Burt Constable
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Constable: Cubs fans like odds, even against even-year GiantsOct 07, 2016 1:00 am - For more than a century, we Chicago Cubs fans have been hoping, "This is the year." Instead, we end up blaming a billy goat or a black cat or a Gatorade-soaked mitt or a...
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Constable: Cubs give off '85 Bears vibeOct 06, 2016 5:15 am - Our team hasn't won a championship since 1908, but many Cubs fans still can go into these baseball playoffs with a feeling of déjà vu. This young, talented, fun-loving C...
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Constable: Home that's helped homeless vets really recover closingOct 02, 2016 7:30 am - Vietnam veteran Terry McGrath drove from his home in Wheaton in July of 2009 to the Veterans Affairs hospital in West suburban Hines, fully aware of how tough the loomin...
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Constable: 'Bleacher Bums' live on in updated versionSep 29, 2016 5:15 am - In 1977, a bunch of young Chicago actors led by Joe Mantegna and Dennis Franz wrote and starred in a play about Cubs fans in Wrigley Field called “Bleacher Bums.” David ...
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Constable: Is that mushroom in your yard tasty or deadly?Sep 27, 2016 5:45 am - By Burt Constable I'll take a bite from the nonwormy part of an apple that falls from our backyard tree. I'll chew on stems of clover in our grass. I'll nibble on mint t...
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Constable: Cafe serves up help after waitress' son has near-fatal brain hemorrhageSep 25, 2016 7:00 am - A popular waitress at Jelly Cafe in Mount Prospect, Rosie Rodriguez was handling the Friday lunch rush on Sept. 9 when she got a phone call that merely hinted at the lif...
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Constable: Fan's boyhood treasures go to Mr. CubSep 22, 2016 5:30 am - "The waiting," as Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers told us long ago, "is the hardest part." That's why fans of a franchise that has been waiting for another World Series ...
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Constable: Bullying knows no boundsSep 20, 2016 5:30 am - Bullying is one of those experiences that stays with you - even if you weren't the victim or the bully. I still harbor the coward's pain of being one of the boys standin...
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Constable: How suburban Muslim parents explain 9/11 to kidsSep 11, 2016 7:00 am - Known simply as “September 11th,” the attacks on that day 15 years ago brought to our shores new levels of sorrow, fear, hate, patriotism, divisiveness, security and ign...
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Constable: Who wore No. 17 better? Bryant or Grace?Sep 08, 2016 5:00 am - Throughout the 1990s, Mark Grace wore No. 17 as he played first base for the Chicago Cubs. The blue lettering on his jersey brought out the blue in his eyes, and Grace b...