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• Notre Dame stops fans' efforts to sway recruit

• Obama delivers taped address to IOC members

• Illini's bowl hopes depend on victory vs. NU
  • NU awaits bowl fate

• Teddy Greenstein: No clear favorite for Silver Football
  • Pick the winner

• Saturday's best football games
  • Weis mum on Haywood

• Irish not talking history
  • Friday's matchup

• Southern Illinois loses to Duke

• Terry Bannon's NFL picks

• Fire loans Blanco to Mexican team

• Prep scoreboard

• Chicago sports weekend on TV

Bears headlines

• David Haugh: Shoop understands Babich's heat

• Dan Pompei: NFL coaches taking back control

• Fred Mitchell: Sayers sounds off on Hester

• Value in Detroit? Rookie Smith is your man

Bulls headlines

• K.C. Johnson's Bulls mailbag

• Injury sidelines Deng, then Blazers blitz Bulls

• Hughes not happy with his limited role

• RosenBlog: Bulls put the 'me' in 'mediocrity'

Blackhawks headlines

• Bad penalties carrying extra bench time

• OUT LOUD: Hawks president John McDonough

• Patrick Kane in action Photos

• Throwing down on the road

College headlines

• Texas Tech scores 167 in 52-point victory

• Weis mum on Haywood

• Rick Morrissey: Time to fight Obama's push for college football playoff

• Illinois-Chicago holds off big rally for win • Photos

Cubs headlines

• Piniella: Cubs were prepared for playoffs

• Dempster signs 4-year contract with Cubs

• Piniella has class Video

• Hardball: Is Teahen the answer to RF vacancy?

White Sox headlines

• 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

• White Sox could get answer on spring home Tuesday

High School headlines

• The head of all classes?

• Inside Scoop: Sako's picks

• Girls basketball: New Trier 35, No. 7 Marshall 34

• Girls basketball: Bolingbrook ready to roll
  • Top 20 girls rankings

From the sports wire

• Police finish report on FSU campus brawl involving football players and frat

• Blatter gives Peruvian Football Federation ultimatum to settle dispute with govt

• Bills S Whitner, CB Greer ruled out of Sunday's game at Kansas City

• David Nalbandian beats David Ferrer in straight sets in first singles in Davis Cup final

• San Francisco offensive coordinator Mike Martz fined $20,000 for officiating critique

• Steelers have just enough offense _ and more than enough defense _ to beat Bengals 27-10

• Organizers of 2010 World Cup concerned about effects of global economic meltdown

• Hodzic scores 16 in Lipscomb's 70-58 win against Southeastern Louisiana

• Kapelan scores 16 off bench to lead McNeese State to 82-63 win against Louisiana-Monroe

• Giles leads Western Carolina in 120-62 win against Toccoa Falls