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Our kind of sport — right off the bat
Chicago Tribune reporterOn summer evenings, players in ragtag uniforms — a few baseball caps, perhaps jerseys bearing a corner tavern's name — converge on parks all across the Windy City, honoring with ball and bat Chicago's contribution to the world of sport: the...Tags: Softball, Sports, Chicago Park District, YMCA, Grant Park
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Voters: It’s time to say ‘when’ to the insiders
Change of SubjectFor those in Cook County who care about the state of our politics — and I’ll offer evidence in a moment to demonstrate how depressingly small your number is — here’s a helpful slogan to remember as you prepare to...... -
Pressure will build on Cutler, offense
It's a tribute to the skill of Jay Cutler — as opposed to, say, generations of previous Bears quarterbacks — that the interpretation of his leadership ability now includes fluency in body language, facial expression recognition and, of course,...
Tags: Brett Favre, Arts, Sports, Chicago Bears, Mike Mulligan
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Voters: It's time to say 'when' to the insiders
For those in Cook County who care about the state of our politics — and I'll offer evidence in a moment to demonstrate how depressingly small your number is — here's a helpful slogan to remember as you prepare to vote sometime in the next...
Tags: Chicago Reader, Parties and Movements, Elections, Prosecution, Judges
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The Belushis: Funny is in their bones
Jim Belushi is sitting with his son Robert and mulling the matter of genetics. "I don't know if there is a gene for comedy, but my dad was a very funny man," he says. "He just didn't know it. He was a naturally funny character, and when my brother and...
Tags: Canoeing and Kayaking, Sports, Jim Belushi, Entertainment, Comedy (genre)
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Krause reflects on a life of scouting
WILMINGTON, Del. — Jerry Krause enters a hotel lobby loaded down by two suitcases, an Arizona Diamondbacks-issued laptop and that look defining any haggard business traveler. In three hours, he will sit through his second doubleheader in as many...
Tags: Bill Veeck, Heart Attack, Grant Park, Harry S. Truman, National Basketball Association
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Have Heat supplanted Yankees as team America loves to hate? (Vote)
Open Mike - Orlando SentinelHave Heat supplanted Yankees, Cowboys and Notre Dame as America's most hated team?... -
Sister of California governors transfers her sense of public service to municipal finance
A Goldman Sachs executive was at a Chicago dinner party recently when a fellow guest, hearing she had just relocated from California, asked what she thought of the new governor there. The executive, Goldman's chairman of investment banking for the...
Tags: Media Industry, Chicago Mayor, Facebook, Genes and Chromosomes, Government
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Meet the team: Jeremy Smith, associate producer
Jeremy Smith, Second City associate producer and stage manager, answers 5 quick questions for "Behind the Curtain." Q1: What’s your role with "Chicago Live!" (and what does that actually mean)? JS: I am the associate producer and stage manager for...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, Studs Terkel, Arts and Culture, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
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Chicago is 'Boss' star Troy Garity's kind of town
RedEyeAfter filming NBC’s “The Playboy Club” and Starz’ “Boss” in Chicago over the summer, Troy Garity misses the city. “I’m going through total Chicago withdrawal at the moment,” Garity, who also filmed...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Organized Crime, Entertainment, Diseases and Illnesses, Television
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'Life Itself': Ebert autobiography a charming remembrance
In his easygoing, candid and altogether charming autobiography, or, as he calls it, "Life Itself: A Memoir," Roger Ebert fails to mention me: The nights he and I had many drinks on the porch of his house on Dickens Street and elsewhere, the favorable in-...Tags: Social Media, Russ Meyer, Chicago Sun-Times, Ann Landers, Entertainment
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Chicago Literary Hall of Fame holds benefit
Special to Tribune NewspapersTV reporter Janet Davies, wearing a beige jacket and leopard boots, stood behind a wooden podium in a darkened room overlooking Millennium Park on October 12. "Remember, like Chicago voting, bid and bid often," she said, encouraging an audience of...Tags: Carl Sandburg, Millennium Park, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Jane Austen, Harold Washington Library Center
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