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Music, Gossip Wolf Jul 10, 2018
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Transcontinental indie rockers Man’s Body celebrate their debut album in Chicago

Plus: Hardcore collective CB Radio Gorgeous throw a skateboard-centric benefit for detained immigrants, and the Whistler hosts battling beat makers at Fresh Roasted.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Man’s Body, Found, Put Your Family in It, J. Niimi, Rough Church, Debonair Social Club, Ashtray Boy, Greg Franco, Marco Obaya, Beautiful Workhorse, CB Radio Gorgeous, Forced Into Femininity, Big Zit, Red Delicious, Negative Scanner, Not Normal Tapes, Florence Project, benefit, Happy Gallery, Pardon My Thrashing, Vans, Unity Skateboarding, Roberto Clemente Community Academy, Fresh Roasted, the Whistler, King Hippo, Kten, John Simmons, Kenny Keys, Artie Do Good, Neruda, Video

News & Politics, Feature Apr 25, 2013
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The man who transformed high school baseball on the south side

Simeon Career Academy's veteran high school coach has spent three decades building an unlikely baseball dynasty. Will Leroy Franklin and his Wolverines finally get the recognition they deserve?
- By Adam Doster
- Tags: Feature, Simeon High School, Leroy Franklin, Joseph Haley, Jackie Robinson West Little League, Little League, coaches, Jackie Robinson West, high school athletics, athletes, Dan McDonnell, coaching, Marshawn Taylor, Robert Fletcher Jr. Elbert Dunnigan, Darius Day, Reginald Brock, St. Laurence High School, Jamari McKinney, Roberto Clemente Community Academy, Corey Ray, Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, CPL, Chicago Public League, state championships, Hubbard High School, 1973, history, baseball, Kenny Fullman, Harlan Community High School, Chicago White Sox, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, NCAA, Steve Bogira, funding, Chicago Tribune, Mary Mitchell, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Park District, high-school baseball, AAU, basketball, football, sports, Chatham neighborhood, Simeon Career Academy, New Orleans, MLB, Major League Baseball, Wesley Chamberlain, Terrance Robertson, Grambling State University, physical education, West Chatham Park, Betsy Ross Elementary School, south side, Whitney Young High School, 1980s, Bob Hambric, Alvin Scott

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