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             Archived columns by 
            Jeff Mayfield: 
            
            
            
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            Railer 
            pandemonium!!! 
            Sept. 22, 2003  - 
      
      
             
            
        
            Rains spell stormy weekend for area teams 
            Sept. 15, 2003- 
      
      
             
            
      First-place Railers move to 2-0 
      Sept. 8, 2003  - 
      
      
             
      
      Sesquicentennial mutterings 
      Sept. 2, 2003  - 
      
      
             
      
      Hot August mutterings 
      Aug. 25, 2003  - 
      
      
             
      
      What in the heck happened? 
      Aug. 18, 2003  - 
      
      
             
      
      August mutterings 2 
      Aug. 11, 2003  - 
      
      
             
      
      August mutterings 
      Aug. 4, 2003  - 
      
      
             
      
      
      Lincoln Legion's season over 
      July 28, 2003  - 
      
      
             
      Cubs crush the fish! 
      July 21, 2003  - 
      
      
             
      
      All-Star mutterings 
      July 14, 2003  - 
      
      
             
      Recovering mutterings 
      July 7, 2003  - 
      
      
             
      
      Book-signing mutterings 
      June 30, 2003  - 
      
      
             
      
      Golf nirvana mutterings 
      June 17, 2003  - 
      
      
             
      
      Inter-league mutterings   
      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  
            
            
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            Cook doesn't give a hoot about the Owls 
            Dec. 16, 2002  
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            Cook, Illini, Railers, Preachers,
            Toppers all make statement 
      Dec. 9, 2002  
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      Quick Monday morning mutterings 
      Dec. 2, 2002  
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      Semple shines but Bears win in OT 
      Nov. 25, 2002  
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      Illini make it a Champaign double 
      Nov. 25, 2002  
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      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  
            
            
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      Harvest mutterings 
      Oct. 21, 2002  
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            Illini 
            finally have something
            to cheer about 
      Oct. 14, 2002  
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            ‘Monday Night Football’:
            A total blast... other than
            the score 
      Oct. 8, 2002  
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      I was wrong 
      Oct. 7, 2002  
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      Area fans run over by a truck 
      Sept. 30, 2002  
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            Cardinals clinch 
            Central Division title 
      Sept. 23, 2002  
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      Quick mutterings 
      Sept. 16, 2002  
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      We 
      win! We win! We win! 
            Sept. 9, 2002 
               
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      Labor 
      Day mutterings 
            Sept. 3, 2002 
               
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      Bonus mutterings...live from the Rail Classic 
      Aug. 30, 2002  
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      ‘Fandamonium’ opening tonight 
      -- Lincoln/Logan County 
            Chamber, team of the week 
      Aug. 26, 2002  
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            August 
            mutterings...
            Gearing up for another great year of sports 
      Aug. 19, 2002  
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            Quick 
            mutterings 
      July 29, 2002  
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            Summer 
            ramblings... 
            July 22, 2002  
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            Lincoln loses one of its 
            finest 
       
            July 16, 2002  
            
            
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            Sports 
            firecrackers from the Fourth 
            July 8, 2002  
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            Dog 
            days already here 
            July 1, 2002  
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            ‘Greatest 
            Cardinal of them all’ has fallen 
            June 19, 2002  
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            Soccer bandwagon? 
            June 13, 2002  
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            Athlete of the week 
            June 3, 2002  
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            New baseball stadium a hit with the fans 
            May 28, 2002  
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              Take off the parkas — baseball’s back… 
              But for how long? 
              May 20, 2002  
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              ‘Raindomly’ speaking... 
              May 13, 2002  
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              Lincoln, the hub of sports activity 
              May 6, 2002  
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              What’s happening in sports? 
              April 29, 2002  
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              Lincoln’s King signs with the Rams 
              April 22, 2002  
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              I’ve run out of superlatives for Tiger 
              April 15, 2002  
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              Live from the Final Four 
              April 1, 2002  
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              Quick hitters 
              March 22, 2002  
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              Hoops hysteria 
              March 4, 2002  
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              Cook stifles Jeffries and Hoosiers 
              Feb. 27, 2002  
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              Weekend wild cards come up aces 
              Feb. 18, 2002  
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              The madness is almost here 
              Feb. 11, 2002  
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              Sports news and notes 
              Jan. 28, 2002  
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              Sports weekend goes up in smoke 
              Jan. 21, 2002  
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              Spectacular weekend for local and national sports 
              Jan. 14, 2002 
               
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              Illini lay another egg 
              Jan. 10, 2002 
               
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              Local team of the week; professional team of the week; this, that 
              and the other 
              Jan. 7, 2002 
               
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              The Sugar Bowl adventure begins 
              Dec. 31, 2001 
               
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              Bayou adventure continues... 
              Dec. 31, 2001 
               
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              Athlete(s) of the week 
              Winter baseball 
              Dec. 20, 2001 
               
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              Tuesday morning morsels 
              Dec. 18, 2001 
               
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              LDN Athlete of the Week and more 
              Dec. 15, 2001 
               
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              Before I even start with sports let me tell you about my two best 
              highlights of the week… 
              Dec. 3, 2001 
               
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              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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