Game 6: Bulls-Celtics Tonight is Game 6 of the (2) Celtics vs. (7) Bulls Eastern Conference Playoff 1st round series, possibly the best non-Conference Final/NBA Final playoff series ever. Why? Digest these stats. Through five games, there have been: 85 lead …
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Facebook is facing a new attack on its users. “Fbstarter” is a new thread going across the site, usually sent via the site’s messenger service. The attack asks users to “Check out this site”, with a link to fbstarter.com. There …
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On Saturday April 18th, the Public Education Foundation of Valparaiso hosted it’s annual Dollars for Scholars 3-on-3 basketball tournament. Everyone had a great time, and the foundation was able to raise quite a bit of money for a good cause. During the …
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Valparaiso Community Schools has named Stacy Schmidt the director of Elementary Education. Schmidt, the principal of Parkview Elementary, is excited to be coming to the new position. “I have been thrilled to serve the students and parents in the Valparaiso …
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According to Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune (via MLB Trade Rumors), former VHS and Notre Dame star Jeff Samardzija will be called up to the Chicago Cubs’ major league roster on Thursday. The news comes as the Cubs’ early season bullpen struggles …
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Last night reminded me of exactly why I feel the NBA is a better brand of basketball to watch than the NCAA. Bulls-Celtics Game 2 was a barn burner—after half way through the second quarter, no one was up by more than six points the rest of the game. Great …
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Call me an eternal optimist, but 2009 appears to be a banner year for Chicago sports. It may be the first year ever that all 5 major sport teams (Bears, Blackhawks, Bulls, Cubs, and White Sox) may actually all make the playoffs. The Bears have Jay Cutler, the …
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Yesterday, I went to go check on the wonderfully robust ValpoLife Facebook page (Become a fan!). On my way there, as most Facebook users will be familiar with, I checked on my “News Feed”. I used quotations there on purpose. The top, most recent activity …
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ValpoLife.com has now joined the masses, as we have created a page on Facebook. ValpoLife on Facebook will allow the fans of ValpoLife to more directly communicate with each other through discussion groups, wall posts, and all of the other things that make …
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Cubs’ Pitcher Still Has Options VHS grad Jeff Samardzija will start next season pitching for the AAA Iowa Cubs. The move is not so much a result of poor play on Samardzija’s part, but rather the organization’s pitching situation. The Cubs gave the final …
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