really as good as their record would ind... |
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Packers (5-7) lose at home (01 December 04:44) |
| GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) _ The Carolina Panthers should have been trudging into a snowy Green Bay night wondering for the second week in a row if they're really as good as their record would ind... |
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Basketball: Notre Dame wins (01 December 03:59) |
| Notre Dame has a photograph in its locker room of last year's team posing after beating Northern Illinois to break the Joyce Center record of 24 straight home wins. It's about to be replaced... |
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When Maddux says goodbye, he'll do it quietly (30 November 11:30) |
| On the cell from his home in Las Vegas, Greg Maddux sounded as though he probably has made a decision. But there are more important things in life, like the game of golf he just played with ... |
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Irish not in USC's league (30 November 11:30) |
| Another embarrassing loss adds to questions about Weis' future
Smog obscured the mountain profile in the distance while the ... |
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Maddux will say goodbye quietly (30 November 11:30) |
| On the cell from his home in Las Vegas, Greg Maddux sounded as though he probably has made a decision. But there are more important things in life, like the game of golf he just played with ... |
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Basketball: Illinois edges Tulsa (30 November 11:30) |
| 2 late baskets top Tulsa, earn MVP
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas — Mike Tisdale is nothing if not... |
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Sorry, Charlie; it's time to go (30 November 11:30) |
| At first blush, there would seem to be two simple choices in the Charlie Weis mess.
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Blackhawks fall to Kings Slow starts need fast end (30 November 09:39) |
| The Blackhawks started their annual circus trip like they were shot out of a cannon, but they ended it with a dud.
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SIU struggles on ground, falls to New Hampshire 2-minute drill (30 November 08:00) |
| Southern Illinois running back Larry Warner is a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, given in memory of the Bears' Hall of Famer to the top offensive player at the Football Championship Su... |
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Bulls eye exhibition dates in London Matchup (30 November 07:08) |
| Bulls eye exhibition date in London
Big Ben will be back in the Bulls' lexicon, even without Ben Wa... |
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Bears' secret weapon: Frerotte (30 November 04:31) |
| Bears set to pounce with Frerotte's expiration date fast approaching
Vikings QB Gus Frerotte still gives the Bears a better ... |
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Former Cubs mgr. Baylor back in MLB Hill flops in Venezuela (30 November 04:08) |
| Thanksgiving week was a slow one around baseball, but the trickle of transactions contained some really good news.
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Bulls need better finish Q&A: Bulls mailbag (29 November 11:30) |
| Late lapses could become a habit
Apparently, Larry Hughes is as adept with a quip as he is with dra... |
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Football: Lennon maintains Salukis' playoff standard (29 November 11:30) |
| Lennon maintains Salukis' playoff standard under Kill
It is still early, but in the years ahead the... |
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USC: What ND used to be (29 November 11:05) |
| This program has no clearer standard. If it wants to be elite again, if Notre Dame wants to be Notre Dame , it must beat USC. It must be competitive with the (cardinal and) gold standard of... |
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Frazier's guts inspire Illini (29 November 10:21) |
| Injured guard rallies teammates with play of game
It was a night sophomore Mike Tisdale always will... |
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Hester, Manning aim to snap return slump (29 November 09:19) |
| Sunday night vs. Vikes is prime time to end return slump
Devin Hester's eyes got a little wider when asked about the possibi... |
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Ducks blank Blackhawks Saturday at Kings (29 November 09:14) |
| Talk about a Black Friday.
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Huet gets his chances as Blackhawks' goalie Photos (29 November 09:03) |
| About a week after being relegated to backup status, Cristobal Huet is the Blackhawks' top goaltender — for now.
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Soccer: Illinois-Chicago not surprised by win (29 November 08:49) |
| Don't tell Illinois-Chicago coach John Trask his team "shocked" No. 4-seeded Michigan State in the NCAA tournament on Tuesday. Trask insists the Flames are no longer the underdogs they once ... |
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$6 million center tutors Univ. of Illinois jocks only (28 November 11:30) |
| U. of I., other colleges draw faculty, student criticism for spending so much on so few
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Hawks lose Khabibulin, Johnson to injuries Lose in OT to Sharks (27 November 12:31) |
| The Blackhawks managed a point against the top team in the NHL on Wednesday night, but it might be a costly one.
