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By Roger Wallenstein
We were children just learning the game. Going to the ballpark thrilled us with the greenest grass we’d ever seen along with scents of hot dogs and beer and peanuts. The lights turned night into day, and the huge scoreboard kept us apprised of what was happening in stadiums far away as we sang “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” with the organ providing the background.
And then the gifted Miñoso came into our lives and quickly captured our hearts.
Posted on December 9, 2021
By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
Owners tank offseason. Plus: The Stro Show And Mo; The Legend of Leury; Bears In For Beating/s; Bulls Balls; Blackhawks Flower; Red Stars Retool; and Fire Hire.
Posted on December 3, 2021
By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
But is Ryan Pace pulling the strings behind the curtain? Plus: Red Stars Wreckage; Back-To-Back Bad Bulls; Blackhawks Post Up; White Sox Sign Former Cub; Miguel Amaya Goodbyea; Illinois Upside Down; Chicago’s Big Ten Rivalry; and NU’s New National Champ.
Posted on November 26, 2021
By AP
“An Associated Press investigation has found that World Cup 2022 host Qatar has for years employed a former CIA officer to help spy on FIFA officials as part of a no-expense-spared effort to win and hold on to the most popular sports tournament.”
Posted on November 24, 2021
By Legends Abroad
LegendsAbroad.com will serve you a once-in-a-lifetime Antarctic expedition to the seventh continent. A limited number of lucky travelers will have the chance to spend 11 days with two of the sport’s most iconic legends, and witness history as the game is formally played for the first time on a continent known for geographical isolation and exoticism. The trip is also meant to highlight the importance of conserving this unique region which is jointly governed by multiple nations and has an impact on climate around the world.
Posted on November 20, 2021
By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
Red Stars Spirit. Plus: Hot Bulls Learn Lesson; Post-Colliton Blackhawks Rolling; Breaking! Porter Moser Left Loyola; Illini (Maybe) A Top Ten Team; Stove Stuff; and Bears Prepare To Spoil Nation’s Thanksgiving.
Posted on November 19, 2021
By Patrick Lejtenyi/Concordia University
The past two North American pro-sports seasons have been exceptional in many ways: fewer games played, more regional travel and more same-city “baseball-style” series’ with consecutive match-ups between the same home and visiting teams. It was an unusual experience for everyone involved, but a good one for the environment, writes Concordia researcher Seth Wynes.
In a new paper just published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, Wynes, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, writes that the drop in travel among the four major sports leagues in North America – Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League – had a noticeable effect on their carbon footprints.
Posted on November 18, 2021
By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
It keeps getting worse. Plus: Captain COVID; Bulls Rush; Bye Bye Bears; Rodon Rides On; Semi Stars; Illini High; Hitsville, Loyola; and more!
Posted on November 12, 2021
By Thomas Chambers
Charlie Appelby. The Japanese. A California-made betting scandal. Baffert won’t be going away. Sweet profit. NBC is dead to me.
It could have been a comatose Breeders’ Cup this weekend, but TrackNotes took the road less traveled and ended up on a bouncing buckboard hauled by a runaway team of horses. High highs and low lows.
Posted on November 7, 2021
By Thomas Chambers
Cough-Cough-Cough!
Pardon me. I was just clearing out the chalk dust.
It’s been that kind of year. Top horses don’t battle each other as often, which makes it easier for favorites. However, there are a few dazzling runners taking each other on here and losses by some of them would cost them Eclipse Awards and, translationally, future breeding dollars.
While most of us will plug into the ol’ Telstar, it’s California here we come for the 37th Breeders’ Cup World Championships from the beautiful Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, where The Turf Meets the Surf.
Posted on November 5, 2021
