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Illinois routs Drexel behind big game from CockburnMar 19, 2021 1:00 am - The telltale number in Friday's Illinois-Drexel game started small and stayed there. It was Drexel's field-goal percentage. The Dragons started out 3-for-18 from the fie...
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Jim O'Donnell: 'No action' for legal books and bettors in Illinois on Illini-LoyolaMar 19, 2021 1:00 am - WANT TO LEGALLY BET Sunday's round of 32 NCAA Tournament match between Andre Curbelo's Fighting Illini and Cameron Krutwig's Loyola in the state of Illinois? Not today, ...
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19 days, 1,112 tickets: State police crackdown on move-over law violationsMar 19, 2021 1:00 am - What is it going to take to get drivers to slow down and move over for stopped emergency vehicles? After a rash of crashes last month involving Illinois State Police veh...
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Cutting Fuller might fix the salary cap but could mortally wound the defenseMar 19, 2021 1:00 am - I'm still trying to understand what the Bears were doing about their salary cap mess and scratching my head. According to league rules all 32 teams had to be at or below...
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Widescreen: Alternate versions of your favorite movies that you should avoidMar 18, 2021 6:00 am - "Zack Snyder's Justice League," the four-hour revision of the 2017 would-be blockbuster by its original director, arrives on HBO Max this weekend after years of rumors a...
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With excitement - but caution - welcome back to high school footballMar 18, 2021 1:00 am - It's been 473 days since the last high school football game was played in Illinois. That night, in frigid temperatures and driving rain at NIU's Huskie Stadium, Lincoln-...
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Feder: Host of 'Chicagoing' Bill Campbell diesMar 18, 2021 1:00 am - Bill Campbell, who was best known for his long run as host and producer of the weekly public affairs show "Chicagoing," died Wednesday Wednesday at a Symphony Care Netwo...
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Caring is also part of the endorsement processMar 18, 2021 1:00 am - Have you awakened in the middle of the night recently, unable to get back to sleep because you don't know which village board or school board candidate to vote for? Some...
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'We're definitely the underdog': Loyola hoping to re-create magic of 2018 runMar 18, 2021 1:00 am - Unlike 2018, the Loyola Ramblers aren't going to sneak up on anybody in this year's NCAA Tournament. Even so, coach Porter Moser is doing all he can to sell his 8th-see...
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Illini have been waiting for this chance at NCAA gloryMar 18, 2021 1:00 am - In the history of Illinois basketball, the shining moments have never been guaranteed. The school's Final Four trips have been well spaced. There was the 1952 squad led ...