Often children are sensitive to fairness. Observe and listen when children interact and are not aware of others who have a presence and change the course of conversation. Among the repetitive refrains may be, “It isn’t fair.” Children may be taught to be fair, to maintain a sense of playing...
The Chicago White Sox changes into wait until next year, following their ouster from the Major League Baseball playoffs Tuesday, three games to one, by talented Houston. The Sox have built a solid group and if they stay together will advance beyond the first round. Every team in the playoffs...
Life throws us curves and we must adjust. Likely dreams, aspirations, and accomplishments become the focus of conversation when the information is received and shared on the death of a family member, friend, and/or acquaintance. That is why each day is important. Each day is a new opportunity to do...
Championship drives and rivalry games constitute a strong essence of sports. They always have been both barometers and goals. • Championship drive today includes the Chicago White Sox who will begin their best-of-five series drive Thursday, Oct. 7 against Houston. It has been a nice season under Hall of Fame...
Activities and events continue to return and grow in number with a sense of optimism since the widespread use of vaccines and because of the use of vaccines. The use of masks has helped. At the same time we do not want to rush where there are problems with the...
Sports is a wide-ranging world! From the spectacle events in every sport, Super Bowl, Kentucky Derby, Final Four, Wimbledon, World Series, Olympic Games, and many more supreme and attention-magnetic attractions, we can revel in the mundane, every-day, events both as participant and spectator. It is the upset, unusual, excellence, and...
There is latitude in this column space reserved for this writer. Politics, history, sociology, observations, exclamations, all may appear in this assigned space. There are weeks, however, in which important notes and points are most relevant, in part, because we receive many wonderful articles, press releases, and sources of information....
The list of undefeated high school football teams dwindles each week. Following the games September 24-25, the list will be reduced by at least one, because Glenbard North will play at Batavia at 7:30 p.m. Friday and each team enters undefeated with a 4-0 record. Nearly every game this season...
Celebrations, remembrances, fiestas, annual events. There are a variety of ways we in the United States hold observances in both jubilation and in somber tones. Understanding, respect, significance, are part of our heritage, past, present, and in a changing society. The most recent example, of course is the 20-year anniversary...
Major League Baseball’s season will end soon for the teams which will not make the playoffs. Although the playoffs will consume nearly all of October for at least two teams, because they are in he World Series, there is no better time for a few comments on the game today.
It is a busy world we live in these days for a variety of reasons. We can choose to be active and participate in many activities in our communities such as government, entertainment, religious, or other choices. We can choose not to be involved, perhaps function vicariously. We operate in...
Expectations and variations are a part of the sports world. There is no denying they constitute preparations, games, and results. As soon as we thought losing streaks, which twice reached 11 games in a row for the flailing Chicago Cubs, would occur again the for the reconstituted players, the downtrodden,...
It may be easy pickings for some commentators, or partisans, to extricate significant meaning of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan this week following a nearly 20-year occupation. The war truly lasted only a few weeks, after the attack on the World Trade Center September 11, 2001. The occupation was with...
The Chicago Bears and the remainder of the National Football League (NFL) will begin the regular season the second weekend in September. The Bears will open in Los Angles against the Rams as a part of the Sunday Night Football special on NBC television. There is little to gauge the...
Murals take center stage. Artists with dedication, persistence, and talent, will return to the Alley Art Fest in downtown Aurora Saturday, Aug. 28. The 11th year of the festival, promoted by Aurora Downtown, led by Marissa Amoni, will be front and center from noon to 5 p.m. and a feature...
In our seasons of change: • In the rearview mirror are our hopes for the 2021 Chicago Cubs’ success. Hold our ears: We must wait until next year. • Meanwhile, in spite of a comfortable lead, it is time for the Chicago White Sox to start playing better than .500...
Life is filled with uncertainties. Often it just makes the daily focus interesting. If we had the ability to walk on water each day, the routine could become stale. We learn variation, through success, failure, and everything in between. The parameters of what goals we place for achievement and for...
Change in sports is evident more than some of us may think. Change will be evident with the start of high school, college, and professional, football in the near future. August 27 will be week one of high school football, which was hampered by no games in Fall 2020 because...
Joy! In a hectic, contentious, divisive, world, we should pause momentarily and think joy! Joy is good for the soul. Joy soothes the soul. Joy is good for the mind, body, and soul. What the world needs now is joy. That is the world needs love, peace, positivity, joy. Always...
The Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan recently completed provided special viewing on many levels: Pageantry, competition, world cohesion, fun and games, drama, unexpected excellence, he joy of sports, and always a bit of controversy. Next in view will be the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, China in February...
