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Feder: Chicago Public Media promotes Tracy Brown to WBEZ content chiefApr 23, 2021 1:00 am - Tracy Brown, who joined WBEZ 91.5-FM as managing editor in 2019, has been promoted to chief content officer of the Chicago Public Media news/talk station, Robert Feder w...
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Jim O'Donnell: A year later, 'The Last Dance' remains a very neat TV featApr 23, 2021 1:00 am - ONE YEAR AGO THIS WEEKEND, the United States was reeling as the COVID-19 pandemic steamrolled into its second month. There was no light at the end of the tunnel. The dim...
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Walter Mondale: Behind a great manApr 23, 2021 1:00 am - I spent the 1984 presidential campaign in the seat behind former Vice President Walter Mondale. From nomination to landslide defeat, I was there, right behind him, givin...
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Derek Chauvin: The great white defendantApr 23, 2021 1:00 am - In the brilliant novel "The Bonfire of the Vanities," author Tom Wolfe describes what he calls the intense media interest in covering "The Great White Defendant." A revi...
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Gourmet Kitchn finds a big e-commerce appetiteApr 23, 2021 1:00 am - Jamie Moriarty figured surely Amazon already was shipping cold food products across the country. But as Moriarty and his business partners looked into it, they discovere...
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Are big, stud defensive tackles a dying breed in the NFL?Apr 23, 2021 1:00 am - Maybe it's proliferation of 3-4 schemes, but big uglies getting harder and harder to find
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Davies thinks he can help get Cubs rotation rightApr 22, 2021 11:00 am - For most of last season, the Cubs starting pitchers carried the weight while the team's veteran hitters slumped. The revamped rotation is off to an underwhelming start i...
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Widescreen: Not feeling the Oscars? Here are some Sunday night alternativesApr 22, 2021 6:00 am - I've often referred to Oscar Night as "my Super Bowl," but this year feels more like a Thursday night game between the Bears and the Jaguars. Sure, I'm interested in the...
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Dann Gire traverses the year's 'Nomadland' in search of Oscar winnersApr 22, 2021 6:00 am - Part of me secretly hopes I am wrong about my predictions for the 93rd Academy Awards. Predicting many of the winners seems way too easy. Surely, a dark horse upset or a...
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The gallantry of respectful persistenceApr 22, 2021 1:00 am - It is Earth Day 2021, and I find myself thinking of one of my favorite poetic stanzas. It's from Emily Dickinson: "To fight aloud is very brave, / But gallanter I know /...