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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: Ernie Banks, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates
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92-year-old belts out tunes as final wish fulfilled
Tribune CorrespondentMICHIGAN CITY — Frania Turley sang polka songs on the radio before television existed, and as part of her dying wish again belted out a few songs to the sounds of a live polka band. Turley, 92, a lifelong Michigan City resident, didn't seem like...Tags: Long Term Care, Nursing, Music, Medical Specialization, Entertainment
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Do's and don't's of big screen ballpark video
Wrigley Field remains the most traditional of major league ballparks, in both sight and sound. But traditionalists are a dying breed, and change at Wrigley is as unavoidable as another blown save. No matter how big it will be or where they will put...
Tags: Noise (movie), Jason Marquis, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, National Hockey League
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Ricketts committed to Chicago; is it mutual?
In a dim corridor Monday along the third-base side of Wrigley Field, about 30 feet away from a restroom still equipped with troughs and a wall holding pay phones, Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts outlined the tentative deal struck to renovate the rickety 99-...
Tags: World Series, Miami Marlins, Baseball, Minnesota Twins, University of Chicago
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Giangreco, Kerr, Deford win 'Heisman for journalists'
Tribune reporterMark Giangreco, Frank Deford and the late Johnny “Red” Kerr were recipients of Ring Lardner Awards Tuesday night during the annual dinner at the Union League Club of Chicago. Ring Lardner was a celebrated sportswriter, humorist, and...Tags: Bob Costas, Baseball, Illinois Fighting Illini, Union League Club, ABC (tv network)
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Trading Marmol could fill a couple of Cubs holes
Reports say the Tigers are looking to trade for a closer. Hang loose, Carlos Marmol. I mean, didn’t the Cubs sign Kyuji Fujikawa precisely because they intended-slash-hoped-slash-tried to trade Marmol? In fact, the Cubs cut a deal with the...
Tags: American League Central, Rick Porcello, Baseball, Theo Epstein, Dale Sveum
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Pearl Jam announces July concert at Wrigley Field
Pearl Jam will be playing at Wrigley Field Friday, July 19, the band confirmed this morning. The band tweeted out, "IT'S OFFICIAL: Pearl Jam will be playing at Wrigley Field. Will you be there?" The show will be called “An Evening With Pearl Jam,"...
Tags: Live Nation, Wrigley Field, Pearl Jam (music group)
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Santo's induction into Hall of Fame long overdue
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Ron Santo had to die to get into the Hall of Fame. It shouldn't have happened but it did, and everyone knows it. What we didn't know until Sunday was that in some ways it could seem better that Santo was inducted in the second...
Tags: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Baseball, Media Industry, Chicago Cubs, Sports
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Pitching help a long way off for Cubs
So much for Anthony Rizzo's victory lap. On the day after Rizzo's critically acclaimed Chicago debut, the Cubs demonstrated nicely what exactly he has gotten himself into. The 17-1 loss to the Mets wasn't quite like that horrific, fireball-generating...
Tags: Alfonso Soriano, Jason McLeod, Ramon Ramirez, Ernie Banks, Starlin Castro
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Cubs lose for 100th time
Fifty years ago this week, only 595 fans showed up at Wrigley Field for the opener of the Cubs-Mets series, the last time two teams with 100-plus losses faced each other. The '62 Cubs — with future Hall of Famers Ernie Banks, Lou Brock, Billy...
Tags: World Series, Alfonso Soriano, Fernando Martinez, Ernie Banks, Matt Dominguez
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Orioles broadcasters Angel and Hunter up for Ford C. Frick Award
The Baltimore SunTwo Orioles broadcasters are among 41 still in the running for the 2013 Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually by the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Radio voice Joe Angel and MASN studio host and play-by-play announcer Jim Hunter are in the group...Tags: Skip Caray, Richie Ashburn, Phil Rizzuto, Voting, Lou Boudreau
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Pat Hughes, Ron Santo and Lou Boudreau advance to second round of voting for 2013 Ford C. Frick Award
WGN Cubs voices Pat Hughes, Ron Santo are Lou Boudreau are among 41 broadcasters who have made it through to the second round of voting for the the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum's 2013 Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball...
Tags: Baseball, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Voting, Sports, Lou Boudreau
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