Articles filed under Sports
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Free throw distractions are hilarious. But pity the person at the line.Mar 24, 2024 5:47 pm - The idea took hold in 2013 at Arizona State. Why wave your arms to distract opponents at the free throw line, students wondered, when one of them could leap from a cardbo...
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Of March and Madness and all the other pairsMar 24, 2024 6:15 am - Madness and March have been with us ever since the hare stuffed the dormouse into the teapot, so there is no disputing its existence. How it came to have anything to do w...
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Jim O’Donnell: Eagle hoops ahead with NCAA men’s baton from NantzMar 24, 2024 6:00 am - AS CORONATIONS GO, the NCAA men's basketball ascendancy of Ian Eagle had plenty of circumstance but little pomp Friday. Out of a midday promo for “Young Sheldon” on C...
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High school sports scores for March 23Mar 23, 2024 10:58 pm - Saturday, March 23 Baseball Buffalo Grove 12, Montour (PA) 2 (6 Inn.) Grayslake North 15, Chartiers-Houston (PA) 5 North Catholic 6 (PA), Grayslake Central 4 (9...
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All Orange, no blues: Illini snap Sweet Sixteen drought without much of a sweatMar 23, 2024 10:55 pm - Illinois delivered a dominating performance Saturday, rolling past 11-seed Duquesne 89-63. The Illini move onto the regional semifinals for the first time since 2005 and will face No. 2 seed Iowa State on Thursday in Boston.
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Tatum, Hauser, Horford lead way as NBA-leading Celtics beat Bulls 124-113 for 9th straight winMar 23, 2024 10:36 pm - Jayson Tatum scored 26 points, Sam Hauser and Al Horford added 23 apiece, and the NBA-leading Boston Celtics won their ninth straight, 124-113 over the Bulls on Saturday night.
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Wolves fall in final of three-game tripMar 23, 2024 8:54 pm - The Wolves wrapped up a three-game road trip by falling to the Wild 4-1 on Saturday night in Iowa.
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Wheaton native Streelman has rough day at Valspar ChampionshipMar 23, 2024 8:09 pm - Wheaton’s Kevin Streelman won his first PGA Tour event on Innisbrook Resort’s Copperhead Course in 2013, so that seemed a good place for him to get a much needed career boost.
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North Carolina beats Tom Izzo, Michigan State in March Madness again to reach Sweet SixteenMar 23, 2024 7:44 pm - RJ Davis scored 20 points to help North Carolina beat Michigan State 85-69 in the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, pushing the Tar Heels to the Sweet Sixteen while keeping th...
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March Madness has Drew brothers' coaching patriarch jetting across the countryMar 23, 2024 7:34 pm - MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Former Valparaiso legend Homer Drew is racking up frequent flyer miles crossing the country to support his sons while they coach in the opening weekend o...