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  • Wisch Transfers Not A Sign Of Trouble For Groce Illini

    himself said to Chicago Hoops' Cavan Walsh about his transfer, "First and foremost, I want to thank the University of Illinois and the coaches down there, including Coach [Bruce] Weber and Coach [Jerrance] Howard who recruited me to Illinois. I believe in Coach [John] Groce and his staff, but I decided to leave Illinois because I felt I needed a fresh start. "I have nothing but ...

  • Ferris wheel ride world record broken in Chicago

    A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days - 384 times, up and around - bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park ...

  • Is Kobe Bryant better than MichaelJordan MAY 09

    You must be young to ask that question. No one who watched both Jordan and Bryant play would argue that Kobe is in the same league. Kobe is not even number two. Jordan was a much better defenders and led the league in steals every year, he had a better shoting percentage, averaged more points, and in truth his teamates sucked. Kobe has always had strong ...

  • Peavy ready to go following postponed series opener

    Ricky Nolasco was dominant and ended a Marlins losing streak in his last appearance. He will try to do the same on Saturday against the White Sox. The Marlins' skid hit three games with an 11-inning loss Friday in Chicago, and they have lost 10 of their last 12. One of those two wins came last Sunday when Nolasco struck out 11 and allowed just one run in eight innings in a 2-1 win against ...

  • Ever-consistent Wood gears up to face former team

    For Travis Wood, Saturday's start in Cincinnati might mean a little more than usual. The Cubs left-hander will be taking the mound against his former team, and Chicago manager Dale Sveum knows from experience that players don't take those games lightly. "I don't care who you are -- I've been traded and been on different teams and come back and faced the (old) ...


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Downhill Racer [DVD]

Downhill Racer [DVD]

Downhill Racer could have only been made by a major studio in the 1960s, a period of significant recession in which European cinema was taking the world by storm, audiences were dominated by younger and more educated moviegoers, and the studios were finding themselves perpetu ... ...

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  • Keppinger delivers White Sox walk-off winner in 11th

    Sox walk off on Keppinger's single in 11th CHICAGO -- The first pitch from John Danks during Friday's 4-3 White Sox victory over the Marlins in 11 innings registered as an 88-mph fastball outside the zone to Adeiny Hechavarria before 20,393 at U.S. Cellular Field. Danks' last pitch stood as an 82-mph changeup laced into left for a double by Marcell Ozuna leading off the ...

  • Antibiotics in livestock raising concerns up the food chain

    Sam Spitz's family began raising chickens after he contracted an antibiotic-resistant strain of campylobacter seven years ago. Spitz, now 22, blames the infection on eating a chicken Caesar salad. "I watched myself and my baseball career wither away. … I thought antibiotics were supposed to work. But they didn’t and that was ...

  • Another concern Drug residues in meat

    Although much of the alarm over the use of antibiotics on livestock focuses on its contribution to bacterial resistance, the presence of drug residues and other chemicals in U.S. meat is also causing concern.Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued 78 warning letters (up from nine in 2002) to livestock producers or brokers whose meat samples bore traces of illegal drugs or of ...

  • What would our war dead think of the freedom for which they died

    This weekend's Memorial Day proclamation from President Barack Obama was like so many other gracious sentiments commemorating America's war dead.And like all the others, whether delivered by a president or by some junior councilman from the smallest burg, it mentioned the magic ...

  • Every day is Memorial Day for vet who lost comrades in copter crash

    Anthony Simone plays with his daughter, Avery, held by his wife, Andrea, at their home in Joliet this month. Simone is a former Air Force rescue pilot who was seriously injured in a 2010 helicopter crash while on a mission in Afghanistan. A fellow airman also survived. Five others aboard ...

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