Chicago Informer

The Houston Rockets acquired No. 5 pick Thomas Robinson and forwards Francisco Garcia and Tyler Honeycutt from Sacramento on Wednesday for forward Patrick Patterson, center Cole Aldrich and point guard Toney Douglas. Full News here – Chicago Sports News, Chicago Scores, and Chicago Schedules: Basketball, Football, Hockey, Soccer and More at WLS ABC7Chicago.com

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When legendary New York Knicks broadcaster Walt “Clyde” Frazier said over a media room dinner before Wednesday night’s Knicks/Wizards game in Washington “I’m worried about tonight,” it was unclear what he was talking about. The food? Bad weather preventing the Knicks from getting out of D.C.? Surely the former Knick point guard and current trendsetting [...]

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Former NBA player Etan Thomas has been touring the U.S. talking about the importance of being a responsible parent. Full News here – Chicago Sports News, Chicago Scores, and Chicago Schedules: Basketball, Football, Hockey, Soccer and More at WLS ABC7Chicago.com

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Bouncing around Georgetown’s McDonough Gym on an unseasonably warm December morning, LeBron James looks happy. Simultaneously chatting with reporters, joking with teammates and video chatting on his phone, James bears no resemblance to the man who once claimed publically he enjoyed playing the role of the villain. Maybe it was their dominating Finals win over [...]

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Maybe it’s because my mother was a teacher for the Tulsa public school system for 27 years, but I feel connected to the teachers striking in Chicago. I remember seeing her struggle to teach in an oversized classroom with outdated books and no air conditioning. Maybe that’s why I get disgusted when I see and [...]

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When Homan Street on the Westside of Chicago, Illinois is changed to Mary Thomas Way on Saturday, August 4 it will be a salute to every mother who is a “drum major” for sacrifice and service in their family. As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said in his speech The Drum Major Instinct, “everyone can [...]

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Thomas Miller, 1920-2012 Artist and graphic designer Thomas Miller began his career in the years after World War II, when there were few African-Americans in the field. After studying at what was then the Ray-Vogue School of Design in Chicago, Mr. Miller soon found work as a … Full News here – Read more on [...]

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A group of youth has a “green-friendly” goal this summer to reach over three million people on social networks with a “faux ipad campaign” to increase environmental awareness and promote violence prevention in urban settings. The campaign is part of their crowd-source fundraiser on indiegogo.com to produce an anti-violence album in Chicago, as well as [...]

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