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• Illini don't pout or cry... they just win
  Jan. 10, 2005

• Illini end 2004 No. 1, begin 2005 No. 1
  Jan. 3, 2005

• Illinois jousts the Lancers
  Dec. 28, 2004

• Lightning quick... Christmas mutterings
  Plus prophecies to follow
  Dec. 20, 2004

• Alexander, ISU stampede the Herd; Illini STILL No. 1
  Dec. 13, 2004

• The case for No. 1...
  Dec. 6, 2004

• Alexander, 'Birds feast on another win; thankful Illini kick the stuffin' out of the Zags
  Nov. 29, 2004

• Illinois out of the gate at 2-0
  Nov. 22, 2004

• A cornucopia of volleyball action
  Nov. 15, 2004

• It's time for Illini basketball...
  Nov. 1, 2004

• Herzog and Taylor were right
  Oct. 26, 2004

• Losses take their toll
  Oct. 18, 2004

• Railers, Cardinals taste the promised land
  Oct. 11, 2004

• Cubs can't back into the postseason
  Oct. 4, 2004

• Illini, Railers come up short
  Sept. 27, 2004

• What, me worry?
  Sept. 20, 2004

• Endless summer in Illinois and beyond
  Sept. 14, 2004

• Railers, Cards, Illini, Redbirds and the Rail cap a LABORious weekend
  Sept. 7, 2004

• St. Louis road warriors continue march
  Aug. 30, 2004

• Cook expects playing time to increase
  Aug. 23, 2004

• Cards' 'new' Big Red Machine is Rolen
  Aug. 16, 2004

• A tale of two cities
     Maddux wins No. 300
     Walker era begins with 2 W's
  Aug. 10, 2004

• Nomar era begins with a W
  Aug. 2, 2004

• Loving it!
  July 26, 2004

• Illinoisan wins British Open
  July 20, 2004

• 'Fair' time had by all
  July 12, 2004

• Celebrating our freedom
  July 7, 2004

• Cardinal hitters sizzling; pitchers throwing BBs
  June 28, 2004

• Central Division race even zanier than we thought…
  June 21, 2004

• Cook & Company head to the finals
  June 1, 2004

• Cook, Lakers split in Minnesota
  May 24, 2004

• Smarty Jones one race away from Triple Crown and immortality
  May 17, 2004

• Mutterings
  May 10, 2004

• Cards-Cubs split first series
  May 4, 2004

• Alexander inducted
  April 27, 2004

• Illinois football: good news and bad news
  April 19, 2004

• Arnie says goodbye to the Masters
  April 12, 2004

• Phil wins his phirst Mick-major
  April 12, 2004

• A stroll along the Riverwalk
  April 6, 2004

• Spring is finally here...
  March 29, 2004

• Orange-hot Illini turn Sweet 16
  Illinois buries Cincinnati 92-68
  March 22, 2004

• Wisconsin upends Illini for tourney title
  March 15, 2004

• Illini capture Big 10 championship
  Thrilling 64-63 win at Ohio State gives Illinois the crown
  March 8, 2004

• It's all about Lincoln
  March 1, 2004

• Illini charting a course
  Feb. 23, 2004

• Cook gets his due
  Feb. 16, 2004

• Snow-filled Mutterings
  Feb. 9, 2004

• Super-Mutterings
  Feb. 2, 2004

• Mutterings, dedicated in memory of Jerry Alberts
  A non-sports weekend
  Jan. 26, 2004

• Mini-mutterings
  Jan. 19, 2004

• Railers do it again...
  Jan. 12, 2004

• Belated mutterings
  Jan. 7, 2004

• Quick Christmas mutterings: Cook activated and nails first shot!
  Dec. 29, 2003

• Railers' first road tilt rules
  Dec. 22, 2003

• Magical Hall lifts Illini again
  Illinois knocks off Memphis, Calipari 74-64
  Dec. 15, 2003

• Illini back on track... or are they???
  Dec. 8, 2003

• Plenty to be thankful for
  Dec. 1, 2003

• Illini gain split
  Nov. 24, 2003

• Soggy mutterings
  Nov. 18, 2003

• LCC captures second national championship!
  Nov. 10, 2003

• It's time for Illini basketball
  Nov. 3, 2003

• Railers complete successful season
  Oct. 27, 2003

• Missed it by that much!
  Oct. 20, 2003

• Back to Chicago for one more game!
  Oct. 14, 2003

• Cubs win! Cubs win! Cubs win!
  Oct. 6, 2003

• Cubs don't wait for next year!
  Sept. 29, 2003

• 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

• 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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