Mike McGraw
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'I just love hooping': Caruso draws praise after impressive defensive effort against PhoenixNov 09, 2023 1:00 pm - Alex Caruso would have been in eighth grade when Kevin Durant made his NBA debut with the Seattle SuperSonics in 2007. Knowing Caruso's penchant for playing defense, he ...
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Caruso's defensive heroics fall short as Bulls lose to Suns in OTNov 08, 2023 12:00 pm - After rolling past Utah on Monday, an optimistic Bulls fan might have thought, "Maybe the worst is over after that 2-5 start." Well, it doesn't get much worse than the B...
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Sky GM Pagliocca developed passion for building basketball skillsNov 07, 2023 12:00 pm - Long Grove native Jeff Pagliocca didn't play varsity basketball at Stevenson High School. During college at Purdue, he was a fan of the basketball teams, but nothing mor...
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Bulls finally show improvement, roll past UtahNov 06, 2023 2:00 pm - This game could have been a referendum on the Bulls' disappointing recent history of player development. Lauri Markkanen was in town with Utah. He left Chicago and becam...
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Back on familiar ground, Dey runs for 234 yards as Carmel rolls past AntiochNov 04, 2023 1:00 am - Carmel running back Donovan Dey is a Grayslake native, so he felt eight at home playing in Antioch for Saturday's Class 5A playoff game. "I've been playing these guys fo...
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Bulls switch up starters, then finish poorly in loss to BrooklynNov 03, 2023 4:00 pm - Vincent Price once made a movie forecasting the scene at the United Center on Friday. It was called "Theatre of Blood." Playing on a garish red court, constructed in hon...
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Knight touched, stomped and yelled his way through memorable coaching careerNov 03, 2023 1:00 am - The setting was the press room at Assembly Hall, following a routine regular season basketball game between Indiana and Northwestern in the late 1990s. The game was surp...
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Bears Film Study: Lesson fron latest loss is forget about drafting another QBNov 02, 2023 3:00 pm - The Bears looked more like their usual selves during last week's lopsided loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. It would be easy to say rookie quarterback Tyson Bagent retur...
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Poor play down stretch ruins strong Bulls effort in DallasNov 01, 2023 5:00 pm - The Bulls offered another example Wednesday of how their mix of players can work. They did an impressive job of slowing down Mavericks star Luka Doncic. He averaged 39 p...
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Skills trainer, Long Grove native Pagliocca named Sky general managerOct 31, 2023 5:00 pm - The Sky took an unusual route in its quest for a general manager. The team announced the hiring of skills trainer Jeff Pagliocca, a Long Grove native and Stevenson High ...