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, Nov 14, 2012
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Lake Michigan's turbulent waters offer die-hard surfers a prime opportunity to shred some waves
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, Apr 17, 2012
Blackhawks goalie tandem a key to their success
Quenneville a master at deploying his netminders
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, Mar 21, 2012
Even winners go out losers
DePaul and senior Deanna Ortiz bow out of the NCAA tourney
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, Mar 7, 2012
Fantasy hell
With opening day just under a month away, my doomed fantasy baseball draft is shaping up nicely
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, Feb 9, 2012
Cheering for losers
Even the excellent DePaul women’s basketball team stinks it up when I get behind them
by Mick Dumke
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, Jan 26, 2012
Season 2 A.D. approaches for Sox
With so much money sunk into Adam Dunn, the south-siders cheaped it out this winter
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, Jan 5, 2012
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Can your bike seat cause erectile dysfunction?
A University of Illinois-Chicago study aims to figure that out—and build a better seat
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, Dec 15, 2011
Blackhawks looking good, need to look uglier
They have the flashy scorers, but do they have the gritty defenders?
by Ted Cox
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, Dec 8, 2011
NCAA Tourney 73, Northwestern 0
Is this the year the Wildcats finally make the Big Dance?
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, Nov 3, 2011
Taking fish in by hook or by crook
Snagging at the Lincoln Park lagoon
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, Oct 20, 2011
In search of the bike path to the Indiana Dunes
Maybe they don’t believe in signs in Indiana
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, Sep 29, 2011
Out of the arcade and into the bar: Skeeball grows up
Chicago gets its own competitive skeeball league
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, Sep 22, 2011
Through sand, rough, and rain, caddies shoulder on
In the BMW Championship pro-am on Cog Hill's Dubsdread, caddying for an amateur was anything but glamorous.
by Steve Bogira
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, Sep 8, 2011
Chasing drug lords, cheering for the Irish
The DEA's Jack Riley is as uncompromising on Notre Dame as he is on drugs
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, Aug 25, 2011
The doubledays of summer
Baseball fans double their "pleasure" with both Cubs and Sox in town
by Ted Cox
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, Aug 18, 2011
Mudville: The transplant's guide to a hometown pro football fix
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, Aug 11, 2011
The depths of urban living
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, Aug 3, 2011
Sticks and stones will break your bones, and so will 16-inch softball
by Steve Bogira
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, Jul 28, 2011
Cubs too cold, sun too hot,
fans evaporating
The Cubs are losing fans as well as games
by Ted Cox
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, Jul 20, 2011
Squeaker on pavement:
a pickup basketball game goes down to the last shot
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