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Duke, Gonzaga about to face stiff tests to No. 1 seed status

By Steve Greenberg

No Justin Anderson, no problem — at least that’s how it has been for Virginia since perhaps its best player went down with an injury that could cost him the rest of the regular season or more. The Cavaliers have persevered for three and a half games without Anderson, including Monday’s impressive performance against Pittsburgh, and could lock up the Atlantic Coast Conference title (not to mention a No. 1 seed) before the first of March. Our weekly assessment of the NCAA Tournament field: Read more

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This postcard-inspired mural for the city of Blue Island welcomes drivers headed south on Western Avenue from Chicago.

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It remains to be seen if Williams and Odunze will be as good as advertised, but draft analysts were virtually unanimous about the Bears’ draft: They took advantage of a tremendous opportunity. “There was only one rational path for the Beasr to take, and they took it,”

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