Columns
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Feder: ESPN 1000 celebrates 20 years of 'compelling, entertaining sports talk'Oct 09, 2018 1:00 am - If you happen to be awake before dawn Friday, you might want to head over to Austin's, the popular saloon and eatery in Libertyville, Robert Feder writes. That's the bes...
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Will schools around Illinois vote to revamp football playoff system?Oct 09, 2018 1:00 am - Conference shuffling. We've talked about it. We've dreaded it. Frankly, we're sick of it. But what can we do about it? This week's Eyes on Five looks at a proposal from...
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When the chips are down, will he be a bulldog?Oct 08, 2018 11:00 pm - Q. So, I'm a guy with a serious girlfriend. No children, but it's been talked about after marriage, which has also been talked about. Mid-30s. And my girlfriend told me ...
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This bird makes fans go cuckooOct 08, 2018 11:00 pm - Twenty years ago last month, I witnessed my first yellow-billed cuckoo. Saw it well, too, at Churchill Woods Forest Preserve in Glen Ellyn. A few things made that expe...
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Volo shows importance of cars in pop cultureOct 08, 2018 6:00 am - As much as we love our cars, what we love more is seeing them in our favorite movies. And after the credits roll and the curtains close, not all of these four-wheeled st...
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Rozner: Chicago Blackhawks' Jokiharju playing beyond his yearsOct 08, 2018 1:00 am - Henri Jokiharju is 19 years old. No, really. He's only 19. Now, three games doesn't make a career, but Jokiharju leads the Blackhawks with a plus-5 and five assists in t...
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Rozner: Cubs against Brewers might not have been prettyOct 08, 2018 1:00 am - So, serious question … If the Cubs had won either Game 163 or 164, do you really think they would've had a chance against Milwaukee? Based on the way they played the fin...
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Diplomacy, not military, is key to solution in North KoreaOct 08, 2018 1:00 am - Recently, after President Donald Trump claimed he and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un "fell in love" via letters, Pyongyang emphasized once again that they need to see...
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Robservations: Van Dyke trial coverage wins praise - and viewersOct 08, 2018 1:00 am - Chicago television stations went wall-to-wall all afternoon Friday with coverage of the verdict in the trial of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke and its aftermath, ...
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Roberts: Two days in September, how our politics has fallenOct 07, 2018 11:00 pm - Two days, not even a month apart, reveal a great deal about the vicious and venomous culture gripping Washington today, especially in the U.S. Senate. On Sept. 1, John M...