sports
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Un-Retiring #11 Ruins The Honor Itself.......
Now that the NFL season has come and gone, it's time to turn our sports attention toward what is to come this spring and summer. Now that the national sports cash cow is done let's look forward to the true national pastime, Major League Baseball. Spring training is right around...
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Lackluster Hawks fall to Coyotes in shootout
For the 5th time in their last 8 games, the Blackhawks were outplayed by an inferior opponent, and fell 2-1 to the Phoenix Coyotes in the shootout. Many, myself included, had been lending a number of excuses to the Hawks as of late. I don't think an excuse can...
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4 Super Bowl party fouls
You know where you'll be Sunday: Firmly planted in front of the TV watching the New Orleans Saints battle it out against the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV....
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Kovalchuk lands in New Jersey...Hawks focusing on Niedermayer?
Earlier this evening, the New Jersey Devils won the biggest trade prize of the season. Atlanta's electric scorer, Ilya Kovalchuk, along with defenseman Anssi Salmela went to the Devils for defenseman Johnny Oduya, forwards Niclas Bergfors and Patrice Cormier, and a first round selection in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.The...
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Top 10 Greatest Chicago Athletes
Remembering yesterday's "greats," helps soothe the pain of today's mediocre. Today's Chicago sports teams, except the Blackhawks, are dismal. The Bears finished the season 7-9, the White Sox finished 79-83, the Cubs finished 83-78. The Bulls are currently 23-23. Thank goodness for the Blackhawks currently 37-14. Oh, I almost forgot,...
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Hit 'em hard!
I've been a fan of roller derby ever since I first saw the Windy City Rollers a few years ago at their old site in Cicero. Now, they skate at the UIC pavilion. Their popularity just keeps growing.Last night their season opener had the biggest crowd I've seen for a...
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Hawks fall in predictable end to long road trip
Saturday night, the Blackhawks wrapped up their 8 game, 7800 mile road trip with a disappointing, yet predictable 4-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. While the Hawks held the edge in play most of the game, the typical sharpness and focus weren't there. Can you blame them?Sure, they're professionals, but...
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CTA rider: Enough is enough
A rider wrote to "Going Public" about the state of affairs on the CTA."I can't bite my tongue any longer. I'm a lifelong Chicagoan. I've learned to keep my mouth shut and to deal with the way things are (weather, rude people on cell phones, bad drivers on cell phones,...
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Jason Sudeikis, Will Forte return as ESPN Classics' Twinkle and Stink
One of the best recurring skits on "Saturday Night Live" these days is "ESPN Classics," when Jason Sudeikis and Will Forte play sports commentators Pete Twinkle and Greg Stink. In the bits they are hosting some kind of women's sporting event sponsored by a woman's product such as Tampax...
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RIP J.D. Salinger
J.D. Salinger 1919-2010My childhood hero died today. NEW YORK - J.D. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose "The Catcher in the Rye" shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, has died. He was 91. Salinger died of natural causes at his home on...
