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Battle of I-74 settled 1,700 miles from home

By Ron Kantowski · November 30, 2009 · 1:55 PM

NOW This is why college wrestling coaches and those of other "minor" sports that get dropped for financial reasons don't particularly care for the way the revenue sports do business. Despite being only 90 miles apart, Bradley and big brother Illinois traveled some 1,700 miles to Las Vegas, essentially to play each other in the third-place game of that college basketball tournament at the Orleans Saturday night. Makes perfect fiscal sense to me. Bradley won the Battle of I-74, 72-68. ...

Underdog is open on a post pattern

By Ron Kantowski · November 25, 2009 · 12:13 PM

NOW Ten Thanksgiving memories, in no particular order: 1. The smell of turkey and crescent rolls in the oven. But not the smell of sweet potatoes. Barf! 2. Alex Karras. ...

Rory in disguise … with glasses

By Ron Kantowski · November 24, 2009 · 3:16 PM

NOW Sometimes, famous people are barely recognizable. The fellow with the mustache is Muhammad Ali. The fellow with the Bruce Jenner hair and aviator goggles is Rory Reid. The photograph ...

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Michael Schumacher takes 7th in go-kart race at Rio

By Ron Kantowski · November 23, 2009 · 2:16 PM

NOW One of the greatest drivers in the history of motor sports did not win the USA SuperNationals go-kart title in the featured SuperPro class on a temporary circuit at ...

Big fight headed for a New Frontier?

By Ron Kantowski · November 19, 2009 · 11:10 PM

NOW If Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather take the money and don't run to Yankee Stadium or somewhere similar, they could contest one of the biggest boxing matches in years ...

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Irish eyes are crying

By Ron Kantowski · November 18, 2009 · 10:28 PM

NOW You've got to hand it to France's national soccer team. Or something like that. A goal-scoring wizard for Les Bleus named Thierry Henry -- you may know him from ...

The dog must have eaten Mike Sanford’s homework

By Ron Kantowski · November 17, 2009 · 2:54 PM

NOW These aren't as classic as "the sun got in my eyes" or "the dog ate my homework" or "I thought we could pick it up on fourth-and-two." But can ...

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Saints finally going somewhere fast

By Ron Kantowski · November 16, 2009 · 2:40 PM

NOW On the way to the gym this morning, I noticed an SUV at the side of the road on Boulder Highway. There was a giant New Orleans Saints decal ...

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Antoine Walker doesn’t know when to hold or fold ‘em

By Ron Kantowski · November 12, 2009 · 11:41 AM

NOW Note to Antoine Walker, the former NBA star who owes three Las Vegas casinos $822,500: When your card has a picture on it and the dealer's has a six, ...

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Ichabods were tougher than they sound

By Ron Kantowski · November 11, 2009 · 3:47 PM

NOW Top 10 reasons the Rebels almost lost an exhibition game to a team from Kansas called the Washburn Ichabods on Tuesday night: 10. Got caught looking ahead to Pittsburg ...

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