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Creativity is a funny thing. Except when it isn’t. It can be difficult to describe the creative process and more challenging to do so than for some folks to actually (pardon the split infinitive) be creative. Which brings us to ESPN and Jeremy Lin. And a headline that ran on ESPN’s mobile Web site for […]
OK, so the Roller Derby coverage hasn’t been as comprehensive as some enthusiasts might have hoped. It’s still better than a lot of other media outlets. Case in point: the videos that accompany today’s effort. Individuals featured are Kelley Young of the Kansas City Roller Warriors and Varla Vendetta of the Windy City Rollers. For […]
A Chicago football team did participate in a highly entertaining game on national television. It simply didn’t result in a Chicago victory. And it simply didn’t involve the Bears. The Detroit Lions defeated the Bears on Monday Night Football 24-13. Not particularly entertaining — from a Chicago perspective. Decidely different was Friday’s matchup between Chicago […]
Steve Jobs was a visionary whose creative mind changed the world. Even the world of sports. Not so much for the athletes (although countless ones use his iPod for listening to pregame and postgame music), but for the followers of sports. Think of all the fans who access information through iPhones or iPads. Or even […]
The Chicago Bliss and the Lingerie Football League won’t be the same. Tasha “Tank” Pryor no longer will be a part of the LFL game. The team’s star running back for the first two seasons of the league announced Tuesday on Facebook her LFL run is over. Which means she won’t be on the field […]
If it’s Friday, it’s time for football. Now to some folks that means high school games. Or possibly a college contest or two. To some of us, however, that means: Are you ready for some Lingerie League Football? The answer, of course, is of course. While teams such as the LFL’s Chicago Bliss play a […]
One of the joys of the Internet is wandering it aimlessly and finding out things you never knew. Such was the case Monday in a cursory glance at Twitter. There, much to my delight (and no doubt to the delight of many others) was Ashley Bond with a tweet about a calendar shoot Tuesday. Not […]
There is halftime entertainment, and then there is halftime entertainment. And so it was at the Windy City Rollers roller derby contest Sept. 10 at the University of Illinois-Chicago Pavilion. A young woman in a leotard came onto the floor. She had several hoops (Hula Hoops, for those who remember when they were the hot […]
You haven’t heard the last from Mike North. Especially if you listen to Fox Sports Radio (which is challenging in Chicago, where there is no Fox outlet). He is teaming with former NFL player Lincoln Kennedy for a night-time show for the next couple of weeks to replace Tony Bruno, who is returning to Philadelphia. […]
Apolo Ohno is known more for his feats on the ice than for his feet on the ground. Even so, the world champion short-track skater is to compete in the Sept. 11 Chicago Half Marathon and Karhu 5K. He is doing so as part of training for November’s New York City Marathon and as part […]