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Little League Baseball offers fresh perspective

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Notes in the whirl of sports: •The fresh tonic that is Little League baseball with the enthusiasm of 12-year-olds will draw to a conclusion in the up-coming weekend and the television coverage has provided several thoughts. The young boys play hard and are not bothered by the television cameras. Their...

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Olympic spirit serves as our example

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The Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France for two weeks and four days, concluded Sunday, Aug. 11, and was an enormous success. There are comments in sports on page 9. Here is a bit of history, understanding, and reasons to hold the Modern Day Olympic Games. These modern games were...

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Mexiquense Jr captures Cup championship

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A dozen soccer teams comprising 108 players from the Aurora area converged on Montgomery Saturday, Aug. 10, for the inaugural 7 on 7 Fox Valley Christian Cup soccer tourney. St. Luke’s Lutheran Church was host to the day-long competition on the Church grounds. Iglesia San Pablo, an Aurora church, was...

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Northern Illinois seeks repeat of football success

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By Woodrow Carroll Last season was a good one for the Northern Illinois University football program. It finish strong and fans likely will remember the team fondly. Ten games into the 2023 schedule, Northern Illinois was 4-6 and struggling after opening the campaign with a big road victory at Boston...

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JD Beach proves his worth

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By Steve Groth The run July 28 in Peoria proved to be another great day of flat track bike racing. It was spectacular to see JD Beach step in for the injured Dallas Daniels after a year off from flat track racing, in the tourist track racing. Beach took second...

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Successful Olympics; 50-year IHSA milestones

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Preparation for high school Fall sports, comments on the recently-concluded and successful Olympic Games, the start of the Chicago Bears preseason with two victories in two games, revival of thoughts on the two Major League Baseball teams in Chicago, and the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) 50th anniversary of both...

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Denmark kayak practices for Olympic Games in Florida

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By Steve Groth While in Florida last Winter, I met athletes from Denmark who were part of the Danish national canoe team. They came to Satellite Beach, Fla., for eight weeks, February through March to prepare for the Summer Olympic Games. I met Rasmus Knudsen, one of the athletes, at...

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US Open tennis Women’s singles champions

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2023 Coco Gauff2022 Iga Swiatek2021 Emma Raducanu2020 Naomi Osaka2019 Bianca Andreescu2018 Naomi Osaka2017 Sloane Stephens2016 Angelique Kerber2015 Flavia Pennetta2014 Serena Williams2013 Serena Williams2012 Serena Williams2011 Samantha Stosur2010 Kim Clijsters2009 Kim Clijsters2008 Serena Williams2007 Justine Henin2006 Maria Sharapova2005 Kim Clijsters2004 Svetlana Kuznetsova2003 Justine Henin2002 Serena Williams2001 Venus Williams2000 Venus Williams1999 Serena...

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Humble White Sox precede the football season

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Winning streaks and losing streaks are a part of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Chicago White Sox lost to Oakland, 5-1, Monday, Aug. 5 to tie the American League consecutive losses record at 21, set by the Baltimore Orioles in 1988 to start the season. The Major League Baseball record...

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Kyle Larson wins Brickyard 400 in two overtimes

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By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series, The Brickyard 400, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Ind., Sunday, July 21. The first stage was won by Denny Hamlin ahead of Kyle Larson. But Kyle Larson, through two overtime restarts, pulled off an exciting win at the very end! In second was Tyler Reddick,...

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Lakers, Grizzlies, Jazz, names out of place

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By Woodrow Carroll A look at the names of many of the sports teams around the country, there can be wonder how the names, or more rightly the nicknames applied to the teams originated. For starters, the NBA (National Basketball Association) has three teams with names that seem a bit...

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Modern Summer Olympic Sites

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Athens, Greece, 1896Paris, France, 1900St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A., 1904London, United Kingdom, 1908Stockholm, Sweden, 1912Berlin, Germany, 1916 (canceled)Antwerp, Belgium, 1920Chamonix, France, 1924Paris, France, 1924St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1928Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1928Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.A., 1932Berlin, Germany, 1936Cancelled due to WWII, 1940, 1944London, United Kingdom, 1948Helsinki, Finland, 1952Melbourne, Australia, 1956Rome, Italy, 1960Tokyo, Japan, 1964Mexico...

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US Open tennis Men’s singles champions

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2023 Novak Djokovic2022 Carlos Alcaraz2021 Daniil Medvedev2020 Dominic Thiem2019 Rafael Nadal2018 Novak Djokovic2017 Rafael Nadal2016 Stan Wawrinka2015 Novak Djokovic2014 Marin Čilić2013 Rafael Nadal2012 Andy Murray2011 Novak Djokovic2010 Rafael Nadal2009 Juan Martín del Potro2008 Roger Federer2007 Roger Federer2006 Roger Federer2005 Roger Federer2004 Roger Federer2003 Andy Roddick2002 Pete Sampras2001 Lleyton Hewitt2000 Marat...

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Bears begin the journey; HOF salute special; West Aurora’s Carlini in Olympic Games

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The Chicago sports world continues to sink into the abyss. It is in a thud, Thank goodness for both the captivating Summer Olympic Games on now in Paris through August 11 and the start of the Chicago Bears’ preseason football games to blunt the nasty sting of both the Chicago...

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