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David Haugh

Humber humble about recent success - June 11, 2011 - Inside the White Sox spring-training clubhouse in Sarasota, Fla., one day in 1994, 11-year-old Philip Humber struggled with control as much as he ever would on a major league mound.

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Steve Rosenbloom

Here's why it looks like Hendry is safe - June 9, 2011 - The Oakland A's fired their manager. The Florida Marlins fired their hitting coach. Can you imagine? Whoever heard of such a thing -- firing somebody for failing?

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Phil Rogers

Whispers: Indians fading with Hafner out - June 11, 2011 - The Indians have come back to the pack because Shin-Soo Choo and Carlos Santana failed to pick up the slack when Travis Hafner was sidelined. They entered the weekend 8-13 since Hafner went out, averaging 1.4 runs in the 13 losses. They promoted rookie Cord Phelps to...

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Dan Pompei

Lessons learned from Cutler's first 5 years - June 11, 2011 - In the biggest game of Jay Cutler's life, he laid an egg big enough to feed most of the people at Soldier Field. And when he couldn't play in the second half because of a knee injury, the haters accused him of being chicken.

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Teddy Greenstein

18 holes with … Steve Cochran - June 11, 2011 - Before we even teed off, I knew this would be no ordinary round.

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Philip Hersh

Amonte Hiller best coach of any college or pro team in Illinois? - May 30, 2011 - The players were pulling their equipment bags from the bus in front of Patten Gym, taking part Monday in what has become a Memorial Day ritual in Evanston: the Northwestern women's lacrosse team coming home a day after playing in the national championship game.

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Around Town

Guillen 'praying for good defense' - June 11, 2011 - Manager Ozzie Guillen was known for his defensive prowess as a shortstop. He wishes all of his current Sox players would take as much pride in that often overlooked aspect of the game.

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Dan McNeil

'Sodfather' a dirt and grass impresario - June 9, 2011 - Do you remember how excited you were the first time your dad let you use the lawnmower?

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Matt Bowen

Waiting for name to be called on draft day nerve-wracking - April 24, 2011 - The dynamic of the NFL draft goes much deeper than first-round picks walking across the stage in three-piece suits (bought by their agents) to shake the commissioner's hand.

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