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Ron Santo to get Wrigley statue
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Cubs will honor Ron Santo with a statue outside Wrigley Field and the team will wear a special patch next season to pay tribute to the former broadcaster and third baseman. The Cubs said Saturday they will unveil the...Tags: All Stars, Wrigley Field, Baseball, Ron Santo, Harry Caray
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9 crazy things about the Red Line
RedEyeReady or not, the Red Line South reconstruction starts Sunday. Until Oct. 19, nine South Side Red Line stations will close as crews rebuild the line south of Roosevelt Road. During this $425 million project, which is expected to rid the southern Red...Tags: Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Tigers, Ron Santo, New York Mets
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Let's play two
Seats were packed with kids, parents and grandparents cheering on their favorite teams. Those were the days. In contrast, tune in to watch your favorite team on a weekday afternoon in the early part of the season, and the stands are nearly empty. Kids...Tags: Major League Baseball, Baseball, Colorado Rockies, Jackie Robinson, Sports
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Cubs, Jackson should buckle up for bumpy ride
Watching the Cubs' annual opening exercise at Wrigley Field, an event lessened by Chicago politics and low expectations, there was plenty of time to wonder about a question that applies on both sides of town: WWBVD. What would Bill Veeck do? I'm...
Tags: Chicago White Sox, Wrigley Field, Starlin Castro, Thomas Ricketts, Baseball
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One-on-one with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
For RedEyeIn November 2009, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia, or CML. Three and a half years later, he is teaching new patients how to live with the disease. Abdul-Jabbar was in Chicago this...Tags: Joakim Noah, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, Scottie Pippen
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'42' may open the eyes of a new generation
Somewhere in the middle of watching the movie "42," about Jackie Robinson's historic rookie year breaking baseball's color barrier, I decided something. I decided that this weekend, I'm taking my sons to see it too. They're teenage athletes, and they've...Tags: Alan Tudyk, Baseball, Racism, Philadelphia Phillies, African-American History Month
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Time for Wrigley Field to go
It's time for a change. I too am a diehard Cubs fan. I grew up in Chicago, watching Ronnie [Santo], Ernie [Banks] and Billy [Williams] play. That's when there were about 5,000 people in the stands and free admission on Ladies Day. Times have changed....Tags: Wrigley Field, Miller Park, Billy Williams
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Interview: Imagine Dragons singer savors flight on the wings of success
Midway through my conversation with Imagine Dragons lead singer Dan Reynolds and his wife, Aja Volkman, in Nellcote's private dining area last week, Volkman — whose band, Nico Vega, opened for Imagine Dragons earlier that night at the House of Blues...
Tags: Restaurants, National Football League, Charlize Theron, Warren Sapp, Stephenie Meyer
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Scoreboard: March 1
|TODAY| |HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ BASKETBALL| |Region 6A at Gettysburg| Championship, Chamberlain (20-1) vs. Cheyenne-Eagle Butte (13-8), 7 p.m. |Region 1B at Milbank| Championship, Summit (21-1) vs. Warner (21-1), 7 p.m. |HIGH SCHOOL BOYS&...Tags: National Football League, Trevor Lewis, Minor League Baseball, Wichita Wings, American Hockey League
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Rosenthal: Economist Marvin Miller changed the salary game for professional athletes
Ernie Banks, coming off successive seasons as the National League Most Valuable Player in 1958 and '59, earned $65,000 in 1960 with the Chicago Cubs, the team for whom he played his entire 19-season career. That was good money then — more than...
Tags: Hank Aaron, Marvin Miller, Oakland Athletics, College Baseball, U.S. Supreme Court
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Meet the commenters: 'Denis'
Change of SubjectPart of a series; for a directory of commenters, click here. Commenter ID: Denis Real name: Denis [Also the name of my late father and grandfather, along with two living cousins. The one-n spelling is considered correct by my Irish...... -
What we know about 'Divergent' filming in Chicago
We know "Divergent" — the futuristic sci-fi flick starring Shailene Woodley ("The Descendants") and directed by Neil Burger ("Limitless") — will begin filming entirely on location in Chicago and at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios on the West...
Tags: Joe Rogan, Fall Out Boy (music group), Big Black (music group), MTV (tv network), The Salvation Army
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Apr 8, 2013
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Apr 22, 2013
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Apr 14, 2013
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Apr 3, 2013
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Mar 10, 2013
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Feb 28, 2013
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Nov 28, 2012
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Feb 11, 2013
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Jan 27, 2013
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