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Zook looks ahead at Big Ten Media Day
11:43 PM 7/24/2008 — CHICAGO - It was all too fitting that Ron Zook was the first to take the podium at Big Ten Media Day on Thursday. Unlike last year, when the downtrodden Illini were licking their wounds on the heels of a 2-9 campaign, Illinois has become the center of attention as a team that can compete with the nation's perennial juggernauts.
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BLOG: The lighter side of Big Ten media day
11:11 AM 7/25/2008 — CHICAGO - While attending Big Ten Media Day (a misnomer given the event's two-day length) in downtown Chicago is a welcome privilege of writing for the Daily Illini (read: an opportunity to hoard free stuff that will inevitably find the bottom of a garbage can soon after), that doesn't mean the day's activities don't often stray towards the monotonous.
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Assistant coach, 10 players fined, suspended after WNBA skirmish
11:34 PM 7/24/2008 — The WNBA punished so many players for their roles in this week's skirmish that the league is staggering the suspensions by alphabetical order.
"None of us can recall an incident like this," WNBA president Donna Orender said Thursday during a conference call.
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Pierce: This is the team to do it
11:39 PM 7/24/2008 — MADRID, Spain - Now that the Boston Celtics are once again NBA champions, American basketball's next great championship hope falls to the men's Olympic team.
"They need it worse than the Celtics needed a championship this year," Paul Pierce said Thursday.
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Source says Cubs sale down to 3 bidders
11:56 PM 7/24/2008 — NEW YORK - Tribune Co. is inviting at least three potential buyers who each submitted bids for the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field near or above $1 billion to participate in a second round of proposals, according to a person involved in the process.
Several bidders offering between $700 million and $900 million for all the properties have been excluded from the second round, according to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of nondisclosure agreements governing all talk about the bids.
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Bears missing Hester, top draft pick
11:34 PM 7/24/2008 — BOURBONNAIS, Ill. - While the Chicago Bears coped with the absence of holdout return man Devin Hester, another personnel problem confronted them Thursday.
First-round draft pick Chris Williams left practice early due to lower back stiffness.
"When I say there is some stiffness, I don't know exactly how much, but he couldn't practice," Bears coach Lovie Smith said.
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Leader Sastre braces for Tour's final showdown
11:37 PM 7/24/2008 — SAINT-ETIENNE, France - No "crazy" attacks, conserve energy and hope for the best in the time trial: Tour de France leader Carlos Sastre is tipping his strategy as the race creeps toward its finish in Paris on Sunday.
The Spanish veteran didn't see the chance he was looking for to expand his lead against his top rivals in Thursday's 18th stage out of the Alps, which Germany's Marcus Burghardt won by heading a two-man breakaway.
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