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College Football: Eastern Kentucky picked to win OVC
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Eastern Kentucky is back at the top where it has dominated Ohio Valley Conference football for so long. The Colonels, who won their league-high 21st championship last season in a three-way tie for the title, are the preseason...
Tags: Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles, Sports, College Football, College Sports, Murray State Racers
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College Football: EKU picked to finish third behind Jacksonville State in OVC
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jack Crowe says Jacksonville State is probably among 20 to 25 FCS schools considering a move up for the Football Bowl Subdivision and just the only one in the Ohio Valley Conference talking openly about the idea. That isn’...Tags: Education, College Football, Politics, Elections, Colleges and Universities
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Jason Taylor named to NFL Foundation's Board of Directors
Sun SentinelI've long speculated that Jason Taylor will soon hold an important position in the Miami Dolphins organization. That time hasn't come yet, but Taylor did taken a step in that direction this week when the NFL Foundation chose him to serve on the...Tags: Sports, Jason Taylor, Jacksonville Jaguars, National Football League, Minnesota Vikings
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A history of celebrity-owned restaurants in the Chicago area
The week before The Squared Circle opened in mid-March, owner and pro wrestler Lisa Marie Varon — better known as Victoria during her WWE days and Tara currently with TNA wrestling — sat in a corner booth of her Lincoln Park restaurant,...
Tags: National Basketball Association, Advertising, Style Network (tv network), Crime, Law and Justice, Wrestling
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Payton, Brooks finally play ball in show of solidarity
Tribune reporterAlberto Reyes looked across the well-kept field at Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep during pregame warm-up drills Saturday evening and declared it a beautiful place for a baseball game. Two weeks after their originally scheduled game, players and coaches...Tags: Sports, Baseball, College Baseball, Anthony Beale, High School Sports
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Tucker says rookie linebackers off to good start
When Mel Tucker took over the Chicago Bears defense in January, things were pretty thin at linebacker. Brian Urlacher was no sure thing for 2013 and he and the team have since parted ways. But the team added a pair of veterans in D.J. Williams and...
Tags: Sports, National Football League, James Anderson, Ethics, Values
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Long on Bears minicamp: 'It was awesome'
Tribune reporterThe Chicago Bears got through their first day of rookie minicamp at a high tempo in the Walter Payton Center at Halas Hall and the top two picks looked as athletic as billed. First-round draft pick Kyle Long, working at right guard, was fluid and...Tags: Sports, Corvey Irvin, National Football League, C.J. Wilson (football, defensive end) , Lawrence Wilson
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Long gives Bears glimpse of why they picked him
Corvey Irvin, a third-round draft pick by the Panthers four years ago, tried to rush the passer upfield on Kyle Long, and there was nowhere to go. Irvin, at Bears rookie minicamp on a tryout basis, wound up on his butt behind the quarterback at the...
Tags: Sports, Corvey Irvin, National Football League, Marc Trestman, Carolina Panthers
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Alyne Payton, 1926-2013
Long before her famous son, Walter Payton, became known to millions as "Sweetness," Alyne Payton was known as the original version. "Just like every mother, she was proud of her kids, regardless of what they are doing or what they become," her son...Tags: Kansas City Chiefs, Sports, Liver Disease, Cleveland Browns, National Football League
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Oak Park teacher receives Golden Apple
John Paulett leads almost all of his classes at Fenwick High School while the students sit in chairs formed in a circle. It's a way that provokes discussion and critical thinking for some of the tough topics he tackles in his theology classes at the...
Tags: Schools, Frankfort, Education, Teachers, Oak Park
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Payton, Brooks and 'down there'
An hour or so before their teams were to meet under the lights in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago, the two high school baseball coaches had an awkward conversation. Bryan Street, who coaches for Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep on the city's Far South...
Tags: Schools, Baseball, Sports, High School Baseball, College Baseball
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Open thread: The Weeks in Review
Change of SubjectThe "Weeks in Review" feature is now an open thread in which commenters can talk about any current events or cultural phenomena that have caught their attention, including but limited to the topics brought up in our traditional roundup of......
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May 16, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 11, 2013
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May 10, 2013
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May 8, 2013
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Apr 30, 2013
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