AltWeeklies Wire
Chicago's Olympic Bid: What's In It for the Arts?new
Why are the city's nonprofit cultural institutions lining up behind a bid that looks dicey enough to send almost half the sports-besotted Chicago public running the other way?
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
09-14-2009 |
Sports
Sportswriters Can't Decide Whether Steroids is a Black Mark or a Gray Areanew
Baseball scribes would rather moralize about performance-enhancing drugs than make hard decisions about whether their use should keep players out of the Hall of Fame.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
07-27-2009 |
Sports
If Parkour Ever Takes Off, Michael 'Frosti' Zernow Could be One of its First Starsnew
Thousands of people are believed to practice parkour in the US, and Frosti is one of the most widely recognized. At five-foot-eight with a sinewy build, multiethnic features, and short black hair that's often pushed into a fauxhawk, he has a distinctive look.
Chicago Reader |
Rich Knight |
01-12-2009 |
Sports
The Chicago Cubs' True Accomplishmentnew
We're missing the point on the Cubs' latest, most spectacular crash and burn. Does anyone understand how difficult it is for a team to go 100 years without winning a championship?
Chicago Reader |
Mike Conklin |
10-14-2008 |
Sports
Could Cubs Catcher Geovany Soto be the Key to a World Championship?new
Manager Lou Piniella, trying to end the Cubs' century-long title drought, is relying on a rookie catcher who happens to be a key reason why, for the first time since 1908, the Cubs entered June of a season with the best record in baseball.
Chicago Reader |
Ted Cox |
06-24-2008 |
Sports
Will the Hassle of Dealing with MLB Bury a Documentary About a Cubs Superfan?new
Just days before the Cubs season opener in 2005, amateur filmmaker Paul Hoffman premiered his documentary about Ronnie "Woo Woo" Wickers at a gala benefit at the Chicago Historical Society. Hoffman figured it was only a matter of time before Woo Life: One Life Saved by the Game of Baseball found a distributor and brought further attention to a cause near to his heart, the plight of Chicago's homeless. But in fact, in three years' time he'd be sitting on a thousand copies of the film.
Chicago Reader |
Jeff Carroll |
06-16-2008 |
Sports
John Mryczko Won't Let a Little Quadriplegia Stand Between Him and Extreme Sportsnew
Mryczko wants wheelchairing to take off as a competitive sport. He began promoting the idea in 2003, launching the website extremechairing.com.
Chicago Reader |
Laura Putre |
05-05-2008 |
Sports
The Universal Language of Boxingnew
Russians, Thais, Italians, and Mongolians just practiced it on each other for two great weeks in Chicago.
Chicago Reader |
Ted Cox |
11-12-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
The Dope and the Dopesnew
Was human growth hormone or the baseball press responsible for Rick Ankiel's fall from grace?
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
10-01-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Ryne Sandberg in Peorianew
The Hall of Famer who shied away from fame is thriving as a manager in the minors.
Chicago Reader |
Ted Cox |
07-09-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Steeds With Wheelsnew
Chicago Bike Polo hosts a Champeenship.
Chicago Reader |
Scott Eden |
06-11-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Chicago Courts the Olympics & Future Olympians Practice in School Hallwaysnew
While the Olympic boosters raise millions to bring the games to Chicago, the next generation of public school track students will share Gerald Turner's plight -- running the hard hallways and ripping the hell out of their legs.
Chicago Reader |
Ben Joravsky |
04-23-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Hold the Horsesnew
The best thing about the Illinois Derby? The ostrich race.
Chicago Reader |
Ted McClelland |
04-16-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Can Chicago's Shame Stop the Games?new
Some folks think a city that hasn't resolved its history of police torture shouldn't get to host the Olympics.
Chicago Reader |
Ben Joravsky |
03-26-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Trust Issuesnew
It's gonna take more than a 12-2 record for fans to believe this year's Bears are for real.
Chicago Reader |
Ted Cox |
12-26-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
