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Live from Ft. Myers, FL, it’s baseball season!
Sam Geati is a snow bird who spent part of the winter in Ft. Myers, FL. Here’s his report on the opening day for the Boston Red Sox. It’s late February in Ft. Myers, and I’m at JetBlue Park for the...
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Making a racket
SUN CITY – Spring is slowly but surely making its way back into our lives. With spring comes the lobs, serves, and volleys of tennis, and no one anticipates tennis season like the Tall Oaks Tennis...
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Major League Life
SUN CITY – In Major League Baseball lore, legendary slugger Ted Williams was famous for not giving visitors to the Boston Red Sox clubhouse the time of day, even after he retired as a player. He rarely...
View Article2013 in full swing for Sun City Softball leagues
SUN CITY – When the Sun City Softball League opened its 2013 season last month, it did so with an unusual mission – to actually hold its post-season tournaments. Rainy weather forced the cancellation...
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Punishing path to Cup makes Hawks’ win all the sweeter
Seventeen seconds of hockey lightning, and Chicago has another sports championship. But this return of Lord Stanley’s Cup to the Windy City area is special, don’t you think? With all due respect to...
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Audible in life plan led to career as coach
SUN CITY – In athletics, if you can’t play the game, coach it and help prepare future athletes. Teach physical education and pass on the merits of exercise and fitness. This is the philosophy that...
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Swinging with the softball stars
SUN CITY – A spirited comeback effort by the National League all-stars was unfortunately not enough, and the American League team took the 2013 Sun City Senior Softball All-Star Game. The National...
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Second-year coach wants to bring winning culture to HHS football
HUNTLEY – In 2011, football coach John Hart had it all. He was sitting on top of the Indiana high school football world as head man at Warren Central High School in the Indianapolis area, with one...
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Major League Baseball’s first batter finally home in Cooperstown
Great-grandfather of Sun City resident inducted into baseball hall of fame He was a fearless, aggressive catcher who caught bare handed. He compiled a .312 lifetime batting average in the original...
View ArticleAce, 10, king, queen…wait a minute
Pinochle Club stacks deck for annual tournament SUN CITY – Imagine this scenario: you’re a bridge, canasta, triple play, or cribbage player, and you’re kibitzing at another game. You see someone lead a...
View ArticleA stellar fall season for many HHS teams, athletes
HUNTLEY – When most high schools measure their sports seasons, they ask: how competitive were our teams and individuals? And how many winning seasons did we have? At Huntley High School this fall, the...
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Grandparents of NFL QB prospect enjoy being part of the ride
Jimmy Garoppolo is a very, very fast learner. His mother wouldn’t let him play football until he was almost 12 years old. In his sophomore year in high school, at age 15, he started working out at...
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Helberg family follows track of success
Most high school coaches spend decades, or entire careers, building successful teams and athletes. If they are exceptionally skilled and lucky enough to work with highly talented athletes, they might...
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Swinging into spring
Hardy golfers headed to Whisper Creek soon after winter thaw SUN CITY – Tee boxes are all painted bright and shiny, fairways and greens have been inspected and raked, debris has been cleared out, and...
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Wishing Wrigley well on its 100th birthday
As a nearly 50-year Cubs fan (a lifetime mission, I call it), I can’t let the 100th anniversary of Wrigley Field happen without some commentary. Wrigley was born on April 23, 1914 – exactly 98 years...
View ArticleWishing Wrigley well on its 100th birthday
As a nearly 50-year Cubs fan (a lifetime mission, I call it), I can’t let the 100th anniversary of Wrigley Field happen without some commentary. Wrigley was born on April 23, 1914 – exactly 98 years...
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Eakin field to sport new amenities for 2014 softball season
SUN CITY – Each season of Sun City softball opens with a bang and a lot of new athletic news. For the 2014 season, which opened on May 3, Sun City Softball Club President Glenn Groebli answered the...
View ArticleDreams do come true
You’ve heard of one dream coming true sometimes, but two, in the same moment? It happened to Jimmy Garoppolo on May 9, courtesy of the 2014 National Football League college draft. Just after 8:30 p.m....
View ArticleEverything’s bigger with Tex
Quick now, hockey fans, what do George Lewis Rickard, Madison Square Garden, and the New York Rangers ice hockey team have in common? I was looking for a current sports column idea recently, and I came...
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Summer Athletic Competition
This summer, the Stingray Swim Club has become intent on enjoying various outdoor water venues. For some of the club’s aquatic competitive members, summer has meant the start of the Senior Games...
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