Patricia Babcock McGraw
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No March Madness or football playoffs, but at least high school athletes can playJan 27, 2021 12:00 am - There won't be madness in March. And masks will be required, even in competition. But at least high school basketball players in Illinois will have basketball again. The...
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Mom smiling down on Maine South grad, Evans Scholar DunleavyJan 25, 2021 12:00 am - All six kids in the Dunleavy family from Park Ridge have grown up on a golf course. And yet, none of them are serious golfers. Caddying has been the family tradition. Ol...
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Sky looking to make signing emerging star Cheyenne Parker a priorityJan 23, 2021 12:00 am - Suddenly, soccer is all the rage in James Wade's house. Normally, it's all basketball. Wade, head coach and general manager of the Chicago Sky, is married to Edwige Laws...
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Carpentersville native Tennell in position for run at Olympic goldJan 22, 2021 12:00 am - She has no idea how it all began. But Bradie Tennell is pretty sure that her figure skating career, which started two decades ago when she was 2 years old, is getting cl...
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St. Charles friends Chumbley, Benjamin ready to make a difference for NU wrestlingJan 21, 2021 12:00 am - In college wrestling, being "unattached" has nothing to do with your love life. It's a common designation for freshmen who redshirt. Trevor Chumbley and Justin Benjamin,...
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Tara VanDerveer of Stanford becomes winningest coach in women's college hoopsJan 15, 2021 12:00 am - The fact there were no fans in the stands to witness Tara VanDerveer's big moment in history seems about right. The Stanford women's basketball coach is one of the best ...
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Grant Blaney, Buffalo Grove coaching legend, dies at 86Jan 13, 2021 12:00 am - Before he was ever formally introduced to Grant Blaney, Buffalo Grove head football coach Jeff Vlk felt like he already knew the legendary Bison football coach. "When yo...
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There was some good in 2020: Top women's sports stories in the Year of COVIDJan 01, 2021 12:00 am - Happy 2021! To 2020 I say good riddance ... but not before revisiting some important women's sports stories. A big first: Kim Ng, first hired in baseball by the Whit...
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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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With 725th career win, Bruno is now the all-time winningest basketball coach at DePaulDec 27, 2020 12:00 am - No, Doug Bruno is not in middle school. But the longtime DePaul women's basketball coach considers himself a "tweener." It's how he views his time as a player on the men...