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Archive for 2009

Blog launch: Fire Lovie Smith

Three straight seasons missing the playoffs. Why does this man still have a job? We may have just launched the shortest-lived blog in ChicagoNow history. But if that’s the case, blogger Mike Burzawa will be just fine with it. Mike, who you may already know from Bears Game Day, today debuts Fire Lovie Smith, which... Read more »
By Jimmy Greenfield,
December 18, 2009 at 10:55 am
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Welcome to ChicagoNow: Fred Huebner's "From The Idle Mind of Fred"

If you’re a sports fan in Chicago and you’ve been around for any part of the last 30 years then you know Fred Huebner. If not his face, then certainly his distinctive voice, which he has lent to Sports Phone and The Score over his long career. While you won’t hear him, I’m very proud... Read more »
By Jimmy Greenfield,
December 16, 2009 at 3:49 pm
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Tiger Woods and his mistresses: a Lifetime movie

Share Tiger Woods’ personal life started looking like a three ring circus early last week. But with the emergence of at least four more women over the weekend, he’s reached Lifetime movie caliber. We’ve put together the all- star cast below: Weird and fun stuff from all over... Read more »
By MalloryHoke,
December 7, 2009 at 12:58 pm
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Most infamous adulterous athletes

Share Everybody cheats, right? Well in sports it may seem that way. Big paychecks plus a traveling circus-like schedule, lead many professional athletes astray. Wilt Chamberlian was believed to have a different woman in each city he visited. In the wake of the Tiger Woods allegations, we decided to revisit some of our favorite philanderers.   Related links... Read more »
By MalloryHoke,
December 3, 2009 at 11:38 am
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Blackhawks not among top NHL teams (or so cbssports.com says)

Somehow, CBSSports.com created a poll asking which team was the best in the NHL and left off the Blackhawks. The same Blackhawks team that is tied for the 2nd-most points in the league and just dismantled the team with the most points on their home ice. If you don’t believe me, see the screen grab... Read more »
By Jimmy Greenfield,
November 27, 2009 at 12:50 am
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Michael Jordan: The Sports Illustrated Covers

Nobody has appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated more often than Michael Jordan. Here are all 57 in which Air Jordan has been seen on a cover, even if only partially... Read more »
By Jimmy Greenfield,
November 10, 2009 at 10:30 pm
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Sammy Sosa's Face Through The Years

A photo of Sammy Sosa’s face, taken recently in Las Vegas, led to rampant speculation as to why he appears so bleached-out. A friend of Sosa’s told the Tribune he’s “going through a rejuvenation process” for his skin. In any event, by way of comparison here’s a gallery of Sosa’s face over the years starting... Read more »
By Jimmy Greenfield,
November 10, 2009 at 1:08 pm
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Fire Lovie Smith: Good idea or bad?

(Photo by Chicago Tribune) (Photo by Chicago Tribune) After getting pummeled for the second time in three weeks, it should come as no surprise that some Bears fans want to see head coach Lovie Smith fired. David Kaplan wrote a piece today on “Kap’s Corner” saying Lovie has to go, he’s out of touch with... Read more »
By Jimmy Greenfield,
November 9, 2009 at 2:02 pm
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Ashton Kutcher: Bears fan, ChicagoNow man

Kutcher, wife Demi Moore and fam at the Super Bowl. (AP photo) Everyone on Twitter knows that Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) was an early adopter and his nearly 4 million followers are the most of any Twitter user. So we thought it was pretty cool he sent out a tweet saying he loved a ChicagoNow post... Read more »
By Jimmy Greenfield,
November 3, 2009 at 10:36 am
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Bears win doesn't impress anybody

(Photo by Stacey Wescott, Chicago Tribune) ChicagoNow’s newest sports blogger, the astute and quite bald Mike Nadel, wrote “rarely has a team that won a game by 4 TDs left a stadium with less of a feeling of accomplishment than the Bears did Sunday.” That about sums it up. This was probably the least enjoyable... Read more »
By Jimmy Greenfield,
November 1, 2009 at 11:57 pm
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