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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...
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Northwestern suffers first Big Ten loss of the season at IowaDec 29, 2020 12:00 am - It's been a banner year so far for Big Ten men's basketball, with a conference-record nine teams ranked nationally in the Top 25. On Tuesday night, part of that muscle w...
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Hardships, horrors and hope: Reflections on a year of pandemicDec 29, 2020 12:00 am - This year has been like none other in my lifetime. The onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic has made it an unprecedented year for all of us. This year has taken a staggeri...
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Feder: A look back at Chicago media luminaries who left us in 2020Dec 29, 2020 12:00 am - News anchor Joel Daly and journalist and author Jeannie Morris were among the Chicago media luminaries who left us in 2020. Go to robertfeder.com. for the complete l...
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Only those who carry Bears' water could applaud more of this regimeDec 28, 2020 12:00 am - Yep, this was the nightmare — and you can't say you weren't warned. It said right here a few weeks ago (at 5-7) that this could happen, that with the Bears playing the d...