Scandalous snowboards; Burton has 2 new lines of snowboards — one with racy photos, one with graphic images — that are ... (The Bulletin)
Snowboarding has always been a favorite sport of the rebellious, and that independent streak can sometimes be found in the graphics on some boards.But few graphics have gotten as much attention as those on Burton’s Love and Primo lines of snowboards.Burton’s Love line shows large images of nude or partially nude Playboy models on top of each board, without showing full frontal nudity. The line ...

Playoff preview capsules (McHenry County Sports)
Class 4A No. 6 Genoa-Kingston (8-2) at No. 14 Richmond-Burton (6-4) When: 1 p.m. Saturday. Where: Richmond-Burton Athletic Complex. About the Cogs: G-K survived a first-round scare from Hampshire in which it turned the ball over five times. Still, the Cogs gained 469 total yards, dispersed almost evenly between rushing and passing. … QB Chris Wilkins rushed for 225 and threw for 201 last week. ...

Merry Christmas, Frank (Good Times)
Anyone looking to let off a little steam this holiday season need look no further than this Friday’s third attempt at a film franchise kickoff for Frank Castle AKA The Punisher . Subtitled “War Zone” , this latest in re-boots for comic book movies looks to take the character in a far more violent direction than the last time we saw the guy just back in 2004. While the character ...

Bally Files Bankruptcy for Second Time in 14 Months (Update3) (Bloomberg)
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp. , the operator of 349 gyms in the U.S., filed for bankruptcy little more than a year after emerging from court protection with financing from hedge fund firm Harbinger Capital Partners.

C-G, South meet again (McHenry County Sports)
Early Sunday morning Cary-Grove football coach Bruce Kay and his Crystal Lake South counterpart Jim Stuglis exchanged game films as is customary for IHSA playoff opponents.