Sports statistics, standings, and results, are an integral part of the sports world. The Voice carries, on a rotating basis, much of the above to help our readers. Some sports readers pay little attention and others will find the information and be well served....
Special days in our world include Mother’s Day. Special persons make our lives better and add depth to each day. A special piece from Unity Sermon Passages is far-reaching and demonstrates the importance of special persons in our lives: “A man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers...
Short strokes in limited space prevails: The 162-games season in Major League Baseball is a marathon. Can the White Sox and Cubs recover, improve, and be competitive in September? The positive look: Sox are only 12 games under .500 and the Cubs just one game under .500. The urge to...
The world around us is an interesting place. We can pay as little attention, or as much attention, as we want. There is always something going on of interest. We can take sides, or, we can just watch with interest and think we can be merely a neutral observer. Nonetheless,...
Spring, May specifically, is an excellent time of the year for sports, high schools through the varied professional ranks. The least written the better for Chicago professional baseball teams, the especially the Chicago White Sox who are receiving a great deal of advice from many corners. How much the National...
Important events are parts of our lives more than we may realize. We may use replies such as, “Nothing is new,” when we are asked, “What’s new?” There are vital and important events in our lives whether we are direct participants, or, viewers from afar. We have a front row...
The Chicago Bears will have at least one selection in each of the first five rounds in the National Football League draft Thursday, April 27 through Saturday, April 29, and two picks each in rounds two, four, five, and seven. The Bears will select Nos. 53 and 61 in the...
Earth Day will be April 22....
Earth Day will be April 22. The first Earth Day in 1970 was started by a visionary, senator Gaylord Nelson (1916-2005), 53 years ago. The Wisconsin senator would be pleased with progress and stamina of Earth Day. That first Earth Day tens of thousands volunteers did their parts to begin...
Innovation in sports, except for the stubborn. hardcore, traditionalists, is welcome. Something new, often improvement, and, at the least experimentation, are involved. It happens often, every week, even every day. Major League Baseball (MLB) has changed rules on infielders’ positions, the time batters can stand out of the batters box,...
Politics is a necessary function of life. Messy, controversial, disputes arise, differences of opinions offer singed relationships. Nonetheless, politics exists. It remains a better method of settling differences, conducting government business, finding peace, than hostilities. Politics is everything from contests at the ballot box which we have undergone this week...
The playoffs are the goal at nearly every level The Chicago Bulls are on the cusp and through Monday this week has a mathematical chance to be in postseason play. There were three games remaining in the regular season following Tuesday’s game this week in Atlanta. The Bulls were just...
The Voice is a conduit to the communities we serve. We seek to reflect the ordinary and the extraordinary in our communities. In reality, there is limited space to include many important items for our readers to peruse and use. Drawing the line for inclusion is obvious at times and...
Postseason pulls in extra fans because of the conditions: Defeat sends home one of the two teams until the following year. Wait ‘til next year is the refrain seldom appreciated in the whirl of sports. • Last weekend the Chicago Steel of the The United States Hockey League became the...
Success stories abound, just as do failures, disappointments, and major concerns. The journalistic world touches many bases and there never is an opportunity to fully complete the report. Our job is to reflect some of the issues, report some of the main topics, and to offer assistance, if possible. We...
March Madness will pass directly from high school and college basketball right to Major League Baseball with regular-season openers Thursday, March 30. Although there will be two games remaining in each of the men’s and women’s National Collegiate Athletic Association semifinals followed by one each in the championship games, in...
Events, comments, perspectives, form important parts of every journalistic endeavor. That includes newspapers, paperless communications, print, or without print. The Voice invites comments from readers, commentaries from writers, and exchanges of ideas. Society is vast, and The Voice is part of the mosaic with our word in print and on...
March Madness! Generations, many years, expectations. All add up to what we call March Madness, first used as a term in Illinois high school basketball 85 years ago. The fruition of tournament triumph during culmination of basketball tournaments follows many aspects. Heartbreak, sudden joy or sudden deflation, culminate quickly. Benet...
We can care in our communities for community events in areas outside of our communities. It is not completely an unnatural situation. We can take a more broad approach. It could broaden our horizons. Time and circumstances may dictate our actions. • Chef Showdown for Loaves & Fishes Community Services...
High school Winter sports are on their way to conclusions with only boys basketball champions remaining to be decided in four classes by enrollment. Big Ten Conference, with 14 schools, determined wrestling champions last weekend in 10 weight classes. It is busy times for both participants who have worked hard...
