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Ranking the Top-40 best players of the Tom Izzo era at Michigan State basketball

We ranked the 40 best players of the Tom Izzo era at Michigan State basketball

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 5, 2024

Trying to untangle the web of recycling fishing line

It’s important to keep fishing line out of the natural world, then comes the dilemna of what to do with the used line.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 25, 2023

Bird bands and a tennis-coaching red-tailed hawk

Brian Black photographed a red-tailed hawk near the Chicago lakefront that seemed to be critiquing Black’s tennis game. The mystery of a leg band on the raptor led into the maze of bird bands.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 13, 2023

Frying perch eggs, bucks and more bucks, bird feeders and record NAWCA funding

A question on frying perch eggs, bucks and more bucks on Chicago’s Northwest Side, do’s and don’ts on bird feeders and record funding for the NAWCA are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 31, 2022

'Offensive' Edinburgh comedy club backdrop to be moved to rival venue

Comedian Daniel Sloss has been outbid in an attempt to secure the ownership of the 'Cowboy with a Gun' backdrop that is on display at The Stand comedy venue in the capital.

Edinburgh Live · Aug 20, 2022

Chicago outdoors: Joey-toting opossum, Mich. moose warning, Chicago River regs, centenarian Granddad

A photo of a joey-toting opossum, a note on Chicago River fishing regulations, a warning about driving and moose in the UP, and the aging of the Shedd’s late “Granddad” are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 25, 2022

Alan Anderson sadly passes away aged 85 as Hearts pay tribute to former captain

Anderson racked up over 500 appearances for the Jambos - with many of them as skipper

Edinburgh Live · Mar 2, 2022