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Steve Tucker - IHSA

Steve Tucker discusses his career covering Illinois high school sports while working at the Chicago Sun-Times from 1984 to 2011. He began his tenure at the Sun-Times as a stringer, and eventually became the paper's high school sports editor. He explains how the Sun-Times reported on Chicago-land high school sports as well as the state tournaments. In addition, Steve also talks about his role with an AAU girls' high school team, and the growth of girls basketball in Illinois after the passage of Title IX in 1972.