Orrin Schwarz
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Windy City Bulls Fall Short against Motor City CruiseDec 28, 2023 8:19 pm - The Windy City Bulls, the NBA G League affiliate of the Chicago Bulls, lost to the Motor City Cruise 114-112 Thursday night at Wayne State Fieldhouse. Windy City was led...
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Unusual opponent, but Neuqua Valley gets the job done at WheelingDec 28, 2023 7:54 pm - Neuqua Valley and Oak Forest don’t play each other often, which is why they enjoyed Thursday afternoon’s Wheeling Hardwood Classic quarterfinal. “We came here to play so...
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It's a championship time of year in so many waysDec 04, 2023 12:00 am - I've got a few miscellaneous thoughts. Some people say those are my best thoughts, the miscellaneous kind. They're not wrong. The wrong call Not that you asked, bu...
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Even a Chicago sports fan has something to be thankful forNov 23, 2023 7:00 am - It's the season to be thankful, yet a cursory look at the Chicago sports scene reveals few reasons for thanking. The Bears are competing, so to speak, for a top draft pi...
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MLS should do for Chicago what it did for LA: Fold the Fire, start overOct 26, 2023 1:00 am - I'm going to say the unthinkable, as hard as it is for a soccer fan to do. Fold the Fire. Start over. That hurts to even think about, but it's the right thing to do. Pro...
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By opening a concierge medical practice, Dr. Larry Kaskel is trying to return to his roots in medicineOct 15, 2023 6:00 am - “Soul-sapping.” That's how Dr. Larry Kaskel describes the way he had been practicing medicine. There are other words he uses to describe his conventional primary-care p...
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Thinking along with the new guyOct 03, 2023 1:00 am - Sometimes you just want to know what the new sports editor thinks. I think it's pretty cool I get to follow in the footsteps of Bob Frisk. Bob was in a kind of sports ed...
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A sweet spot: Merrithey cooking up ideas to make her Tiny Kitchen a big dealSep 17, 2023 1:00 am - Sometimes businesses aren't so much planned as they just happen naturally, an outgrowth of who we are as individuals. That's the way it was with The Tiny Kitchen. Its or...
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'I had to say thank you': How an Elgin restaurant owner became an inflation warriorAug 20, 2023 1:00 am - If you've been to the Big Skillet Restaurant & Pancake House in Elgin, chances are you've met George Arsoniadis. He's a memorable character. Arsoniadis owns the Big Skil...
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Green acres: How an insurance man taught himself to be a suburban farmer and store ownerJul 23, 2023 1:00 am - Cliff McConville learned to milk cows the quintessential 21st century way: from a YouTube video. Working from home in 2011 for a Texas-based company, the then-48-year-o...