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Should the Blackhawks sign Zadorov? His numbers stack up nicely with fellow Blackhawks blue-linersMay 17, 2021 1:00 am - Should he stay or should he go? With apologies to The Clash, that might just be the question Blackhawks management is mulling when it comes to defenseman Nikita Zadorov....
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50 years later, Hawks' Game 7 loss to Canadiens still stingsMay 17, 2021 1:00 am - For Chicago hockey fans of a certain age, May 18, 1971, still holds poignant meaning of loss and what might have been. That Tuesday 50 years ago dawned bright and unseas...
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Grammar Moses: To err is human; to learn from one's mistakes is divineMay 16, 2021 5:30 am - No one is perfect. I certainly am not. Nobody who works here is. But, boy, do we try to come close every day and try to learn from our mistakes. Some days are better tha...
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Facts Matter: Vaccinated people don't shed viral particlesMay 16, 2021 5:30 am - A recent claim making its way through social media falsely says people who have received a vaccine against COVID-19 can shed, or spread, the virus to others who have not...
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Robert Feder, Walter Cronkite and a defense of journalismMay 16, 2021 1:00 am - Daily Herald Media Columnist Robert Feder provided the keynote speech on May 7 to the annual Illinois Associated Press Media Editors awards ceremony. In it, he gave ...
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Constable: Nicarico case at center of lawyer's diverse careerMay 15, 2021 1:00 am - During more than four decades as an attorney, Gary V. Johnson of St. Charles has compiled a rare legal trifecta. As Kane County state's attorney, he sent people to priso...
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Reinsdorf recalls the day he missed meeting Jackie RobinsonMay 15, 2021 1:00 am - 2nd of 3 parts Jackie Robinson was the right man at the right time when he broke baseball's color barrier in 1947. But, as Brooklyn Dodgers fan Jerry Reinsdorf pointed ...
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Rookie Teven Jenkins will warm the hears of Bears fansMay 15, 2021 1:00 am - Friday was all rookies and young hopefuls at Halas Hall as the Bears began minicamp. Usually, in addition to this year's seven draft picks, the 15 undrafted rookie free ...
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Feelings of grief over family separationMay 14, 2021 11:00 pm - A perceptive reader alerted me to a problem I'm sure many families face in one way or another - sadness, even grief, over family that live far away. Because sometimes it...
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A look at this year's Sculpture in the Park display in St. CharlesMay 14, 2021 6:00 am - As it has since 2006, the Sculpture in the Park program at Mount St. Mary Park in St. Charles lured us in for a closer look at this year's exhibit. Little did we know we...