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Baseball | Downers Grove North preaching steadiness
Chad Isaacson returns to a common theme when discussing the players on his Downers Grove North baseball team — steadiness. Steadiness is what it takes to survive in the often tough West Suburban Silver. And it helps a team stay toward the top of...Tags: Baseball, Sports
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Hampton slaves set sail for Haiti
When Union Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler decided to give three runaway slaves refuge at Fort Monroe as "contraband" of war in May 1861, he barely described the incident in his daybook. But by 1863, the epic consequences of his landmark order could be...
Tags: Haiti, Abraham Lincoln, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Slavery, Hampton Roads
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Scoreboard -- March 9, 2013
|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| College Softball--Alabama-Birmingham at Central Florida, 10:30 a.m. (FXSP) Men’s College Basketball--Virginia Commonwealth at Temple, 11 a.m. (CBS); Big South Conference Tournament Championship, 11 a.m. (ESPN2);...Tags: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Bo Van Pelt, Duquesne Dukes, Basketball, Texas Tech Red Raiders
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Catching up with Oswego's Andrew Ziemnik at Illinois Wesleyan
Six-foot-4 and stocky with hair down to the middle of his back, Andrew Ziemnik looked more like a bouncer or a roadie than a basketball player while leading Oswego to the Class 3A state final as an Oswego junior in 2009. Four years later he's still...
Tags: Basketball, High School Sports, Sports
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Scoreboard: Dec. 16
|TODAY| |HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ HOCKEY| Aberdeen Cougars vs. Rushmore Thunder, Odde Ice Center, 11 a.m. |HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ HOCKEY| Aberdeen Cougars at Fargo Junior Gold Tournament |COLLEGE WRESTLING| Northern State at Midwest...Tags: Brigham Young Cougars, Minnesota Vikings, Wichita State Shockers, Basketball, San Francisco 49ers
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Despite Famous Dad, UHart's Nate Sikma Is His Own Man
The Hartford Courant— Nate Sikma does impersonations. "He does it with his brothers, he does it with me," his dad, Jack, said Friday. "He's a creative kid. He's not that outgoing with it in public, but he slips them in at the dinner table all the time." "Nate's the...Tags: Houston Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers, Basketball, College Basketball, University of Hartford
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Reinhold Weege dies at 62; creator of TV hit 'Night Court'
Reinhold Weege, who created the popular Emmy-winning sitcom "Night Court" about an often-anarchic, after-hours New York courtroom and its cast of memorably loony characters, has died. He was 62. Weege, who also wrote and co-produced the television...
Tags: John Larroquette, Harry Anderson, NBC (tv network), Cheers (tv program), Human Interest
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Scoreboard -- Nov. 27, 2012
Staff reports|TV SPORTS| |WEDNESDAY| Soccer -- Premiere League, West Ham at Manchester United, 1:55 p.m. (ESPN2). Men’s College Basketball -- Virginia at Wisconsin, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); George Washington at James Madison, 6 p.m. (NBCSN); Michigan State at...Tags: Manchester United F.C., Trevor Crowe, Basketball, Tennessee Technological University, Chris Riley
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Edgy Tim on football | An inspirational friend, indeed
Stunned and saddened was my reaction last week when I heard former Brother Rice and Illinois Wesleyan football player Andrew Weishar had died of colorectal cancer at age 21. It brought back the feeling from this spring, when Joliet Catholic defensive...Tags: Chemotherapy, Health Treatments, Michigan State Spartans, Joliet, Awards and Prizes
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10 things you might not know about Abraham Lincoln
Chicago Tribune reportersSteven Spielberg's film about a long-limbed, inspirational figure is finally coming to theaters. No, it's not a re-issue of "E.T." It's "Lincoln," starring Daniel Day-Lewis. Here are 10 facts about "Honest Abe": 1 Lincoln detested the nickname Abe, and...Tags: Stranger Than Fiction, Fakes, Hoaxes, and Impostors, Chicago Tribune, Daniel Day-Lewis, Newspapers
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Under a literary spell
As Lucy Kobbs turned the final page of the seventh and last book in the "Harry Potter" series, she took a pencil to the wall beside her bed and memorialized the end of an era: 7/22/07, 3:20 a.m. "It's one of those books that will stick with me for life,"...
Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Tribune, Fiction, Fantasy (genre)
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Scoreboard -- Sept. 22, 2012
|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NFL Football--Kansas City Chiefs at New Orleans Saints, Noon (CBS); San Francisco 49ers at Minnesota Vikings, Noon (FOX); Houston Texans at Denver Broncos, 3:25 p.m. (CBS); New England Patriots at Baltimore Ravens, 7:20 p.m. (NBC)...Tags: Sean Lee, Manchester United F.C., Tony McDaniel , Bryan Braman, Basketball
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Nov 27, 2012
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