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March Madness: Smart Money Says Cornell

Dennis Danziger | Posted 04.12.2009 | Comedy


Dennis Danziger

This year I've adopted a new system. I'm betting on the colleges with the highest SAT scores and the strictest admission's policies.

The Audacity of Whiteness: Framing Barack Obama

Jill Nelson | Posted 03.05.2009 | Media


Jill Nelson

In journalism, white people who are granted the role of analyzing everyone, including African Americans, who are likely overlooked or spoken for by white expert opinion.

Jeff Jordan, Michael's Son, Earns Scholarship From Illinois

AP | Posted 02.23.2009 | Chicago


CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- Jeff Jordan walked on at Illinois last year, but now the son of Michael Jordan has a full scholarship. Illinois coach Bruce W...

In Defense of Tom Cruise

Matt Littman | Posted 01.22.2009 | Entertainment


Matt Littman

Tom Cruise is one of those rare people -- someone who consistently gives a good product to an extremely fickle audience. I'm not saying he's a poet, but I am saying that he's great at his job.

"Lebron James Declines Knicks Offer"

Ferentz LaFargue | Posted 12.26.2008 | Entertainment


Ferentz LaFargue

Basketball fans don't need Lebron James to be a Knick in order to get reinvigorated by the NBA, what we need is for the Knicks to be better.

Did Tiger Woods Pave the Way for Barack Obama?

David Murray | Posted 12.12.2008 | Chicago


David Murray

It's impossible to know for sure what Woods has done over the last decade to soften up white America for a black presidential candidate with similar qualities.

Obama's Historic Campaign Has Energized Apathetic Lockerrooms -- What Took Them So Long?

Bruce Selcraig | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics


Bruce Selcraig

Obama's candidacy has clearly motivated many professional athletes to reject the popular notion that political activity somehow taints them in the marketplace.

Sustained Focus and Effort: Sports Clichés, the Election and Our Place in the World

Sean Hartofilis | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics


Sean Hartofilis

Our democracy has given us an opportunity to start again with renewed focus and effort. The past has happened. We must remember it and learn from it.

Sports Star Divorces: The Top Ten

MainStreet | Jessica Wakeman and Mellissa Seecharan | Posted 07.16.2008 | Entertainment


An "affair of the heart" with Madonna. Comfort from Lenny Kravitz. A $100,000 "spiteful" spending spree in Paris. Cynthia Rodriguez only filed for div...

Obama's Got Game

Chip Collis | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home


Chip Collis

Consider Hillary's half-court strategy. Drawn up on the DLC-chalkboard, it consists of anchoring the major blue states, conceding the basic red states, and fighting over the swing states.