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Monday, April 28, 2008

Column: Can Bears do good draft laundry?

Jerry Angelo began day two of the NFL Draft on Sunday as if it were laundry day. Staring 10 picks in the face, the Bears general manger gave us a glimpse of his organizational skills and started sorting.

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Drab first-day selections leave Bears fans longing

This was not a long draft day - unless you were Miami, St. Louis and Chicago.

Naperville Heat Index

'Bored' Hood completes epic ride

It wasn't the physical pain. It wasn't the sleep deprivation. It was something different that finally got Aurora's George Hood to climb off his stationary bike and not get back on Monday morning.

"I am bored," Hood told his trainer, Preston Bokos, during the 177th -- and final -- hour of his Guinness world record ride at the Fry Family YMCA in Naperville. "I'm tired of always having to do things on this bike. I've literally been strapped to this bike for eight days."

Hood completed his epic ride at 7:30 a.m., after surpassing the record nearly two hours prior.

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