N.Y. Fashion Week: Ralph Lauren debuts rugged new line on the runway
Ralph Lauren made fashion news Thursday at New York Fashion Week by launching the first Polo women's collection on the runway, showing 25 looks before his high-end Collection pieces. He told the...
View ArticleLetters: Let the complaints begin about Sochi Olympics coverage
Bill Plaschke's Feb. 13 article about disappointing Olympic performances should never have been printed. Has he ever competed for or received an Olympic medal? Our fabulous, hard-working athletes have...
View ArticleIt's time to quit hating on those Sochi Olympics sweaters, America
NEW YORK — When the U.S. Olympic Team's opening ceremony sweaters were unveiled last month, the social media reaction to the star-spangled red, white and blue patchwork knit cardigans was...
View ArticleHeavy UConn Presence On Roster For U.S. National Women's Minicamp
As expected, the roster for next month's U.S. women's basketball minicamp in Las Vegas has a heavy UConn presence with eight past and present players, as well as coach Geno Auriemma. The roster was...
View ArticleRohl eyes 2016 Olympic Games
NEW BUFFALO – Beth Rohl didn't pick up a discus or a shot put until her senior year at New Buffalo High School. "It was just different," Rohl said. "I had no clue what I was doing. I just came out and...
View Article2013 World Series of Bicycling kicks off with top Europeans, Americans
Matt Baranoski sat stone-faced while Marty Nothstein introduced the European cyclists who are in Trexlertown this month to help kick off the 2013 World Series of Bicycling international professional...
View ArticleCCBC-Catonsville to honor legacy of innovation in sports, recreation
Catonsville Community College had no athletic facilities of its own in its early years after the school opened in the fall of 1957, so its first athletic director had to innovate. Jack Manley found all...
View ArticleMemorial garden resurrects story of Army captain killed in Vietnam
Orland Park residents might not have heard of U.S. Army Capt. Ronald L. Zinn, but an Eagle Scout candidate is hoping that changes soon. Tim Klotz, 14, a freshman at Providence Catholic High School and...
View ArticleLepchenko on the right track
The best is yet to come, Varvara Lepchenko said. She's played on the U.S. Olympic Team at the 2012 Summer Games in London. She's been ranked as high as No. 19 in the world. She's defeated top-10...
View ArticleSoccer Association of Columbia built for the future [Bits & Pieces]
I met with some key figures from the Soccer Association of Columbia at its facility at Covenant Park this past Monday on request of Jim Carlan, who has held just about every position in that club over...
View ArticleIt's time to quit hating on those Sochi Olympics sweaters, America
NEW YORK — When the U.S. Olympic Team's opening ceremony sweaters were unveiled last month, the social media reaction to the star-spangled red, white and blue patchwork knit cardigans was...
View ArticleLakers' Bryant appears in court
EAGLE, Colo. - Seemingly oblivious to the media and fan frenzy outside the courtroom, a stoic Kobe Bryant stood yesterday before an Eagle County judge who scheduled an Oct. 9 preliminary hearing in the...
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