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             Archived columns by 
            Jeff Mayfield: 
            
            
            
             
      June 9, 2003
      
      
             
      
      Stormy mutterings  
      June 2, 2003
      
      
             
      
      Memorial mutterings 
      May 27, 2003 
      
      
             
      
      Cards and Cubs at it again 
      May 19, 2003 
      
      
             
      
            
            Cubs-Cards series No. 1 a draw  
            May 12, 2003
      
      
             
            
            How 'bout those Cardinals 
            May 5, 2003 
      
      
             
            
            'Spring has sprung' mutterings 
            April 28, 2003 
      
      
             
            
            Easter mutterings 
            April 21, 2003 
      
      
             
            
            
            Good weather mutterings 
            April 14, 2003 
      
      
             
            
            
            March Madness Mutterings  
            March 31, 2003
      
      
             
            
            Cook's Illini 
      career is over  
      March 24, 2003
      
      
             
      
            Cook's NCAA double-double
            leads Illini to victory 
            (LDN staff) March 21, 2003 
      
      
             
            
              Cook, seniors say goodbye to the Hall 
              (LDN staff)
              March 10, 2003 
      
      
              
              It was all Lincoln 
              March 3, 2003 
      
      
              
              Coach Alexander new victory king 
              Feb. 24, 2003 
      
      
              
            Alexander ties record 
            Feb. 17, 2003 
      
      
              
              Snowy mutterings 
              Feb. 10, 2003 
      
      
              
              Redbirds finally back on track 
              Feb. 3, 2003 
      
      
              
              First things first 
            Jan. 27, 2003 
      
      
              
              Railers keep rollin' 
            Jan. 20, 2003 
      
      
            
            Cook's scoring explosion dooms Badgers 
            Jan. 13, 2003 
      
      
            
            
            Lincoln Railers splittin' the competition  
            Jan. 6, 2003
      
            
            Mount Pulaski steals area spotlight 
            Dec. 30, 2002 
      
            
            Cook, youngsters declaw, 
            defang, derail and dismantle the Tigers 
            Dec. 24, 2002 
            
            
              
      
            
            Cook doesn't give a hoot about the Owls 
            Dec. 16, 2002 
              
      
            
            Cook, Illini, Railers, Preachers,
            Toppers all make statement 
      Dec. 9, 2002 
              
      
      Quick Monday morning mutterings 
      Dec. 2, 2002 
              
      
      
      Semple shines but Bears win in OT 
      Nov. 25, 2002 
              
      
      
      Illini make it a Champaign double 
      Nov. 25, 2002 
              
      
      
      Mount Pulaski goes all the way to state championship game 
      Nov. 18, 2002 
      
      Strange things happening to
            Lincoln and area sports teams 
      Nov. 12, 2002 
      
      
      November mutterings 
      Nov. 4, 2002 
            
            
              
      
      
      Harvest mutterings 
      Oct. 21, 2002 
              
      
      
            Illini 
            finally have something
            to cheer about 
      Oct. 14, 2002 
              
      
      
            ‘Monday Night Football’:
            A total blast... other than
            the score 
      Oct. 8, 2002 
              
      
      
      I was wrong 
      Oct. 7, 2002 
              
      
      
      
      Area fans run over by a truck 
      Sept. 30, 2002 
              
      
      
            Cardinals clinch 
            Central Division title 
      Sept. 23, 2002 
              
      
      
      
      Quick mutterings 
      Sept. 16, 2002 
              
            
      We 
      win! We win! We win! 
            Sept. 9, 2002 
              
              
            
      Labor 
      Day mutterings 
            Sept. 3, 2002 
              
              
            
      Bonus mutterings...live from the Rail Classic 
      Aug. 30, 2002 
              
            
      ‘Fandamonium’ opening tonight 
      -- Lincoln/Logan County 
            Chamber, team of the week 
      Aug. 26, 2002 
              
            
       
            August 
            mutterings...
            Gearing up for another great year of sports 
      Aug. 19, 2002 
              
            
       
            Quick 
            mutterings 
      July 29, 2002 
              
            
       
            Summer 
            ramblings... 
            July 22, 2002 
              
            
       
            Lincoln loses one of its 
            finest 
       
            July 16, 2002 
            
            
              
            
       
            Sports 
            firecrackers from the Fourth 
            July 8, 2002 
              
            
       
            Dog 
            days already here 
            July 1, 2002 
              
            
       
            
            ‘Greatest 
            Cardinal of them all’ has fallen 
            June 19, 2002 
              
            
       
            Soccer bandwagon? 
            June 13, 2002 
              
            
       
            Athlete of the week 
            June 3, 2002 
              
            
            
            New baseball stadium a hit with the fans 
            May 28, 2002 
              
              
              
              Take off the parkas — baseball’s back… 
              But for how long? 
              May 20, 2002 
              
              
              
              ‘Raindomly’ speaking... 
              May 13, 2002 
              
              
              
              Lincoln, the hub of sports activity 
              May 6, 2002 
              
              
              
              What’s happening in sports? 
              April 29, 2002 
              
              
              
              Lincoln’s King signs with the Rams 
              April 22, 2002 
              
              
              
              I’ve run out of superlatives for Tiger 
              April 15, 2002 
              
              
              
              Live from the Final Four 
              April 1, 2002 
              
              
              
              Quick hitters 
              March 22, 2002 
              
              
              
              Hoops hysteria 
              March 4, 2002 
              
              
              
              Cook stifles Jeffries and Hoosiers 
              Feb. 27, 2002 
              
              
              
              Weekend wild cards come up aces 
              Feb. 18, 2002 
              
              
              
              The madness is almost here 
              Feb. 11, 2002 
              
              
              
              Sports news and notes 
              Jan. 28, 2002 
              
              
              
              Sports weekend goes up in smoke 
              Jan. 21, 2002 
              
              
              
              Spectacular weekend for local and national sports 
              Jan. 14, 2002 
              
              
              
              
              Illini lay another egg 
              Jan. 10, 2002 
              
              
              
              
              Local team of the week; professional team of the week; this, that 
              and the other 
              Jan. 7, 2002 
              
              
              
              
              
              The Sugar Bowl adventure begins 
              Dec. 31, 2001 
              
              
              
              
              Bayou adventure continues... 
              Dec. 31, 2001 
              
              
              
              
              Athlete(s) of the week 
              Winter baseball 
              Dec. 20, 2001 
              
              
              
              
              Tuesday morning morsels 
              Dec. 18, 2001 
              
              
              
              
              LDN Athlete of the Week and more 
              Dec. 15, 2001 
              
              
              
              
              
              Before I even start with sports let me tell you about my two best 
              highlights of the week… 
              Dec. 3, 2001 
              
              
              
              
              
              This week, I don’t even know where to start... so, I’ll just start 
              at the beginning. 
              Nov. 15, 2001 
              
            
                
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