Archived columns by Jeff Mayfield and LDN sports staff:
Send a link to a friend
-
Mutterings on the move
Sept. 16, 2006
-
Sports, cars, the Chief and community
June 2, 2006
-
College hoops wrap-up
April 19, 2006
-
March Mutterings: Bracket-bustin' mayhem
March 28, 2006
-
Presidential Mutterings...
March 1, 2006
-
Happy New Year 2006 Mutterings
Alexander claims victory 500, reaches ridiculous milestone
Jan. 24, 2006
-
Merry Christmas Mutterings, ending with a special hero report and
salutes Dec. 20, 2005
-
Regular monthly October Mutterings in November? Nov. 4, 2005
-
My take Sept. 23, 2005
-
Back-to-school mutterings Aug. 26, 2005
-
Mutterings interruptus June 14, 2005
-
Railers just miss on sectional title game appearance June 6, 2005
-
Patrick makes friends of the masses May 31, 2005
-
Interleague interaction May 24, 2005
-
Cards widen their lead May 16, 2005
-
Pacers demolish Celtics May 10, 2005
-
Railers gear up for late-season run May 2, 2005
-
Cards busy sweeping again Take three from Houston this time April 25, 2005
-
Cards sweep Brewers and into first place Cubs dump Bucos, Sox take two of three from Seattle
April 18, 2005
-
A series of unfortunate events
April 16, 2005
-
'Spring has sprung' mutterings
April 11, 2005
-
Fairy tale season turns to final chapter April 4, 2005
-
Angels in the arena? March 28, 2005
-
Illini cast Pearl to the swine Illinois thumps Wisconsin-Milwaukee 77-63 March 25, 2005
-
Railers' magic carpet ride times out;
Illini 'bigs' come up huge March 22, 2005
-
Illini, Railers
lock down titles March 14, 2005
-
What I've learned... March 12, 2005
-
Railers shock Mount Zion Illini loss not the end of the world March 7, 2005
-
Great sports time,
but more news than that Feb. 28, 2005
-
Alexander, Redbirds dash Phoenix back to the ashes; Illini...
another ho-hum day at the office Feb. 21, 2005
-
Illinois' magical mystery tour continues Illini badger Bucky 70-59 Feb. 14, 2005
-
Illinois beats Indiana, again Feb. 7, 2005
-
Celebrating basketball Jan. 31, 2005
-
Illini try to match ISU's
road warrior approach Jan. 24, 2005
-
Mutterings: Page 2 Jan. 18, 2005
-
Illini
dispose of rude 'Cats; Alexander shoots holes in Bulldog zone Jan. 17, 2005
-
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
|