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Becoming Manny: Inside the Life of Baseball’s Most Enigmatic Slugger
In stores Tuesday
Help Manny Ramirez celebrate his recent$45 million contract by buying a book about him. The man himself authorized the biography. Bag Boy authorized a book about himself, too, but where is that one?
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Mario Power Tennis
In stores Tuesday
Any game with Nintendo’s Mario is golden, but this classic GameCube title is updated to work with the Wii Remote and is featured in wide-screen. You’ll love it. Get it? Love? Tennis? Hello …
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Blackhawks vs. Columbus
7:30 p.m. Friday, United Center
The Blackhawks are a tough ticket to get nowadays, but this game would be worth the effort. Both teams are jockeying for playoff position, with the Hawks trying to hang on to the No. 3 seed in the West and the Blue Jackets fighting just to stay in the playoffs.
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Illinois vs. TBA
5:30 p.m. Friday, Big Ten Network
Unless you’re going to Indianapolis (and, boy, who wouldn’t want to take that 3.5-hour drive down Interstate 65?), the Big Ten Network is the only way to see this Illinois game, the Fighting Illini’s first — and maybe last — of the Big Ten Tournament.
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Selection Sunday
5 p.m. CBS; 6 p.m. ESPN
Print out your brackets, scout your teams, pick your underdogs, start your pick ’em league — March Madness is here. There will be more coverage and hype than you can absorb, but that’s why it’s called madness.
