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Helmet-to-Helmet: NFL draft preview

Jason Asvestopoulos April 24, 2024
This week's edition of Helmet-to-Helmet covers the upcoming NFL Draft and gives a ten-pick mock draft, including a trade and four quarterbacks.
deep dish pizza

One Chicagoan’s perspective: Jon Stewart pizza rant

Thalia Lauzon October 3, 2021
Chicago and New York styles should unite against Detroit-style pizza.
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Canceled: The lack of promise in ‘Promising Young Woman’

Bini Ollivier-Yamin April 12, 2021
We must build a justice system that cares for sexual assault survivors, rather than rely on police.
Boston police officers at Boston Common

New report finds Boston Police Department lags in reform

Anna Stjernquist March 1, 2021
The report found department spending on oversight and community engagement decreased while spending on traditional policing initiatives — those focused on investigation and arrest — increased.
Legal experts say they do not think President Donald Trump’s election fraud-related lawsuits are likely to change the result of the election. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Legal experts say Trump’s lawsuits unlikely to change results

Madison Mercado November 10, 2020
Trump has filed lawsuits challenging the validity of mail-in ballots in battleground states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, some of which have been dismissed by judges.
Living in Fantasy: Good JuJu for Steelers — not so much for Packers, Williams

Living in Fantasy: Good JuJu for Steelers — not so much for Packers, Williams

Tyler Oringer November 15, 2017

Steal for the Steelers In an article I wrote a few weeks back, I mentioned that JuJu Smith-Schuster, the 20-year old out of the University of South California was a good deep sleeper play and likely...

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EDITORIAL: 84 Lumber got their message across

Editors February 7, 2017

When families, friends and sports fans plopped down onto their couches Sunday afternoon, remote in their hands and wings on their plates, they prepared for a day devoted to one of the most patriotic things...

EDITORIAL: Ben Carson's questioning President Obama's blackness is ignorant, desperate

EDITORIAL: Ben Carson’s questioning President Obama’s blackness is ignorant, desperate

Editors February 24, 2016

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson questioned President Barack Obama’s right to empathize with the American black experience Tuesday on Politico’s “Off Message” podcast. Carson told host...

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REYNOLDS: Spring Break: Detroit Edition

Rebecca Reynolds March 18, 2015

We arrived in Detroit at 11 p.m. on the night of March 7 after an 18-hour drive with a few road bumps. There were 11 of us, mostly strangers at the beginning of the trip. Detroit is home to over 40,000...

EDIT: Not all students

EDIT: Not all students

Editors October 17, 2014

A high school student is suing her school district over an F. The failing grade came after the student’s chemistry teacher found notes accessible to the student during the exam. But when it comes to...

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