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By Thomas Chambers
In response to this, I wrote this ⬇⬇⬇. I’m tired of this namby-pamby shit!
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Besides rewriting press releases, which is what Bloodhorse does, where were Bloodhorse and the Daily Racing Form when Churchill Downs Incorporated once again raped American horse racing?
As for the Chicago Bears, they can go to hell. Or, Arlington Heights. Same thing.
Posted on September 30, 2021
By Roger Wallenstein
If it’s a presidential term, the days, weeks and years can seem interminable. Conversely, a high school career tends to fly by in a flash. If a college kid has the means and the desire, he or she can stretch out the tenure for another year or more.
Four years. For aficionados of a ballclub that launches into a rebuild, the early years move at a snail’s pace, and if not properly conceived along with good fortune, a successful ending never materializes. Not so for the newly crowned AL Central Division champion White Sox. The process, while not totally linear, has a distinct pattern. Ninety-five losses four years ago followed by 100 and 89 the next two seasons before earning a wild card playoff berth a year ago.
And now, according to plan, the division flag can be flown for the first time in 13 years.
At the risk of reminding us of the struggle and ineptitude of that initial rebuilding year, our memories also are refreshed by the promise of the future. Looking back on this weekly White Sox Report, we must start at the beginning.
Posted on September 27, 2021
By Thomas Chambers
Illinois Racing Board Commissioner Alan Henry said it best.
Citing its extermination of Hollywood Park and Calder Race Course, Henry said the demise of Arlington International Race Course “would be another bloody stain on the hands of [Churchill Downs Inc.].”
CDI CEO William Carstanjen started as a lawyer. He later became an in-house counsel in two different divisions of General Electric. He has also had stints with the old Tropical Park in Miami, United Tote Co. and Churchill Downs Simulcast Productions LLC. He was heavily involved with the acquisition by CDI of betting platforms YouBet.com and AmericaTab.
Carstanjen made $10.5 million in compensation in 2020: $1.4 million in salary, a $2 million-plus bonus and more than $7 million in stock. He owns more than 500,000 shares of CDI stock for a 1.4% share of the company, worth $115 million.
Posted on September 25, 2021
By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
No longer just for Mondays. Including: Fields of Screams; Slouching Toward The Playoffs; The Right Side Of The Rivalry; Developing October; On Wisconsin; Vaxhawks; October Sky; Thorns On Fire; Hail Hawthorne; COVID Drives Online Betting; and Where The Robert Taylor Homes Once Stood: The Women’s Chicago Fall Tennis Classic.
Posted on September 24, 2021
By Randy C. Bonds/RC Bonds PR
The Women’s Chicago Fall Tennis Classic (a WTA 500-level tournament) kicks off Monday and runs through October 3rd in Washington Park on Chicago’s South Side, a first-ever for a tournament of this caliber.
Produced by Chicago’s own, Kamau Murray, this is one of the first Black-produced stops on the WTA tour, at one of the largest minority-owned tennis facilities in the country, XS Tennis Village, a $16.9 million Black owned-and-operated facility. Murray opened up the non-profit tennis facility in Washington Park on Chicago’s South Side where the Robert Taylor Homes once stood.
Posted on September 23, 2021
By Research and Markets
DUBLIN – The Online Gambling Market – Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2021-2026) report has been added to Research And Markets’ offering.
The world’s online gambling market is expected to register a CAGR of 11.94% during the forecast period, 2021-2026.
The COVID-19 pandemic positively impacted the market, as consumers turned more toward the online platform to bridge their financial, social, and psychological crisis during lockdowns. One of the research studies conducted by the Lund University in Sweden found that due to restrictions in sports events due to lockdowns, consumers have surged their interest in online gambling platforms.
Online betting is expected to be the fastest-growing segment during the forecast period. Artificial intelligence, chatbots and machine learning have taken over the market.
The rise in the number of the female population in casinos and the convenience of the cashless mode of payment during gaming are likely to boost the online gambling market during the forecast period.
Posted on September 22, 2021
By Roger Wallenstein
The sign resided at the oldest ballpark in the country, Birmingham’s Rickwood Field, built in 1910 and the former home both of the Birmingham Black Barons and the (white) Barons. Perhaps it was a vestige of the Black Sox scandal, but the message pretty much resonated in major and minor league stadiums throughout the country for decades. So much for ancient history.
Over the weekend, the Sun-Times reported on the employment of John R. Daley by the White Sox as a lobbyist to promote legislation that will permit a sportsbooks at The Grate, home of the playoff-bound ballclub on the South Side.
The name resonates in a city run by the Daleys for 43 of the 55 years between 1955 and 2011. This Daley is the nephew of Richie and grandson of Old Man Daley. Naturally.
The paper reports that 11th Ward (home of the White Sox) Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson is “supportive . . . of sports betting at stadiums and arenas.” The same Patrick Daley Thompson who has been indicted for failure to pay back a $219,000 loan from a now-defunct bank although he allegedly deducted the interest on his income tax returns. If true, what a bad boy.
Posted on September 20, 2021
By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
Bengals better, too. Including: Matt Renteria; Ex-Bear Factor; The Waiting Is The White Sox’s Hardest Part; Cubs Coulda Been; Blackhawks Burying Bodies; College Football Wasteland; Sky Out Of The Mystic; Thorns In Red Stars’ Pride; and We Didn’t Start The Chicago Fire.
Posted on September 17, 2021
By Roger Wallenstein
Bless their hearts, these wonderful White Sox. Before addressing the athletes on the field, let’s first focus attention on our hosts, the folks who run operations at Guaranteed Rate Field, or, as it is commonly known here at the Beachwood, The Grate.
My wife and I managed to witness two of last weekend’s closely fought games against the Red Sox – the 4-3 nail-biter on Friday night and Sunday’s tension-filled 2-1 triumph on Leury García’s unexpected, but more than welcome, walkoff four-bagger.
We’ve probably been to 20 games this season, which might be one reason why my inbox on Saturday morning included a survey sent by the White Sox querying me about my fan experience on Friday. My Saturday mornings are extremely busy with box scores to be scrutinized, a check of the injury list to see which Sox players will be sidelined for the next 10 days, and a perusal of the usual litany of slings and arrows aimed at Tony La Russa on social media. However, I took 10 minutes out of my frenzied morning to fill out the survey.
Posted on September 13, 2021
By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
Let’s face it, this team is going nowhere – and not even fast. Plus: Waiting On The White Sox; Fake Cubs; Lauri’s Leap; Bielosa; Wading In; Red Stars Dashing; USMNT Qualifies; Fire Doesn’t; Teenage Riot; and Ongoing Arlington Awfulness.
Posted on September 10, 2021
