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  • Mounting losses gnawing at Soriano

    Email PITTSBURGH -- If Cubs fans think it's tough to deal with the team's losses, it's even harder on the players. On Thursday, Alfonso Soriano was still bothered by Tuesday's 5-4 loss to the Pirates. "You think we're going to win that game 3-0, and in five minutes, [we're down] 5-3," Soriano said Thursday. "I went to sleep at like 6 o'clock in ...

  • Cubs starters solid but offense cant get key hits

    Email PITTSBURGH -- The Cubs are wasting good starting pitching and manager Dale Sveum said he may abandon his lineup platoon against left-handed starters to try and shake things up. Entering Thursday's game, Chicago starters had posted 28 quality starts in 45 games this season and had a 1.98 ERA in those games, yet those pitchers had won only 11 of those contests. The team has won 16. ...

  • Cubs struggling against left-handed pitchers

    Email PITTSBURGH -- Entering Thursday, the Cubs had a .232 batting average against left-handed pitchers, and they are 4-10 when a southpaw starts against them. They can watch video, but there is only one left-handed batting practice option in bullpen coach Lester Strode. Manager Dale Sveum says most hitters don't like to face a lefty in batting practice. "Hitters like to feel good in ...

  • Euro Tour CEO Refers to Sergio Garcia’s Friends As ‘Colored’

    Sergio Garcia and George O’Grady, Chief Executive of the European Tour, shake hands after a meeting Wednesday. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty ...

  • Student Pulled Over And Robbed By Phony Police Officer

    DES PLAINES, Ill. (STMW) – A 17-year-old high school student was handcuffed and had money stolen from her car by a man pretending to be a police officer Monday, Pioneer Press is reporting. Des Plaines Deputy Police Chief Nick Treantafeles said a man driving an unmarked white Ford Crown Victoria with interior flashing red and blue lights pulled the student over near Ballard and Bender ...


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Movie Review

Midnight Cowboy

Midnight Cowboy

"Midnight Cowboy" is many things: an astute character study, a buddy picture, a human comedy, a stark drama, and an honest and straightforward depiction of the seedy world of male prostitution in New York. What is most amazing about the film is its refusal to age. It won the Best Picture Oscar in 1969, but viewing it twenty-five years later seems to have done nothing to undermine its impact. It is ... ...

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  • Silverman Urlacher’s Career Should Be Defined By Brilliant Start Not Halting Finish

    Prior to the 2000 NFL draft, the Bears and the rest of the NFL were enamored with Urlacher's speed, but the question of where to deploy him probably kept him from getting drafted in one of the top five spots. The NFL had been a game of specialization for a long time by then, and nobody knew where Urlacher was going to play. His athleticism seemed to make him a fit for the outside ...

  • Batavia tightening tree dispute procedures

    The city of Batavia can still go on private property to trim or remove trees that present an imminent danger, but the city will leave it to neighbors to remedy problem trees in most ...

  • Rescued Lombard ducklings survive four-day sewer saga

    Two ducklings rescued after a four-day ordeal in a Lombard storm sewer find a dry towel in Ginger Frey's home before heading to Willowbrook Wildlife Center in Glen Ellyn for rehabilitation. The Lombard Fire Department will receive PETA's Compassionate Fire Department Award for efforts to rescue the ...

  • VIDEO LeBron Saves Heat at Buzzer of Game 1

    MIAMI (AP) - LeBron James caught the inbounds pass, changed direction and immediately attacked the rim. There was no one in his way. There was no stopping him, either. James made a layup as time expired in overtime, capping a 30-point, 10-rebound, 10-assist effort as the Miami Heat found a way to outlast the Indiana Pacers 103-102 in a wildly back-and-forth Game 1 of the Eastern Conference ...

  • After 4-Year Absence Neal Cotts Returns To Baseball

    That’s when the former World Series Champion with the White Sox made an incredible return with the Texas Rangers, throwing a scoreless inning against the Oakland Athletics. Wednesday night, Cotts took the mound again and struck out four in two innings. But the three innings he threw in the last two days doesn’t even match the amount of surgeries he has had since 2009: one Tommy John ...

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