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<title>chicagosports.com - Mike Downey</title>

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    <title>

        Turn page on May, ladies, and do it fast</title>

    
    

    <link>http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~r/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey/~3/290694524/cs-080514-downey-justine-henin-annika-sorenstam,1,909517.column</link>

    <description>What a messed-up month May turned out to be for females.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    
    

    



  
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    <title>

        The bluster is all Cubs in Windy City</title>

    
    

    <link>http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~r/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey/~3/289143637/cs-13-downey-chicagomay13,1,7334649.column</link>

    <description>A s of Monday morning the White Sox were only a game out of first place.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    
    

    



 

    





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    <title>

        White Sox are hot, city is not bothered</title>

    
    

    <link>http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~r/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey/~3/289143638/cs-080512-chicago-cubs-white-sox-downey,1,5112032.column</link>

    <description>As of Monday morning the White Sox were only a game out of first place.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    
    

    



 

    
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    <title>

        Diaz clan just keeps battling</title>

    
    

    <link>http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~r/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey/~3/287672522/cs-11-downeymay11,1,3773838.column</link>

    <description>H is mother waited several years for a kidney transplant.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?a=fBmJXH"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?i=fBmJXH" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?a=Lyao3H"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?i=Lyao3H" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?a=tZsAkh"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?i=tZsAkh" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?a=i3yV2H"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?i=i3yV2H" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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        <pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    
    

    



 

    





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    <title>

        Diaz clan just keeps battling</title>

    
    

    <link>http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~r/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey/~3/287779629/cs-080510-mike-downey-david-diaz,1,4296936.column</link>

    <description>His mother waited several years for a kidney transplant.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?a=jzq3YH"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?i=jzq3YH" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?a=IPpUqH"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?i=IPpUqH" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?a=bIKOWh"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?i=bIKOWh" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?a=rIjLFH"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?i=rIjLFH" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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        <pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    
    

    



  
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    <title>

        Paper's pious play XXX-tremely silly</title>

    
    

    <link>http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~r/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey/~3/286412374/cs-080507-white-sox-blow-up-dolls-ozzie-guillen,1,711714.column</link>

    <description>Naked Dancers: Peep Show, $20 for 1/2 Hour"&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?a=097wPH"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?i=097wPH" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?a=DaxeNH"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?i=DaxeNH" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?a=QL9GCh"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?i=QL9GCh" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?a=CmIkTH"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?i=CmIkTH" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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        <pubDate>Thu, 8 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    
    

    



 

    





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    <title>

        Paper's pious play XXX-tremely silly</title>

    
    

    <link>http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~r/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey/~3/286412375/cs-08-downeymay08,1,1147809.column</link>

    <description>"Naked Dancers: Peep Show, $20 for 1/2 Hour"&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <pubDate>Thu, 8 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    
    

    



 

    





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        These coaches castoffs? That's fantastic for Bulls</title>

    
    

    <link>http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~r/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey/~3/284478742/cs-06-downey-chicagomay06,1,2087172.column</link>

    <description>M ike D'Antoni is a man Kobe Bryant considered his American idol when they both lived overseas. He was the 2004-05 NBA Coach of the Year.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?a=RF6YwH"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?i=RF6YwH" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?a=5ib0wH"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?i=5ib0wH" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?a=AW6Dgh"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?i=AW6Dgh" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?a=BrB0vH"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?i=BrB0vH" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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        <pubDate>Tue, 6 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    
    

    



 

    





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        These coaches castoffs? That's fantastic for Bulls</title>

    
    

    <link>http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~r/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey/~3/284478743/cs-080505-chicago-bulls-coach-search-dantoni,1,1904032.column</link>

    <description>Mike D'Antoni is a man Kobe Bryant considered his American idol when they both lived overseas. He was the 2004-05 NBA Coach of the Year.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?a=kbXDEH"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?i=kbXDEH" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?a=3YSMlH"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?i=3YSMlH" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?a=BPu2Uh"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?i=BPu2Uh" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?a=NyFSaH"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.chicagosports.com/~f/chicagosports/cs-mike-downey?i=NyFSaH" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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        <pubDate>Tue, 6 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    
    

    



 

    





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    <title>

        Mike Downey: Recalling Wood's 20-strikeout game</title>

    
    

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    <description>I  was having a good week, what with all of those headlines: "Downey Is 'Iron Man.' " (Thanks, I didn't think any of you had noticed.)&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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