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Jim O'Donnell: What to expect from Sports world in 2021Dec 31, 2020 12:00 am - SO THIS IS New Year's. And who would believe? The sports figures still scurry around inside the giant TV screens, the stadiums empty. Final scores are posted and bets a...
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Feder: 'Sanitized smooch' for Janet & Mark on ABC 7's countdownDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - It wouldn't be New Year's Eve in Chicago without Janet Davies and Mark Giangreco. Back for their 20th year together, the duo will host "Countdown Chicago 2021" live at 1...
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A luxurious, creamy concoction can be wonderfully basic, tooDec 30, 2020 5:00 am - Hurry, make this soup before you start your 2021 New Year's resolution diet. That's because this Roasted Potato Leek Soup is nothing if not decadent. Courtesy of Ina Gar...
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Feder: Chicago media rose to meet the challenges of 2020Dec 30, 2020 12:00 am - On a sunny Sunday afternoon in late February hundreds of print, broadcast and digital journalists sat shoulder to shoulder in a downtown hotel ballroom where they ponder...
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Cultivating hope and resilience during COVID-19Dec 30, 2020 12:00 am - Since March of 2020, on average I sleep about four to six hours a night and work 12 to 16 hours a day, seven days a week. Other than my daily walk around the neighborhoo...
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Hub Arkush: The Pro Bowl is a joke - and not because Roquan Smith didn't make itDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - Anyone that gets excited over whether NFL players get selected for the Pro Bowl needs to find a better and more meaningful way to raise their stress levels and aggravate...
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Jim O'Donnell: Classy Jack Rosenberg prevented mayhem on the Wrigley Field catwalkDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - ON A SUMMER EVENING at The Sports Page in north Arlington Heights, Jack Brickhouse once looked over a double J & B at a bearded "Celebrity Trivia Night" host and said: "...
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Ziehm: 2020 happenings in golf world were shocking, unprecedentedDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - I've been reporting on golf for 52 years and never encountered a year like this one. The dreaded pandemic certainly made 2020 infamous in many ways, and that included th...
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Constable: Teacher finds joy in converting to 'shed-ucation'Dec 29, 2020 4:10 am - Searching for ways to get the most out of her students during this pandemic, teacher Becky Hieber made a trip to the tool shed. She didn't come back. "I call it shed-uca...
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Rozner: Toews' absence leaves massive hole for BlackhawksDec 29, 2020 12:00 am - One can easily imagine the conversation Jonathan Toews was having with those closest to him as they tried to convince him to step away from hockey for a few weeks or mon...