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Hockey shop praises Blackhawks’ success for bringing business back

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:03:45 -0500

The Chicago Blackhawks are on a historic run, and that success is helping businesses like Gunzo’s Sports Center rebound from a financially devastating lockout that shortened this 2012-13 season.

O’Malley, Lambert earn MVP honors at IHSLA All-Star Game

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:41:50 -0500

ORLAND PARK — The best of the best seniors met Thursday night at Sandburg to compete in the 2013 IHSLA All-Star Game. Putting numbers, stats and rivalries aside, it was all about connecting and reuniting with league rivals and teammates one last time. “It’s a great time, it’s great to meet all the guys in the league” said St. Viator’s Dan O’Malley, who led the Black Team to a 16-8 victory behind his hat trick to earn MVP honors. “We get to bond with each other during this time and this being the last game I’ll play (in high school) …

‘Dream weird,’ ‘Community’ star Danny Pudi tells Notre Dame grads

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:51:39 -0500

All Danny Pudi wanted to do at Notre Dame College Prep was make people laugh, because unlike “fitting in” and excelling in the conventional sense, he knew he could do it. Fortunately, he had Notre Dame’s staff and classmates behind him when he chose to embrace his “inner weird.”

Iconic Lincolnwood steakhouse Myron & Phil catches fire minutes after founder dies

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:11:13 -0500

Just 30 minutes after Myron & Phil’s 95-year-old founder Myron Freedman passed away early Wednesday morning in his sleep, a fire broke out at the legendary Lincolnwood steakhouse Freedman opened 43 years ago at 3900 W. Devon Ave.

Niles North High School teacher nabs Golden Apple Award

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 06:08:26 -0500

John Kretsos had just begun a chemistry lesson Thursday afternoon when a crowd of smiling faces crashed his eighth-period class. “What’s going on?” the bewildered Niles North High School teacher asked.