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Features
Critics Say Chicago Shouldn’t Aid DePaul Arena With Schools Closing (6/13)
Standing Up to Bully and Closing In on the Cup (6/13)
If It’s June, the Blackhawks’ Hossa Must Be in the Stanley Cup Finals (6/13)
How the National Anthem Turned Into a Blackhawks Rallying Cry (6/13)
A Spurt in Kane’s Season of Growth (6/13)
A Student of Indy History, Hoping to Make Some (5/13)
Hometown Driver Now a Local Hero (5/13)
Tangling in Shadow of Wrigley’s Ivy Walls (5/13)
A Blackhawk Hushes Doubters and Goal Horns (5/13)
Stubbornness Behind Pitcher’s Career Path (4/13)
Red Wings-Blackhawks Rivalry Will Be Readjusted by Realignment (4/13)
College Games on Television? That Might Work (4/13)
As Chicago’s Wait for Rose Continues, Weight Grows Heavier (3/13)
In Havana, Remembering a Minor League Championship (3/13)
High Hopes for Cuban Baseball, but Challenges Ahead (3/13)
In Chicago, Especially, Jordan Still Reigns Supreme (2/13)
Blackhawks’ Road Feat Has Home Fans Roaring (2/13)
On Ice at Soldier Field, ‘It’s Like You’re a Kid Again’ (2/13)
Security Shares Spotlight at High School Game (1/13)
Studying X’s, O’s and the Torah (1/13)
Noah Matches His Game to His Bravado (1/13)
For Evan Dietrich Smith and Packers a Second Chance is Payoff Off (1/13)
Pat Fitzgerald and Northwestern Hope to End Bowl Losing Streak (1/13)
Once a Shoo In, Bears Need a Victory and Help to Make Playoffs (12/12)
How Upstart Played Its Way Into B.C.S. Club (12/12)
Advertisement Makes Fans’ Dreams a Reality (12/12)
Bears Are Scoring at Will, and That's Just the Defense (11/12)
Flash of Reds' Phillips Loses Spotlight Again (10/12)
Soriano's Renaissance Gives Cubs a Quandary (9/12)
In A.L. Central Race, It's Old School vs. Older School (9/12)
One Pitch to the Head Provides Lingering Blow (9/12)
Tuning Out Taunts but Not Escaping Doubts, Braun's Back in Top Form (9/12)
Compared with Cubs, White Sox Can't Win for Winning (8/12)
Into the Laboratory for the Secrets of Spin (8/12)
Friendship as Priceless as the National Pastime (A1 story, 8/12)
Cutler-Marshall Reunion Gives Bears' Offense a Lift (8/12)
In Rizzo, Cubs Hope They Have a Player to Build Around (6/12)
Cubs, Under Epstein, Recalling Red Sox of September (6/12)
With Every Homer, Dunn's Nightmarish 2011 Fades Into Past (5/12)
Blackhawks Star Sidelined by Concussion Hopes to Return for Playoffs (4/12)
Playing in Israel, Biding His Time
(3/12)
Like Son, Like Father: Kyle and Ken Williams Face the Critics (1/12)
The Prayerful Young Man Can Also Nail a Jumper (12/11)
Rebuilding the Cubs, Wrigley Included (11/11)
In Jordan Zimmermann, Nationals See Present and Future Success (7/11)
Chicago’s Baseball Rivalry Rivals New York’s (6/11)
On Road to Majors, Hagerstown is Harper’s Latest Stop (4/11)*

