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2. Isiah Thomas - Wikipedia

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   Isiah Lord Thomas III is the son of Isiah Thomas II and Mary Thomas. [1] The youngest of 9 children, Thomas was born on April 30, 1961, in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in the city's West Side. He started playing basketball at age three and would dribble and shoot baskets as the halftime entertainment at Catholic Youth Organization games. [2]

3. Jimmy Connors - Wikipedia

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   In the fourth round of the 1987 Wimbledon Championships, Connors defeated Mikael Pernfors, ten years his junior, 1–6, 1–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–2, after having trailed 1–4 in the third set and 0–3 in the fourth set. In July 1988, Connors ended a four-year title drought by winning the Sovran Bank Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C.

4. Corruption in Illinois - Wikipedia

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   In 2008 he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud for accepting a 1.5 million dollar kickback in a real estate scheme. He was sentenced to ten months in prison. [91] In 2019 Vrdolyak pleaded guilty to charges of income tax evasion connected to the state of Illinois's tobacco lawsuit settlement in the 1990s. [92]

5. Tom Harmon - Wikipedia

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   Thomas Dudley Harmon (September 28, 1919 – March 15, 1990), nicknamed " Old 98 ", [ 1 ] was an American professional football player, military pilot, actor, and sports broadcaster. Harmon played college football as a halfback for the Michigan Wolverines from 1938 to 1940. He led the nation in scoring and was a consensus All-American in both ...

6. Tom Landry - Wikipedia

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   Landry had one year left on his contract, which paid $1 million per season. [16] [19] Meanwhile, Bright had suffered major losses in his banking, real estate, and oil businesses; [19] during the savings and loan crisis, Bright's Savings and Loan was taken over by the FSLIC. With most of the rest of his fortune tied up in the Cowboys, Bright was ...

7. Chicago - Wikipedia

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   0428803. Website. chicago.gov. Chicago[ a ] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 census, [ 9 ] it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles.

8. Chael Sonnen - Wikipedia

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   14–6–1 Adam Ryan TKO (punches) Euphoria: USA vs World February 26, 2005: 1 3:49 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States Loss 13–6–1 Terry Martin: TKO (corner stoppage) XFO 4: International December 3, 2004: 2 5:00 McHenry, Illinois, United States Win 13–5–1 Alex Stiebling: Decision (unanimous) WEC 12: October 21, 2004: 3 5:00

9. National Football League - Wikipedia

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   The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and the highest professional level of American ...