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Constable: Emerging from ashes of 2020 with hope for 2021Dec 31, 2020 4:30 am - It's a wonder Father Time still has enough energy to hand over the reins to Baby New Year, considering everything that happened under his watch in 2020. And that old man...
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Looking back at 2020 in high school sports: A year like no otherDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - The 2019-2020 high school sports year started off like any other. Holiday basketball tournaments concluded, boys and girls hoops teams headed into the 2020 portion of th...
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For all our sakes, let's resolve to move together into a better futureDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - If there is one word to sum up 2020, I believe it would be "polarization." In the past, when we as a country experienced intense stress, grief and loss, it brought us t...
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Jim O'Donnell: What to expect from Sports world in 2021Dec 31, 2020 12:00 am - SO THIS IS New Year's. And who would believe? The sports figures still scurry around inside the giant TV screens, the stadiums empty. Final scores are posted and bets a...
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Feder: 'Sanitized smooch' for Janet & Mark on ABC 7's countdownDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - It wouldn't be New Year's Eve in Chicago without Janet Davies and Mark Giangreco. Back for their 20th year together, the duo will host "Countdown Chicago 2021" live at 1...
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A luxurious, creamy concoction can be wonderfully basic, tooDec 30, 2020 5:00 am - Hurry, make this soup before you start your 2021 New Year's resolution diet. That's because this Roasted Potato Leek Soup is nothing if not decadent. Courtesy of Ina Gar...
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Feder: Chicago media rose to meet the challenges of 2020Dec 30, 2020 12:00 am - On a sunny Sunday afternoon in late February hundreds of print, broadcast and digital journalists sat shoulder to shoulder in a downtown hotel ballroom where they ponder...
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Cultivating hope and resilience during COVID-19Dec 30, 2020 12:00 am - Since March of 2020, on average I sleep about four to six hours a night and work 12 to 16 hours a day, seven days a week. Other than my daily walk around the neighborhoo...
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Hub Arkush: The Pro Bowl is a joke - and not because Roquan Smith didn't make itDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - Anyone that gets excited over whether NFL players get selected for the Pro Bowl needs to find a better and more meaningful way to raise their stress levels and aggravate...
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Jim O'Donnell: Classy Jack Rosenberg prevented mayhem on the Wrigley Field catwalkDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - ON A SUMMER EVENING at The Sports Page in north Arlington Heights, Jack Brickhouse once looked over a double J & B at a bearded "Celebrity Trivia Night" host and said: "...