Columns
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The future of football? Don't count it out yetAug 24, 2017 1:00 am - There we were, enjoying our summer, when we got blindsided. Citing an updated study out of Boston examining 202 brains of deceased former football players, in July the J...
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Mentors, volunteers sought for career program at Dundee-CrownAug 24, 2017 1:00 am - Interested community members, business leaders, and entrepreneurs are sought to help guide and mentor students in Dundee-Crown High School's INCubatoredu program. Now in...
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Good intentions sometimes go wrongAug 23, 2017 11:00 pm - My younger brother called me the other day to share the most recent adventures of his family's new dog, Garage Sale Lily (Lily being the dog's name; garage sale being wh...
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Gordy's Quick Mart to open in St. CharlesAug 23, 2017 11:00 pm - Amazon gets a lot of attention in the retail world these days, and it deserves it. The company has competitors sweating over its ability to dominate the e-commerce space...
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Imrem: Even if McGregor just competitive against Mayweather, boxing an endangered sportAug 23, 2017 5:01 pm - Boxing has been an endangered - or at least fading - species for a while and is facing another potential crisis. Mixed martial arts has been threatening boxing's status;...
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Feder: CSN Chicago to rebrand as 'NBC Sports Chicago'Aug 23, 2017 2:00 pm - For the fifth time since it signed on 35 years ago, Chicago's regional sports network is getting a new name. On Oct. 2, Comcast SportsNet Chicago will be rebranded as "N...
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A bean salad without the added sugar still a sweet treatAug 23, 2017 6:00 am - When is a net weight not a net weight? Or, how to make 7.3 ounces seem like 14.5. Here's my story. Friends invited us over for a summer dinner where they would do most o...
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Sound check: Phil Vassar kicks off Sideouts' Bands in the SandAug 23, 2017 6:00 am - Bands in the Sand Sideouts Bar & Eatery brings in some talent for its annual Bands in the Sand Weekend. Friday night is country night, featuring headliner Phil Vassar an...
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'America First' is a gathering moral and strategic disasterAug 23, 2017 1:00 am - We are seeing the sad effects of President Trump's renunciation of moral leadership on America politics and culture - the waning of civility, idealism and respect, and t...
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Easing our way into the seasonAug 22, 2017 11:00 pm - Oh...you again? Welcome back, all you fine football friends! Glad you could join me for another season of Eyes on Five — the weekly column (in every Wednesday's Daily He...