The great divide multiplies
Almost 40 years later, they still remember. David Stephenson was 9 and his brother Mike was 8 when their father took them from their home in Calumet City to Van's...
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Baseball behind count in drug fight
About the time Debbie Clemens' husband was throwing her under the bus before God and everyone last week, Stacey Beck wrenched herself away from the TV. It wasn't hard. Baseball...
Blessed be
He is the Miracle Man. It's how he is introduced, and it's how Kevin Everett is defined, now and probably forever. See Kevin walk. It is a stirring sight, across...
Life lived to fullest
When I met Terry Armour in December 1981, we were copy clerks in the Tribune newsroom, and I never would have dreamed this wacky guy from the South Side would...
Tragedy intruded way too often
My favorite story It is hard to term any story a "favorite" when it is so steeped in tragedy. And I went with a heavy heart and conscience to cover...
Winning atmosphere can work wonders
Someone asked me recently if I were newly hired team President John McDonough, how would I get more fans to go to Blackhawks games? Having majored in journalism and not...
Sampras returns … but just for fun
Astute readers of the sports section and watchers of "SportsCenter" may have caught it. And of those who did, some may even have taken it seriously. Pete Sampras, 36, who...
Changing on the fly
Not until his last hospital stay, three weeks before his death, did it seem to dawn on Bill Wirtz. He looked out the window of his room, saw a blue...
Urlacher now
As a Bears rookie, Brian Urlacher distrusted the media almost immediately. Convinced that the heavy attention he received from reporters was another way of saying the only thing holding him...
A wife, mother, ref, judge
Systematically, the referees go through their routine prefight inspection: Gloves. Check. Headgear. Check. Cup. You wonder how Sylvie Akamba is going to manage this. The answer, she says with an...