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September 25, 2014

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Everything’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 across several pieces of information that, put together, create an interesting and very timely “behind the headlines” story about the New York Rangers, who are playing in the 2014 Stanley Cup finals of the National Hockey League.

Dreams 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.

Eakin field to sport new amenities for 2014 softball season

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 question: what’s new this year?

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.

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.

Swinging into spring

Tee boxes are all painted bright and shiny, fairways and greens have been inspected and raked, debris has been cleared out, and the ice and snow have melted away.
Whisper Creek Golf Course is ready for the 2014 golf season. Now, it’s up to the weather – especially the wind – to cooperate.

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 win a few championships. For a very few, election to a Hall of Fame would be a recognition they never thought possible.

Grandparents of NFL QB prospect enjoy being part of the ride

Jimmy Garoppolo is a very, very fast learner.

A stellar fall season for many HHS teams, athletes

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 Red Raiders did very well.

Ace, 10, king, queen…wait a minute

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 10, someone else plays a nine, then down comes a king, and then a queen shows. You’re surprised when the player who led the 10 takes the trick. You inquire why, and a player tells you that the ranking of cards in this game is ace-10-king-queen-jack.

Major League Baseball’s first batter finally home in Cooperstown

He was a fearless, aggressive catcher who caught bare handed. He compiled a .312 lifetime batting average in the original dead-ball era. He played when the rules allowed five strikes and eight balls. Batters could usually tell the pitcher where they wanted the ball pitched.

Second-year coach wants to bring winning culture to HHS football

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 state championship and a perennial state contending record on his resume.

Swinging with the softball stars

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.

Audible in life plan led to career as coach

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.

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?

2013 in full swing for Sun City Softball leagues

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.

Major League Life

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 had much patience with autograph seekers, reporters, and photographers. Bob Campbell found a way, however, to surmount the superstar’s private wall. And he has a photo or two to prove it.

Making a racket

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 Club.

Live from Ft. Myers, FL, it’s baseball season!

It’s late February in Ft. Myers, and I’m at JetBlue Park for the first game of Spring Training between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays. For true baseball fans, this is the “hope springs eternal” day, as fans come from as far away as Canada to watch grown men play a boy’s game, one that doesn’t even count in the standings.

HHS girls’ basketball team makes school history

Huntley may be the only town in Illinois where a 55-plus active adult community and a large high school are very close next-door neighbors. Dozens of homes in the Del Webb community back up to the school’s sports complex or massive parking lots.

Snow and low temps can’t stop Cyclepaths

Bob Hinkle really, seriously likes to ride a bike. How seriously, you ask?

Ron Tenggren, the man whom pins fear

It’s bowling night. It’s your favorite sport…join your best friends for friendly competition, relax and enjoy life for a few hours. You’re good enough at it so you can enjoy the competition and the camaraderie. If you have a good game or two and your team wins, it’s a bonus.

In Euchre, socialization is part of any good hand

Euchre players really know how to party. When they pay their $5 annual dues, they are promised a regular weekly schedule of opportunities to play their favorite card game. They also are informed that every four to six weeks, they will have a party featuring an impressive array of food and beverage options.

Bags club lands new home outside of Sun City

The bags charter club has found a new place to play, but it isn’t in Sun City.

The incredible influence of football

Maybe you hate football, maybe you are addicted to it, or maybe you don’t even care about it one way or another. The fact is, all sports played and watched in our country have an enormous impact on our economy and our lives, but none more than football.

At Sun City, pool takes a softer touch

Mention pool to most folks today, and they probably think of rough, tough, beer-drinking men in smoke-filled bars playing games of 8- or 9-ball and betting money on every game, or sometimes on every shot. In a previous generation or two, the town’s “pool hall” was not always considered a fit place for decent folks.