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Bulls headlines

• Deng a no-go again

• With 2 deals, Knicks set themselves up for 2010

• Big lineups tough on Bulls

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

Blackhawks headlines

• Bad penalties carrying extra bench time

• RosenBlog: Nylander to Hawks? Just. Say. No.

• Blackhawks shoot down Stars

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College headlines

• Illinois beats Vanderbilt on the road

• Teddy Greenstein: No clear favorite for Silver Football • Vote

• Irish not talking history
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• Notre Dame stops fans' efforts to sway recruit

Cubs headlines

• Piniella: Cubs were prepared for playoffs

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• Dempster signs 4-year contract with Cubs

• Hardball: Is Teahen the answer to RF vacancy?

White Sox headlines

• Phil Rogers: Cuban pipeline continues for Sox

• Sox part of a series of Glendale sports dominoes

• Sox to sign 19-year-old Cuban star Viciedo

• Mariners tab A's coach over Cora

High School headlines

• Class 7A: Geneva 25, Crystal Lake South 21

• Class 7A: Game could be a blur

• Girls swimming: Rosary looks like a lock for 3rd straight title

• Friday's girls hoops roundup: Record night for Elmwood Park's Tinajero

From the sports wire

• US hosts Mexico, then Costa Rica in CONCACAF qualifying matches for 2010 World Cup

• Jimmy Connors arrested outside UC Santa Barbara-North Carolina basketball game

• Lakers rout Nuggets 104-90, improve to NBA-best 10-1

• Broncos QB Jay Cutler doesn't back down from diabetes or John Elway's legacy

• Houston's heroics break tie, gives Tennessee State 75-73 win over Northern Illinois

• Landesberg's 22 points helps Virginia edge Radford 68-66.

• James Madison tops Kennesaw State 82-69 in home opener

• Glory Johnson scores 19 points as Tennessee holds off Chattanooga

• Green hits 3-pointers to lead Utah over Mississippi 83-72

• Wirth, Marsh help No. 12 Vanderbilt hold off East Tennessee State