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October 12, 2021

The Chicago Sky is a Neighborhood

From left (Quigley, Parker, DeShields, Vandersloot.)  Image via Sky in the Chi.

I’ve followed the Chicago Sky since they were founded in 2005.

I remember congenial NBA Hall of Famer Dave Cowens as the WNBA team’s first coach and I entered the franchise  “Name the Team” contest. I suggested Skyliners. One of the Sky’s original minority investors was Matthew Knowles, father of then-Destiny Child lead vocalist Beyonce Knowles.

My respect for women’s basketball dates back to my first newspaper job at the Aurora Beacon-News, outside of Chicago. In 1972 I wrote a feature on Title IX, which created an equal [...]

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September 7, 2016

Defending Naperville

Our Naperville house, April, 2016

Rarely do I tear up at the theater.

Frankly, rarely do I even go to the theater.

But “Naperville,” which opened Sept. 6 at Theater Wit, and runs through Oct. 16 at 1229 W. Belmont in Chicago, hit home. And home is the centerpiece of the splendid work from Naperville born playwright Mat Smart. 

“Naperville” is framed by nuance and empathy, characteristics that are key to getting by in urban and suburban living. 

“Naperville” premiered off-Broadway in  2o14 at New York’s Slant Theatre Project and New York [...]

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