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On fame, privacy, and Jonathan Toews’ healthon December 31, 2020 at 2:03 am

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Dave Chappelle plans to convert Ohio fire station into comedy clubon December 31, 2020 at 12:05 am

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio– Comedian Dave Chappelle is set to buy a former fire station with plans to turn it into a comedy club not far from his home.

The Miami Twp. Fire Station in Yellow Springs, near Dayton, will be sold to the 47-year-old actor’s company and turned into a club that will seat 140 people, the Dayton Daily News reported.

A member of the development corporation board who headed up the subcommittee on selling the fire station said the group wanted someone who would breathe life into the station.

“We think this will bring a new class of jobs to town,” Corrie Van Ausdal said. “We also considered that (Chappelle) is a minority business owner, he has a history of employing minorities and he is a person who has a clear commitment to amplifying voices of color.”

The closing date for the sale is set for early 2021, said Lisa Abel, president of the Yellow Springs Development Corp. who is carrying out the sale.

Chappelle’s ties to Ohio go back to his father, who graduated from Antioch College, in Yellow Springs, and later was a professor there. Chappelle lives with his family outside the village and also owns homes in nearby Xenia.

In June, Chappelle held a private, outdoor stand-up and social commentary performance to a socially distant and masked audience in Yellow Springs. It was released on Netflix and titled “8:46,” in reference to the amount of time that Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on the neck of George Floyd, a Black man, before Floyd died.

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Pope Francis proclaims 2021 the Year of St. Josephon December 30, 2020 at 8:57 pm

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Pope Francis proclaims 2021 the Year of St. Joseph

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Kokomo Arnold helped shape giants of the bluesSteve Krakowon December 30, 2020 at 5:15 pm


Kokomo Arnold’s recording career lasted less than a decade, but he changed the world by influencing the likes of Robert Johnson and Elmore James.

Since 2004 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in the first place.…Read More

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The winningest high school basketball programs of the decade: No. 34 LoyolaJoe Henricksenon December 30, 2020 at 6:25 pm

Loyola’s Jack Morrissey celebrates with James Clarke (5) after the final buzzer. Loyola defeated Maine South 42-37 to win the Class 4A Maine South Sectional in 2014.
Loyola’s Jack Morrissey celebrates with James Clarke (5) after the final buzzer. Loyola defeated Maine South 42-37 to win the Class 4A Maine South Sectional in 2014. | Sun-Times file photo

The Sun-Times is counting down the 50 high school basketball programs with the most wins during the decade.

When high school basketball fans think back to the 1980s, programs like Quincy, Providence St. Mel, East St. Louis Lincoln and the arrival of city powers King and Simeon are easy to think back on.

The 1990s brought us memorable basketball giants in Peoria Manual and Thornton, a few steamrolling Proviso East teams and the continued dominance of King.

The first 10 years of the 2000s included Glenbrook North, Peoria High and the beginning of a Simeon juggernaut.

Now, with the calendar inching closer to wrapping up an unforgettable 2020, the end of this month closes out another decade. And it’s another high school basketball time period to look back on.

Earlier this year we broke down the decade’s best teams and best players. Now, with every season of the past decade complete, it’s time to look at the Chicago area programs who won the most.

This list is comprised of the 50 winningest programs over the past 10 years, starting with the 2010-11 season and concluding with the 2019-20 season. Every team in every class throughout the Chicago area will be broken down in a variety of ways. But total wins, with winning percentage used as tie-breaker, determined the rankings.

We present No. 34 Loyola today and will add one program a day going forward.

34. LOYOLA: 201-104

Decade’s biggest storyline: The 2013-14 sectional championship team went 25-6, ultimately falling to top-ranked Young and Jahlil Okafor in the super-sectional. The special cohesion of that team, featuring the three-guard attack of Jack Morrissey, Kevin Kucera and James Clarke, led the Ramblers past New Trier and Maine South to win just the third sectional title in program history.

Underrated highlight: This is one of those weird spots where underrated and depressing go together. Putting it bluntly, the final team of the decade, the 2019-20 group that dominated defensively and won a school record 30 games, just didn’t get a chance to finish things out.

This was a group that completely bought in to everything coach Tom Livatino sold them, especially on the defensive end and relishing whatever role each player had to fill. The Ramblers were playing at an extremely high level going into their sectional title game matchup with Evanston before the pandemic shut everything down.

Loyola fans watch Kevin Kucera as he shoots a three against St. Viator.
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Loyola fans watch Kevin Kucera as he shoots a three against St. Viator.

Player of the Decade: Jack Morrissey (2014)

All-Decade Team: Jack Morrissey (2014), Kevin Kucera (2014), James Clarke (2014), Ramar Evans (2017) and Connor Barrett (2019)

Other decade highlights:

-The Ramblers won or shared Catholic League titles in 2013, 2014 and 2020.

-Loyola captured five regional championships in the decade, including a run of four straight to close out the decade.

-Since the 2013-14 season the program spent late December in warm weather climates (Florida and Arizona) during holiday tournament time. The Ramblers, who won three holiday tournaments, played five years in Florida and twice in Arizona.

-Jack Morrissey finished his career as the second leading scorer in school history and the all-time leading three-point shooter.

-The decade produced three 1,000-plus point scorers in Jack Morrissey, James Clarke and Ramar Evans.

-Loyola basketball has now averaged 20 wins a year for two straight decades. The 201 victories in the decade edged the previous decade win total by one as the Ramblers went 200-90 from 2001-2010

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Chicago Bulls show balance in first win of the season over WizardsRyan Heckmanon December 30, 2020 at 3:43 pm

After dropping their first three games, the Chicago Bulls bounced back in a big way. The first three games of the season were mostly forgettable, but the Chicago Bulls must remember this is a process. Under a new head coach in Billy Donovan, these guys are going to take a little while to mesh with […]

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