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• Surging Eagles beat Vikings
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• Southern Illinois remains winless in MVC

• Fremd tackle begins 2010 recruiting haul for Irish

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• College bowl results

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Bears headlines

• David Haugh: Patience best policy — for now

• Scout talk: Dan Pompei's mock NFL Draft

• Rick Morrissey: Bears fine-tuning their futility

• Ravens 27, Dolphins 9

Bulls headlines

• Rick Morrissey: Throw Noah overboard now

• Gooden dealt setback

• Timberwolves beat Bulls at United Center

• Reader Q&A: K.C. Johnson's Bulls mailbag

Blackhawks headlines

• Blackhawks still eyeing All-Star roster

• Kane to miss a game with Hawks for 1st time

• Blackhawks no longer All-Stars in the making

• Winter Classic draws impressive ratings

College headlines

• Marquette routs Cincinnati

• No. 1 North Carolina undefeated no more

• Matchup: UW-Green Bay at Loyola

• Illinois State off to best start ever with win over Creighton

Cubs headlines

• Cubs trade Mark DeRosa

• Baseball Hall of Fame: Cooperstown calling?

• Residents skate on the ice at Wrigley Video

• Dempster would welcome Bradley to Cubs

White Sox headlines

• Phil Rogers: Money can't buy you Series

• Owens, Fields figure in White Sox's plans

• Darrin Jackson headed to White Sox radio

• Phil Rogers: Hoping to deliver knuckle sandwich

High School headlines

• CPS Holiday tournament: North Lawndale wins it all

• Athlete of Month:
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• Top 20: New girls basketball rankings

• Girls basketball: Schedule

From the sports wire

• Johnson scores 21 as North Carolina A&T defeats Tennessee Wesleyan 84-47

• New Jersey hands Sacramento its 11th straight loss on the road

• Jaspers' Crawford key in the clutch as Manhattan takes Canisius 59-57

• James Madison beats Drexel for the first time in series history, 66-60

• Rivera leads 5 players in double figures as Binghamton beats Stony Brook 67-60

• Fisher's 19 helps Winston-Salem rout Columbia Union 85-61

• Carr hits seven 3-pointers, scores 23 points to lead American past Columbia 62-50.

• Cohn scores 18, leads Jacksonville past SC Upstate 79-69

• Franklin's shot with 2.1 seconds to go lifts Towson past Delaware 62-61

• Robinson helps lift Robert Morris to 77-70 win over Mount St. Mary's, Md.