Headlines for December, 2007

Illini Can’t Close at UC

The last time that the Arizona Wildcats traveled to the Chicagoland area to face the Illinois basketball team was a game to remember. On that night - March 26, 2005 - the Illini pulled off a historic 90-89, overtime, comeback victory in the Elite Eight to book their trip to the Final Four. Down 15 points with four minutes to [read more...]

The Dundee View

Today boxing is a minnow on the sports food chain. Gone are the days when Friday Night fights were as American as Sunday afternoon baseball, and when boxing personalities dwarfed the rest of the sports world with fast talking and faster punching.Boxing dominated sports in the early twentieth century the way football does today. It was neighborhoods, heritage and America [read more...]

Playing with Playoff Possibilities

I'll come right out and say it: college football should have a playoff. The Bowl Championship Series, which is the current system used to determine who plays in the four biggest bowl games as well as the National Championship game, is a joke. And no season has proved that like 2007.According to the BCS rankings - which are taken from [read more...]

Not Much of a Challenge

Challenge, v. - To summon to a contest of skill, strength, etc.For the past nine years, the Big Ten Conference has matched up with the Atlantic Coast Conference in a basketball tournament called the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Over the span of two days, each team in the Big Ten plays a school in the ACC, with all of the games [read more...]

Skating Through Family Life

Kristi Yamaguchi captured America's hearts at the 1992 Olympics by winning the gold medal. The now 37-year-old mother of two daughters opts for the quiet life over the spotlight these days. But every year around the same time Kristi Yamaguchi and Friends get together, and the public sees their favorite skating stars (the show aired this year on November 25 [read more...]

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