Chicago White Sox vice-president and chief marketing officer Brooks Boyer was informative, insightful and entertaining during his lecture at Saint Xavier University on Dec. 16. He was no match for 28-year Sox season ticket holder Barbara O’Toole, however.
Boyer was the latest to take the dais as part of the Breakfast with the Experts series...
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White Sox Marketing Chief Talks Baseball, Business and Banters with Cubs Fans at Saint Xavier University
Sportswriter in the Zone: The Day I Met Bill Simmons
“This isn’t going to be worth it.”
I grumbled to my roommate as we sat in our apartment. He, an Italian, is unfamiliar with Bill Simmons and has little interest in American sports. I, on the other hand, am an aspiring sportswriter and a hot-dog-eating, apple-pie-munching, red-blooded American sports fan.
Simmons, a nationally recognized member of...
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Project Play Gets Families Moving Toward Healthy Lifestyles
By Cristobal Martinez of Neighborhood Sports Chicago
This summer, the open space at 31st Street and Lawndale Avenue in Little Village has been overtaken by families. They gather on Tuesday nights as part of Project Play, a creation of the non-profit Beyond the Ball. At Project Play, kids, moms and dads are able to enjoy...
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Olympics Road Show Makes Stop In Rogers Park
By James Ginderske of The Urban Coaster
The Chicago 2016 committee gave a presentation at the 49th ward selected location of the Rogers Park library on August 5 revealing little in the way of new information while conveying a local version of their city-wide effort to market the bid to Chicago neighborhoods.
In a 45-minute presentation...
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Olympic Legacies: Give or Take?
Chicago’s historic parks and its rich architectural legacy are among the strongest selling points for promoters seeking to attract the 2016 Summer Olympics to this city.
In selling the games to Chicago’s residents, meanwhile, promises of park enhancements and sports programs for kids, as well as affordable housing, have been featured alongside visions of jobs...
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At Dortch Enterprises, It’s Bicycle Today For A Better Tomorrow
By Joseph White of Neighborhood Sports Chicago
Summer and vacation go hand in hand. But for too many kids, “vacation” just means a break from school, because they rarely actually go anywhere. Instead, they spend most of their summer inside the house, or hanging around the neighborhood. But for the last ten years, Andrew Dortch...
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Possible Upset in Mac Race
Note: The corrected times are in for the Section 2 racers, and Spirit Walker finished first. The wind shifted at the end of the race, and Flash Gordon 5’s finished fifth. Congratulations to all yachts that finished this long race.
The first boat over the finish line in the 101st Chicago Yacht Club Race to...
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Cubs are Sold. What does it Matter to Fans?
Image by Getty Images via Daylife
Crain’s says that the Tribune has closed on the sale of the Cubs.
“Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Tribune has insisted in the past that much of it be financed with debt to limit the media company’s exposure to the capital gains tax. The Chicago-based media company...
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Leader of Columbia’s baseball team a rare breed
Student athletes are a rare, sometimes forgotten, breed at Columbia. Ryan Knight is no exception.
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Complete Your Spring Training: via Beachwood Reporter
The Beachwood Reporter.
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