Police are investigating a weekend stabbing in Boys Town. Witnesses videotaped a group of more than ten people beating a man, who was stabbed twice in the melee. (Tribune) Cicero’s town president Larry Dominick is accused of slurring Latinos, according to a new federal lawsuit. Cicero’s population is more than 70 percent Latino. (Sun-Times) The […]
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Morning Newsfeed: Hollywood Shakedown, a Debate on City Stickers, BP’s “Spillionaires,” and More
A Metra employee allegedly attempted to orchestrate a shakedown of workers of the new film Source Code. It didn’t work. (CBS2) Alderman Joe Moreno proposed yesterday that the city hike sticker fees for SUVs, Hummers, and other gas guzzlers. Hybrid vehicles would get a discount under the plan, which also hikes the standard fee from […]
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Former Major League Baseball Player Doug Glanville on The Interview Show
Doug Glanville talks baseball on the Interview Show.
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Steroids: Black Mark or Gray Area?
Baseball scribes would rather moralize about performance-enhancing drugs than make hard decisions about whether their use should keep players out of the Hall of Fame.
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Crack of the bat
Jason Giambi’s slump-breaking regimen puts the White Sox (and himself) to shame.
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More he-said/he-said
Jose Canseco is intent on linking Alex Rodriguez to steroids, despite A-Rod’s denial of ever using performance-enhancing drugs.
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Pat Sajak quips he’s used performing-enhancing drugs for Wheel of Fortune
Pat Sajak talks about baseball, steroids, and Chicago-style hot dogs during his recent trip to Chicago for Wheel of Fortune.
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Congress asks Justice Department to probe whether Clemens committed perjury
Here are the memos Henry Waxman sent to the Dept. of Justice and the Democratic members of his Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today about his recommendation that the DOJ further investigate Roger Clemens for perjury.
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More questions for Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee
Today’s congressional hearing on whether Brian McNamee injected Roger Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone only raised more questions.
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Greg Couch, Iago
Greg Couch’s cheap shot at Sox slugger Jim Thome, now at 500 homers.
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Bonds market turbulent on Web
The Web roils over new accusations about Barry Bonds’s cheating–by using his elbow guard.
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Talkin’ baseball–and, er, steroids–with Telander
Talking BALCO, steroids, and law with the Sun-Times’s Rick Telander