News

Catching Grief and Little Else, Goalie Moves On (6/13)
Shaw Scores Unconventional Winner for Blackhawks (6/13)
Kane Finishes Hat Trick, and Kings, in a Thriller (6/13)
Peppering Net With Shots, Blackhawks Slip Two Into It (6/13)
Chicago Caps Series Comeback With Overtime Goal (5/13)
What Preferential Treatment? James Fouls Out (5/13)
Pacers' Defense Looks to Reassert Itself in Game 4 (5/13)
Kanaan Darts to Long-Sought Win at Indianapolis 500 (5/13)
Heat Take Control From the Start (5/13)
James Rises From Floor to Power the Heat to Victory (5/13)
Small in Stature Only, Robinson Scores 23 in the Fourth to Ignite the Bulls (4/13)
Blackhawks’ Hot Start Stretches Into a Record Streak (2/13)
Nets Rally Past Bucks and Close in on Division Lead (2/13)
Struggling Nets Get Big Win Without Williams (2/13)
Cubs Hint at Paying for Renovations (1/13)
Packers Focus on Making One Man Look Mortal (1/13)
Known for Faith as Well as His Play, a Top Recruit Picks Duke, Not B.Y.U. (12/12)
Seahawks’ Wilson Shows He Belongs Near Head of Rookie Class (12/12)
For Jets, Dose of Schottenheimer Cures Some Problems (11/12)
Reviewing Marlins Deal, Selig Expresses Caution (11/12)
Texans Left Standing in Showdown of Defenses (11/12)
Tigers Enter Idle Stretch With Sense of Urgency (10/12)
After Break Failed Them Once, Tigers Do Not Rest (10/12)
Giants Stay in Cincinnati and Wait for Which Way to Fly (10/12)
After Unlikely Comeback, Giants Advance to N.L.C.S. (10/12)
Giants' Zito Hopes to Reach Back to Oakland Days (10/12)
Fast Start and Lincecum Propel Giants (10/12)
On a Night for Pitchers, a Fielder's Miscue Helps Keep the Giants Alive (10/12)
Bay Area Teams Rose Together, and Now Could Be Ousted Together (10/12)
Ethiopians Sweep Chicago Marathon (10/12)
Rays Roll On, But Their Time Is Running Short (9/12)
For Rays and White Sox, One More Revresal in Upside-Down Year (9/12)
Bradley Shines at Wrigley Field in Roma Debut (7/12)
Guillen Makes Return to a City He Loves but Had to Leave (7/12)
N.H.L. Players Join Forces Before Labor Talks Begin (6/12)
Epstein's New Team Beats His Old One (6/12)
College Postseason Will Change; the Question is How (6/12)
Cubs' Wood Ends Career with a Strikeout and Hug (5/12)
Short-handed Bulls Rely on Defense to Stay Alive (5/12)
Playing Without Rose, Bulls Lose to 76ers (5/12)
Bulls Stay Positive After Losing Rose
(4/12)
Hit on Hossa Draws Suspension and Adds to Safety Concerns (4/12)
Expanded Playoffs Coming to a Park Near You
(1/12)
With One Drought Continuing, Northwestern Looks to End Another (1/12)
Fenway and Wrigley Find Two Sides to Landmark Status (12/11)
Yankees' Granderson Has Rebels Jersey Retired (12/11)
Is the Six-Man Rotation Here to Stay? (7/11)
At R.F.K., Fans Are High on Win but Not on Future (6/11)*
Dunn Struggling to Fill a Void for the White Sox (6/11)
Five Cities Aspire to Be First to Twin Titles (4/11)

Reporting
Concern Raised Over Painkiller's Use in Sports
(A1 story, 4/12)**
Guilty Until Proved Innocent
(1/12)**
Living in Fear of the N.C.A.A. (1/12)**

*Article and Photo Credit
**Reporting Credit

The Big Hurt Still Hurts (1/27)
An Artistic Rendering of a Cubs Fan’s Wet Dream (1/18)
Jahlil Okafor: Chicago’s Next, Best Basketball Player In The Country (12/20)*
Being A Butkus: Mount Carmel's QB Carries The Torch (11/12)
The Audacity of a White Sox Fan: Why Chicago Sports Matter to President Obama (11/12)
Dispatch From Bulls Media Day (10/12)
Jennie Finch: Still Queen of the Diamond (8/12)
Can Baseball Thrive on the South Side? (7/12)*
The Uncanny Helmsman Sails Again (7/12)*
Body Rocking: The Dream of Olympic Gymnastics (6/12)
The Shotmaker: Photographer, Racquetballer, Chicagoan Art Shay (6/12)*
Bryan LaHair's Major League Odyssey (5/12)
The Fastest Man in Chicago (5/12)
Excessive Commemoration at U.S. Cellular (4/12)*
Michael Jordan Is a Jerk
(1/12)

Moneyball over Wrigley Renovations (7/12)
Mixed Messages on Illinois Corruption (6/12)
The Happy Ex-Hooker (7/09)
Do We Spot a Trend? (8/09)
Burris's People (5/09)
Testing...Testing (4/09)
Potty-Mouth Patti (3/09)

What's Green Bay Really Thinking? (1/12)*

Tax Day: Illinois' Most Notorious Tax Cheating Politicians (4/09)

Illinois Schools on Uneven Field (12/08)*
A Stunning Victory. Now What? (11/08)

 

Other Selected Clips

 

Obama Family Makes Rare Trip Home to Chicago (Associated Press, 6/12)
Lost in the Desert (Cafe Abroad, 5/07)*
Still Jonesing
(Chicago Sports Review, 8/07)
Beauty and a Bus
(Chitown Daily News, 7/07)*
Boys Swim Team Enjoying Renaissance at Proviso East (Chicago Tribune, 7/09)

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