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Marion Patch: Romney: 'You're going to see more of me"

Source: Patch.com

My coverage of former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's stop in Cedar Rapids earlier today.

Wait Til Next Century: Winning can still happen

Source: NBCSports.com

The Bears can still win despite losing QB Jay Cutler to a broken thumb, according to Wait Til Next Century.

Wait Til Next Century: Who's the new Cubs manager?

Source: Sports Illustrated

I give my thoughts on the Cubs' hiring of Dale Sveum as their new manager at Wait Til Next Century.

Wait Til Next Century: A review of "The Book of Basketball" by Bill Simmons

Wait Til Next Century takes a look at "The Book of Basketball" by Bill Simmons, the Sports Guy on ESPN.com.

Marion Patch: Nearly 2,000 run in Return of the Turkey Trot

My coverage of the 19th annual Return of the Turkey Trot at Marion High School in Marion, Iowa, ran on Sunday in Marion Patch.com.

Wait Til Next Century: Thoughts on the firing of Joe Paterno

Source: AP

I posted some thoughts on the effects of Joe Paterno being fired last night as the head football coach at Penn State on his legacy at Wait Til Next Century. An interesting part of this story that shows how news can change quickly is I was writing this column about his announced retirement as I watched to the Penn State Board of Trustees press conference in which it was announced he was fired.