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Home » News & Politics » Mudville

Category: Mudville

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Surfing Sandy

by Kevin Warwick November 14, 2012August 19, 2021

Lake Michigan’s turbulent waters offer die-hard surfers a prime opportunity to shred some waves

Workhorse goaltender Corey Crawford and backup Ray Emery have propelled the Blackhawks into the playoffs.
Posted inNews & Politics

Blackhawks goalie tandem a key to their success

by Ted Cox April 17, 2012August 19, 2021

The Blackhawks hope to ride their goalie tandem to Stanley Cup success

DePaul senior guard Deanna Ortiz
Posted inNews & Politics

Even winners go out losers

by Steve Bogira March 21, 2012August 19, 2021

Hobbled by injuries, the Blue Demons overachieved as long as they could

Posted inNews & Politics

Fantasy hell

by Kevin Warwick March 7, 2012August 19, 2021

As another baseball season approaches so does another fantasy draft and another headache

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Cheering for losers

by Mick Dumke February 9, 2012August 19, 2021

I only cheer for losers

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Season 2 A.D. approaches for Sox

by Steve Bogira January 26, 2012August 19, 2021

It should be easy getting good Sox seats this year, even in the dugout

Posted inNews & Politics

Can your bike seat cause erectile dysfunction?

by Kevin Warwick January 5, 2012August 19, 2021

Can your bike seat cause erectile dysfunction?

Posted inNews & Politics

Blackhawks looking good, need to look uglier

by Ted Cox December 15, 2011August 19, 2021

The Blackhawks have the flashy scorers, but do they have the gritty defenders?

Posted inNews & Politics

NCAA Tourney 73, Northwestern 0

by Mick Dumke December 8, 2011August 19, 2021

Is this the year the Wildcats finally make the Big Dance?

Posted inNews & Politics

Taking fish in by hook or by crook

by Ted Cox November 3, 2011August 19, 2021

Snagging at the Lincoln Park lagoon

A building on the Erie Lackawanna Trail
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In search of the bike path to the Indiana Dunes

by Julia Thiel October 20, 2011August 19, 2021

Maybe they don’t believe in signs in Indiana

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Out of the arcade and into the bar: Skeeball grows up

by Kevin Warwick September 29, 2011August 19, 2021

Chicago gets its own competitive skeeball league

Steve Bogira and TW
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Through sand, rough, and rain, caddies shoulder on

by Steve Bogira September 22, 2011August 19, 2021

In the BMW Championship pro-am on Cog Hill’s Dubsdread, caddying for an amateur was anything but glamorous.

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Chasing drug lords, cheering for the Irish

by Mick Dumke September 8, 2011August 19, 2021

The DEA’s Jack Riley is as uncompromising on Notre Dame as he is on drugs.

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The doubledays of summer

by Ted Cox August 25, 2011August 19, 2021

Baseball fans double their “pleasure” with both Cubs and Sox in town

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