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Urlacher fires back at mom of son (27 November 11:39) |
| Urlacher fires back at mom of his son, tells his side of private matter
God punished Brian Urlacher for being a bad father b... |
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Notre Dame takes 2nd at Maui Oregon has Chicago flavor (27 November 11:22) |
| Hansbrough overpowers Harangody, weary Irish
If college basketball is an arms race, North Carolina ... |
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Bulls lose to San Antonio Praise mounts for Rose (27 November 10:31) |
| Lead late in third quarter only to have patient hosts sprint away with victory
The latest stop on t... |
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DePaul: Small margin, big win (27 November 10:23) |
| Start season 3-0 for 1st time in 5 years
Just three games into the season, DePaul is not ready to d... |
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Northwestern loses touch in second half vs. Butler (27 November 10:04) |
| Ice-cold shooting, turnovers ruin Cats
Northwestern was a basketball team with a split personality ... |
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Southern Illinois loses 79-70 (27 November 09:41) |
| BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) _ Steffphon Pettigrew and Sergio Kerusch each scored 20 points to lead Western Kentucky to a 79-70 win against Southern Illinois on Wednesday night.
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Samardzija lends support to Weis (27 November 09:14) |
| One person to whom Charlie Weis can offer thanks: Cubs pitcher and ex-Notre Dame star receiver Jeff Samardzija, who offered a defense of his former college coach over the airwaves Wednesday.... |
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Lions-Packers a holiday treat Thursday's NFL picks (27 November 07:17) |
| Raise your hand if you remember when the Lions always played the Packers on Thanksgiving at Tiger Stadium.
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Sports world, thanks for nothing RosenBlog gives thanks (26 November 11:30) |
| It's the day before Thanksgiving, and all through the house … oh, wait. Wrong holiday.
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Williams Wall a hefty challenge (26 November 08:11) |
| You can't go over it. You can't go under it. You certainly can't go through it. So you must go around it. At least the Bears must on Sunday. The Vikings' Williams Wall — three techniqu... |
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Illinois-Chicago beats Howard (26 November 08:08) |
| Scott VanderMeer scored 13 points and blocked five shots as Illinois-Chicago defeated Howard 68-54 on Tuesday night.
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Harangody powers Notre Dame to win over Texas Probation for Indiana (26 November 08:06) |
| Luke Harangody had 29 points and 13 rebounds and No. 8 Notre Dame hung on to beat No. 6 Texas 81-80 on Tuesday night in the semifinals of the EA Sports Maui Invitational.
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Hoops soothing for DePaul Matchup vs. Detroit (26 November 07:49) |
| After what coach Jerry Wainwright called the first sluggish practice of the season, he told players he still enjoyed spending the time with them.
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Surgery for Hardeman; Zook backs Williams (26 November 07:47) |
| Illinois coach Ron Zook had hoped safety Donsay Hardeman would become an impact player in his first season in Champaign.
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Bulls' Hughes beat buzzer, Jazz (25 November 11:30) |
| Immediately after the Bulls' scintillating 101-100 victory, Larry Hughes put his aching body through his nightly postgame ritual. The shoulder was wrapped. Into the ice bucket went both ankl... |
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Holtz calls out Weis, Notre Dame (25 November 11:30) |
| What in the name of Lou Holtz has become of the once-fabled Notre Dame football program?
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USC's punishing defense could knock out Irish (25 November 10:41) |
| USC's punishing 'D' could knock out Irish
Early in training camp, as part of the search for baselin... |
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Football: Navy a good target for NIU Matchup (25 November 08:19) |
| NIU needs victory over winning team
The first season for Northern Illinois under coach Jerry Kill n... |
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RosenBlog: Vinny (he came), vidi (he saw), kvetchy (he complained about his players) (25 November 12:33) |
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