Columns
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Gonzales: For the Bulls, it's about getting back in rhythmDec 25, 2021 12:00 am - So much for normalcy. Billy Donovan quickly understands the challenges of trying to return the Bulls to NBA prominence, and not just without prized 2020 first-round pick...
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St. Charles historian looks back at Christmas during World War IIDec 24, 2021 5:00 am - St. Charles historian looks back at Christmas during World War II
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Hoffman Estates woman, 96, goes all out for Christmas, including a two-story treeDec 24, 2021 5:00 am - Hoffman Estates woman, 96, goes all out for Christmas, including a two-story tree
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Cookie conundrum: How friends, strangers helped Arlington Heights man maintain a holiday traditionDec 24, 2021 4:30 am - It was five days before Christmas and Neil Hemmer's family was facing a holiday challenge: For the first time in Hemmer's memory, there would be no Christmas cookies fro...
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Saunders: Vaccine shaming is not a solution to COVID-19 pandemicDec 24, 2021 12:00 am - Blaming the unvaccinated is the sharpest tool in President Joe Biden's shed, and that is not healthy for America. Consider Biden's address to the nation on COVID-19 from...
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Jim O'Donnell: Brickhouse, Caray and Swirsky among new list of America's Top 100 sportscastersDec 24, 2021 12:00 am - SPORTS BROADCAST JOURNAL is an engaging trade newsletter distributed every week. SBJ's publisher is David J. Halberstam - not to be confused with the late Pulitzer Prize...
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Lincicome: Next Bears coach needs to have the right answersDec 24, 2021 12:00 am - About as deep into the Matt Nagy Torture Era as the Bears need to go, it is obvious that a new coach is not only inevitable but mandatory. At the urging of everyone fro...
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Feder: Looking back on the year in Chicago mediaDec 24, 2021 12:00 am - A remark by Mark Giangreco at the end of a sports segment on WLS-Channel 7 (“Cheryl can play the ditzy, combative interior decorator,” were his precise words) sounded di...
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'Dishwasher Dreams' at Writers Theatre chronicles one family's pursuit of the American dreamDec 23, 2021 9:00 am - “Dishwasher Dreams” - ★ ★ ½ A celebration is underway at Writers Theatre that has nothing to do with the season. Rooted in perseverance and the pursuit of the American d...
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Holiday counterprogramming as you hunker down for ChristmasDec 23, 2021 5:00 am - If you're stuck at home (again) for the holiday and not particularly feeling the Christmas spirit, here are some counterprogramming choices for you this weekend: Bey...