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No shortage of checkmates at this meet

From Submitted Reports — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

It was a memorable time for the Naperville Dragon Chess Club at the National Youth Action 2009 tournament held at the DoubleTree Hotel in Oak Brook from Friday to Sunday.

A no-win situation

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

The Bears were going to let their play speak for themselves after turning down NBC for pregame interviews last week. They had talked and talked during a skid that saw them lose four of their previous five games and, as they explained, there wasn't much else to say.

Not just a win, but a show of excellence

From Submitted Reports — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

hortly after the halfway point of Saturday's NCAA Division III Men's Cross Country Championships at Highland Park Golf Course, the meet announcer indicated that the North Central College Cardinals, with its entire team near the front of the pack, had an "almost unbeatable" lead in the team competition.

ND misses golden chance to get out of purgatory

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis held his usual news conference Sunday alone and with no news about his future employment status. Weis said he and Swarbrick have not had any such meeting. They saw each other only briefly in the locker room Saturday, after Notre Dame dropped to 6-5 with a 33-30 home loss in overtime to Connecticut (5-5).

A physical education

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

Few teams can match the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets when it comes to having multiple long, athletic big men, but you can bet other teams will try to copy the game plan the Lakers and Nuggets successfully used to produce blowout wins against the Bulls in the last two games.

Donovan is the leader

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:00 CST

SEATTLE -- He looked zoned out sitting behind the table, microphone in his face, lights glaring into his eyes, talking about a season that's gone so right for himself and the Los Angeles Galaxy.

A perfect season

By NEIL SHALIN For Sun-Times Media — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

Both Naperville North and Neuqua Valley fell just short of placing anyone in the top-six finals in Friday's preliminaries of the state swim meet, but both took full advantage of the consolation finals to finish in the top 20 at state.

No championships this year

By BLAKE BAUMGARTNER For Sun-Times Media — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

North Central College's mens basketball team fell victim to a long-distance onslaught, digging themselves too big of a hole, and fell to Mississippi College 84-77 in the Holiday Inn Select Tip-Off Tournament Championship.

Major league prospect Krol lives with 2-edged sword

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

There is no obvious genetic or physical reason why Ian Krol can throw a baseball 93 mph. Velocity wasn't even the most intriguing part to scouts. It was how those curveballs and changeups moved once released from his left hand.

Naperville North grad in soccer's biggest game

By KATHRYN KNAPP For Sun-Times Media — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

The Chicago Fire may be out of the running for MLS Cup, but Chicagoland is well represented on both Real Salt Lake and the Los Angeles Galaxy. The two clubs will take the pitch at Qwest Field today to compete for the 2009 title. Will Johnson and Ned Grabavoy will suit up for RSL, while Chicago native Mike Magee will represent the Galaxy.