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Brad Spencer has been covering sports in and around Oak Park for more than a decade, which means the young athletes he once covered in high school are now out of college and at home living with their parents while looking for work. No, they're working fine jobs in the city ... and living at home with their parents.   Spencer was born in DeKalb, Ill., went to high school in Arizona then returned to the Midwest and graduated from Illinois State University. He then spent some time searching for the lost city of Z in the Amazon (no luck, but contracted a nasty rash) before scaling Mt. Everest with a sherpa named Vicki (did not reach summit, ate too much beef jerky the night before).   When Spencer is not covering sports, watching sports or writing about sports, he's busy trying to keep his manhood about him while living with five females -- his wife and four daughters. The family has lived in Oak Park since 2002. Spencer's loyalties reside with the Cubs, the Bulls, the Bears, Illinois State and Indiana men's basketball, Penn State football and Coors Light. An accident that involved a fire hydrant and a loose bicycle chain when he was 8 years old prevents Spencer from remembering sports statistics, so don't ask him how many home runs Jody Davis, the man with the grandslam bat, hit -- Google it.

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No reason to panic for Fenwick girls basketball

by Brad Spencer December 2, 2013
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Time will tell for Friars

by Brad Spencer November 25, 2013February 10, 2021
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For Sykes sake, do we have to ask what if?

by Brad Spencer November 18, 2013
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Got a wicked case of football fever?

by Brad Spencer October 14, 2013
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Friars ready to make splash in playoffs

by Brad Spencer October 14, 2013February 10, 2021
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Win-streak ends for Fenwick football

by Brad Spencer October 12, 2013
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Weighing in on a possible slur and stipend

by Brad Spencer September 16, 2013January 29, 2021
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A policy to protect or to pamper?

by Brad Spencer August 16, 2013
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Market chock full of home buyers, but Oak Park and River Forest are low on inventory

by Brad Spencer July 16, 2013January 29, 2021
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Meet the free-throw shooting hobbyist

by Brad Spencer July 15, 2013

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