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The stories that stick with us: Back-to-back state championships in the hands of the same playerOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - An unforgettable ending made this my most unforgettable story in 26 years of covering high school sports for the Daily Herald. Tied with Montini in the closing seconds o...
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The stories that stick with us: How a last-place runner inspired inspired a passion for track and fieldOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - I had not been long on the track and field beat. The sport - really, the character of track athletes, coaches, parents - had not yet fully revealed itself to me. That ch...
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The stories that stick with us: Learning to make the best of a bad photography positionOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - Sammy Sosa Day, Sept. 20, 1998, is one of the stories I covered that stuck with me through the years. I remember being excited to be assigned to be one of the photojourn...
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The stories that stick with us: We grieved the school bus tragedy; then we tried to stop any others from happeningOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - As Daily Herald executive editor, I hadn't covered a story in a while. But on the morning of Oct. 25, 1995, my instincts as a reporter kicked in when I heard the WGN ra...
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The stories that stick with us: Starting my White Sox career when Michael Jordan was starting hisOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - No matter what, I will always remember my first season covering the White Sox for the Daily Herald. Like Michael Jordan, I was a rookie in 1994. That alone makes it a ye...
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The stories that stick with us: Remembering a girl fighting for her lifeOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - The subject line of the 2014 email was "Thank you - from a former interviewee." The note began: "You might not remember …" But I did remember. How could I not? Sixteen ...
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The stories that stick with us: Through reporting we learn a lot about history, inequitiesOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - In January 2012 it hit me - that year was the 40th anniversary of Title IX. Having reported on a Title IX lawsuit some 12 years earlier that changed the face of athletic...
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The stories that stick with us: A decadeslong commitment to telling diverse human storiesOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - Staying in touch with our communities is the lifeblood of the Daily Herald, and we showed a particularly thoughtful commitment to that goal years ago with a variety of i...
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The stories that stick with us: Baseball player leaves a lasting impressionOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - One of the most unforgettable people I've written about through the years was a down-on-his-luck ballplayer I never met. When Don Bollweg of Wheaton died in the DuPage C...
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The stories that stick with us: The one story in 27 years that elicited a copy editor's tearsOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - Over the course of my 27-year career in journalism, there have been hundreds of stories that made me angry. There have been hundreds that made me sad, hundreds that made...