1 week Ago By BILL FLICK [email protected]
Question: The Chicago Bears open another season today. It will be the 85th season after their 73-0 victory over the Washington Redskins in the 1940 NFL championship game in Washington, D.C.
, called one of the biggest championship blowouts in the history of sports. Can you name the well-known Twin Citian who was in that game? Answer: It was the legendary Fred Young, longtime sports editor and columnist at this newspaper, the guy who named Illinois State University's athletic teams, the Redbirds, and became namesake of Illinois Wesleyan’s Fred Young Fieldhouse. He was a referee in D.
C. in 1940, back in a day when the NFL believed that newspapermen were the most objective of all judges and asked noted journalists to serve as officials in championship games. Young was field judge, and Irv Kupcinet, a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times (also known as "Kup"), was head linesman.
Principal Guillermina Delgado was presented on Tuesday with a proclamation by Bloomington Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe as Bent Elementary School Week to celebrate the 100th year. Gamma Phi Circus performer Avery Byrd flies through the air and punches through a paper hoop during the circus group's first show on Sunday for the Sweet Corn Circus in Normal. Gamma Phi Circus performers juggle clubs during the Illinois State University circus group's show Sunday for the Sweet Corn Circus in Normal.
From right, Gamma Phi Circus clowns Samantha Skinner as Officer Sydney Sluthy dances and high kicks with Miles Maxwell as Bippy during a Sweet Corn Circus show Sunday in Normal. Gamma Phi Circus performers run unicycle-mounted stunts Sunday for one of their shows at the Sweet Corn Circus in Normal. Gamma Phi Circus performers run line-dance numbers during a show finale Sunday in Uptown Normal during the Sweet Corn Circus festival.
Big crowds filled uptown Saturday and Sunday for the annual Sweet Corn Circus in Uptown Normal. Gamma Phi Circus at ISU put on stunt-filled shows for all ages. Gamma Phi Circus performer Avery Byrd flies through the air and punches through a paper hoop during the circus group's first show on Sunday for the Sweet Corn Circus in Normal.
Gamma Phi Circus performers juggle clubs during the Illinois State University circus group's show Sunday for the Sweet Corn Circus in Normal. From right, Gamma Phi Circus clowns Samantha Skinner as Officer Sydney Sluthy dances and high kicks with Miles Maxwell as Bippy during a Sweet Corn Circus show Sunday in Normal. Gamma Phi Circus performers run unicycle-mounted stunts Sunday for one of their shows at the Sweet Corn Circus in Normal.
Gamma Phi Circus performers run line-dance numbers during a show finale Sunday in Uptown Normal during the Sweet Corn Circus festival. Catch the latest in Opinion Get opinion pieces, letters and editorials sent directly to your inbox weekly! {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items..
