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2019-Sep-06 weekly

Football season started yesterday with a Bears loss to Green Bay Packers, 3-7.

Baseball – just over 3 weeks of regular season left.

Sibling Rivalry Cross-State Baseball games:
2019-Sep-10 (Tue) – St. Louis Cardinals vs Colorado Rockies at Coors Field
2019-Sep-11 (Wed) – St. Louis Cardinals vs Colorado Rockies at Coors Field
2019-Sep-12 (Thu) – St. Louis Cardinals vs Colorado Rockies at Coors Field

Hockey – regular season starts October 2nd.

Basketball – regular season starts October 22nd.


I don’t think she slept well with the storms overnight. But she always gets excited when it’s time to go out.

Bonus Video

This is why people are always late coming in to the office.

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2019-Sep-05 Sports Update – Chicago Bears

Tonight, Thursday Sep 5th – First official game of the NFL season.
Chicago Bears will host the Green Bay Packers.

The Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers have one of the oldest rivalries in sports.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bears%E2%80%93Packers_rivalry

The Bears–Packers rivalry is a National Football League (NFL) rivalry between the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers. The two clubs have won a combined 22 NFL championships (13 for Green Bay and 9 for Chicago), including five Super Bowl championships (four for Green Bay and one for Chicago) and have 65 members in the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Chicago with 34 and Green Bay with 31).

The rivalry began in 1921 and is the league’s most played, with 198 regular-season and post-season games.

Football season official begins today!
https://www.espn.com/nfl/schedule

 

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June Meteor Shower

Low rate meteor shower begins tonight (Jun 26), goes through Tuesday. Not the most exciting shower, but you might see some. Look north and high up. In the constellation Bootid. The closer to midnight the better.

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2018-Nov-30 News of the Week

  • Jillian is an Illinois State scholar.
  • Shine Concert
  • Sports News
    •  Hockey
      • Chicago Blackhawks hockey
        • 6th place in Central Division
        • 26 games played, 9 wins, 17 losses
        • 3 wins, 1 loss against St Louis
      • St Louis Blues
        • 7th place in Central Division, 30th place in league
        • 23 games played, 8 wins, 15 losses
    • Football
      • Chicago Bears
        • 1st place in NFC North division
        • 11 games played, 8 wins, 3 losses
        • Next game, this Sunday vs New York Giants
    • Basketball
      • Chicago Bulls
        • 4th in Central Division
        • 23 games played, 5 wins, 17 losses
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2018-Nov-09 News Of The Week

Coach Quenneville, aka Coach “Q”, of the Chicago Blackhawks was fired this week. He led the Blackhawks to 3 Stanley Cups Championships and was the longest serving coach in the league at the time, having been the head coach for 10 years.

Jeremy Colliton was named his replacement. He was a NHL player before coaching hockey in Sweden. Most recently he was the head coach of the minor league Rockford Illinois IceHogs hockey team for the past year.

https://www.nhl.com/news/joel-quenneville-fired-as-coach-of-chicago-jeremy-colliton-named-replacement/c-301652228

 

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2018-Oct-12 News of the Week (sports only)

  • Chicago Blackhawks hockey
    • 4 games into season
    • 2 wins, 2 losses (1 win so far against St Louis)
    • 82 total regular season games
    • Next game: Saturday against St Louis
  • St Louis Blues hockey
    • 3 games into season
    • 1 win, 2 loses
    • Next game: Saturday against Blackhawks
  • Chicago Bears football
    • 4 games into season
    • 3 wins, 1 loss
    • 16 total regular season games
  • Kansas City Chiefs football
    • 5 games; 5 wins (wow!)
  • Chicago Bulls basketball
    • Preseason; 2 wins, 2 losses
    • regular season begins next week
  • Baseball
    • Chicago Cubs, lost wildcard game, season over
    • St Louis Cardinals, out at end of regular season
    • Playoffs: down to four teams
      • Milkwaukee Brewers
      • Los Angeles Dodgers
      • Boston Red Sox
      • Houston Astros
    • Championship Round, games begin tomorrow
    • https://www.mlb.com/postseason