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Chicago boy battling leukemia becomes honorary CPD baseball team member, granted Disney World trip
The Chicago Police Department Knights baseball team partnered with Make-A-Wish Illinois Saturday to celebrate 10-year-old Jonathan Alejandres, who underwent a successful bone marrow transplant.
Louisville boy comes in second place in national free throw competition
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A local kid achieved runner-up status in a national Free Throw competition. David Bowling, 10, of Louisville, made it to the finals of the 51st National Hoop Shoot free throw shooting contest at Chicago's Wintrust Arena after hitting 9 out of 10 free throws. Seventy-two...
Retired Blackhawks Star Patrick Sharp Sells Lincoln Park Condo in Off-Market Deal
Former Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Sharp has closed the deal on his Lincoln Park condominium for $715,000 in a quiet, off-market transaction, as reported by the Chicago Tribune. The 42-year-old retired left wing and his wife, Abby, sold the property to its current tenant on April 1. The Canadian-born Sharp, renowned for his role in securing three Stanley Cup titles with the Blackhawks, bought the condo in 2007 for $645,000 and had been renting it out for some time before the sale.
The Week in Review: At Hawthorne, They Try Harder
A casino is supposed to be on the way, but in the meantime these are tough times for racing in Chicago and its only remaining racetrack, Hawthorne. They still don't have any outside revenue from a casino, their purses are meager and their simulcast signal gets lost on days like Saturday, when they went up against the likes of Aqueduct, Gulfstream, Keeneland, Oaklawn and Santa Anita. The handle Saturday was $1,019,178. It should have been three times that.
Patriot Spirit Flags Field In IL Derby
Patriot Spirit. (Four Footed Fotos/Doug Clark) STICKNEY, Ill. – After a seven-year hiatus, the Illinois Derby, presented by 1/ST BET returned on Sunday to Hawthorne Race Course. Carrying a purse of $200,000, the 1 1/8 miles event was contested over a fast main track on a sunny Sunday afternoon. After the morning scratch of Ravin’s Town, an evenly matched field of five contested the Derby. With the return of the Illinois Derby, and as an official prep for the Preakness Stakes, should the winner choose to run in this year’s Preakness, Hawthorne Race Course will reimburse the owner the $20,000 entry fee for the Preakness.
Blue Demons’ bats struggle in one-hit loss to Wildcats
DePaul suffered a one-sided 7-0 loss in the opening game of a three-game series against Villanova, with the team’s offense only mustering one hit, while defensive lapses led to the Wildcats scoring seven runs on nine hits. “It’s obviously disappointing losing a game seven to zero and getting only...
ETHS boys track: Kleinschmit, Harvey race under state cuts
Beating the Illinois High School Association state qualifying standards in the third week of April is no guarantee of success at the state track finals at the end of May. But it’s definitely something for Jack Kleinschmit and Jordan Harvey to build on. The two Evanston standouts both turned...
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