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OK, so the Roller Derby coverage hasn’t been as comprehensive as some enthusiasts might have hoped. It’s still better than a lot of other media outlets. Case in point: the videos that accompany today’s effort. Individuals featured are Kelley Young of the Kansas City Roller Warriors and Varla Vendetta of the Windy City Rollers. For […]
Fridays are a wonderful time to study figures. For the NFL fan, especially of the fantasy variety, it’s a good time for all that. For those who prefer figures of another type — such as contestants in the recent Midwest Fitness figure, fitness, bikini and bodybuilding show at Harper College in Palatine, Ill. — any […]
It’s not every day that a Playboy Playmate appears on “Sports & Torts.” Of course, part of the reason is that the show at
Health officials from the cities of the World Series participants and four Democratic senators have asked the players union to agree to ban chewing tobacco at games and on camera during the Fall Classic. Guess those legislators don’t receive campaign contributions from the tobacco lobby. “When players use smokeless tobacco, they endanger not only their […]
It would seem that PCW is in the spirit of the Halloween season with its next event. PCW’s “Grave Matters” is set for Saturday (Oct. 22) at the Don Preston Rec Center in Midlothian, Ill. Scheduled to appear is Mickie James. Offhand, it would seem that your humble correspondent might have to attend as well […]
Every once in a while, your humble correspondent stops by HiFi Fitness. One of these times it actually might be to work out. As if that’s going to happen. Well, it was just a fleeting thought. Anyway, a recent visit to the downtown Chicago facility provided a chance to see if any familiar faces and/or […]
The St. Louis Cardinals are going to be in the World Series. They eliminated the Milwaukee Brewers, who had won the National League Central title. The Chicago Bears defeated the Minnesota Vikings. Those are your sports highlights for Sunday night. For some of us, the weekend had more highlights, not the least of which occurred […]
It’s Week 6 of the NFL season. Leaves are falling (the wind will blow them away, so why bother raking them), Halloween is approaching (merely an excuse to purchase candy that you like and will devour — often before the trick-or-treaters come calling), and Jaime Edmondson once again is posting her picks for Sunday’s games […]
Danielle Moinet posted her first losing week of the season with her Week 5 NFL selections. Writing on
Sometimes some of us have to make sacrifices in the name of work. Such was the case Friday evening when it would have been quite simple to stay on the couch at home and watch Game 5 of the National League Championship Series between the visiting Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals. Instead of that, […]