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Youth Violence Too Big For Huberman To Handle
2009-11-23 16:45:00 All this has me thinking that, before we get much further, it's time for the Mayor to put someone in charge of the entire effort.
An open letter to all the men who are mad at me.
2009-11-23 13:00:00 I spend a lot of time dealing with guys being mad at me for not being "available" enough. This is an open letter to any of you guys who are mad at me. Feel free to leave a comment, douchers.
On the American Music Awards red carpet
2009-11-23 07:59:00 Taylor Swift won five American Music Awards and Michael Jackson won four, but who ruled the red carpet?
Niemi "spectacular" as Blackhawks blank Canucks 1-0
2009-11-23 07:46:00 Playing for only the second time in a month, Antii Niemi was spectacular in goal as the Chicago Blackhawks blanked the Vancouver Canucks 1-0. By stopping all 30 shots, Niemi earned his second career shutout in his sixth NHL start and led the Hawks to their seventh consecutive victory including three straight to start the current six-game road trip. After two scoreless periods between last season's playoff rivals, it was a matter of who could score first. Though he wasn't credited with an assist, the Hawks' Patrick Kane sparked the lone scoring play with a patient cross-ice saucer pass to a pinching Brian Campbell. Campbell cut to the middle of the ice and pushed the puck to the doorstep...
Opportunity knocked, but the Bears couldn't answer
2009-11-23 07:36:00 The Bears had their chances against Philadelphia. Three times, they had receivers wide open with no one between them and the end zone. Jay Cutler overthrew every one. That proved to be the difference as the Bears lost to the Eagles 24-20. It was their third straight loss and 5th in 6 games and dropped their record to 4-6. The Eagles are 6-4 and tied with the Giants and Packers for the two wild card spots in the NFC playoffs. The Bears passing attack sank to a season-low. Cutler averaged just 3.6 yards a pass play. That's less than the Cleveland Browns 32nd-ranked season average. Cutler's last pass of the night resulted in his league-leading 18th interception. It was the...
Real Salt Lake outlasts LA in penalties to win MLS Cup
2009-11-23 07:14:00 Heading into the final game of the regular season, few expected Real Salt Lake to make the playoffs, let alone win the MLS Cup. But Sunday night, Real Salt Lake achieved the improbable, defeating the star-studded L.A. Galaxy 5-4 (1-1) in penalties to win the first trophy in club history. As Fire fans know all too well, the win is the second consecutive penalty shootout victory for Real Salt Lake, who defeated the Galaxy after the seventh round of spot kicks. Salt Lake keeper Nick Rimando again came up huge in the shootout, stopping Jovan Kirovski and Edson Buddle to propel RSL to victory. Galaxy Captain Landon Donovan was the goat for L.A., shockingly hitting his penalty attempt over...
The Christmas Tree Ship (11-23-1912)
2009-11-23 07:01:00 Chicago may not have an ocean, but we do have Lake Michigan. We are a maritime city. This is one day to remember that tradition, with the story of the Christmas Tree ships. Around the turn of the 20th Century, the German custom of decorating Christmas trees was taking hold in Chicago. The closest evergreen forests were in northern Wisconsin and upper Michigan. Each November, a few lake schooners loaded up with trees and sailed them down to Chicago. Customers would come to the docks, board a ship, and buy their tree. Herman Schuenemann was master of a Christmas Tree ship. Chicago children affectionately called him "Captain Santa." In 1912 he owned part-interest in the 123-foot, three-masted schooner...
Give Cutler a break: It's tough to throw passes with both hands around
2009-11-23 06:43:00 The Bald TruthIf I say Jay Cutler is a choker, I'm a negative, know-nothing media mope. So over to you, Tony Dungy:"He is afraid right now."Dungy, one of the NFL's true good guys - not to mention a brilliant football man - later told the NBC audience that Cutler was too trying to avoid screwing up instead of trying to make plays in Sunday night's loss to the Eagles.Which is good-guy lingo for "Another prime-time game, and the guy choked again."...
Cubs Prospect Videos
2009-11-23 06:40:00 I wanted to point out a new feature I added to the blog, a video library of Cubs prospects, which you can find in the navigation bar above under "Prospect Videos".Under there you'll see a collection of all the videos available on Youtube and ProspectTube of Cubs prospects. I'll keep updating it in the future as I find more videos and hopefully take some of my own next season. I hope the page can be a resource to those following the Cubs system and enable you to get a better feel for how the prospects really play.As it says on the page, if you know of any videos I missed, send them my way at wrigleybound@gmail.com.I'm also interested in any...
Watch the full performances from the 2009 AMA Awards
2009-11-23 06:31:00 Eminem "Crack A Bottle" f/ 50 Cent x "Forever"So the AMAs took place earlier tonight - an award show I took a pass on so I can see Jay Cutler overthrow them (see what I did there?). Depending on how you look at it, it was a good decision since all of the show's performances were immediately upped to YouTube. I didn't sift through them, save for the two featured here: Eminem & 50 Cent's rendition of "Crack A Bottle" flowing into the best verse on "Forever" (you read it right..). Most notably, Eminem killed it by rapping every word - somethin' I hoped he was going to do as I watched it so that all the casual fans in...
Sunday Ads: All the Stores Are Warming Up With Price Cuts and Coupons
2009-11-23 06:23:00 The retailers are already pulling out so many stops that I wonder what stops will still be in for Black Friday. OK, actually the Black Friday offers are no mystery at this point, and I'll post some links to all the previews tomorrow. But before then, we can already get games at half price at Target, all kinds of gift card offers and $/$$ coupons, rebates on Kitchen Aid mixers and more. Many of the deals are good through Wednesday only.
Adam Lambert out gagas Lady Gaga at AMAs
2009-11-23 06:08:00 Adam Lambert glammed up Sunday's "American Music Awards," but I wasn't impressed. I think he was trying too hard to be shocking--to out gaga Lady Gaga--at the expense of a strong vocal performance. He sounded kind of cartoonish actually. Here's the vid and a gallery of photos from the performances. (Photos courtesy of ABC.) AMA red carpet photo gallery....
Jay's your QB for a long time; no way he's going to be overthrown
2009-11-23 05:57:00 The Bears couldn't beat the Eagles, who were without the concussed Brian Westbrook, who wasn't even allowed at team meetings. And you hope he wasn't even allowed to watch this game lest his headaches start coming back. If you like watching Robbie Gould attempting five field goals so that Jay Cutler could avoid five picks like he had last week, then you enjoyed this game. Gould did have his last attempt blocked, but considering how slippery Soldier Field's sod is, it's amazing Gould was able to keep his balance on any of his kicks. Cutler threw one great pass to Kellen Davis for a touchdown, but he overthrew three receivers for sure TD's, which was even more startling than the...
My Heart Hurts
2009-11-23 05:35:00 Literally. It hurts. I pretended not to believe but I did. Because I come from a long line of fools called Bears fans. We got a nice effort tonight. Nothing to fire Lovie about. We shall talk tomorrow....
Lights, camera, fashion: A behind-the-runway look at how Chicago designers
2009-11-23 05:30:00 Models line up backstage preparing to walk onto the runway moments before the start of the seventh annual Gen Art "Fresh Faces in Fashion" show at Millennium Park. Andrew A. Nelles for RedEyeCall it organized chaos. Designers run around, grabbing last minute accessories. Steps away, clothes fly as models disrobe and get dressed, trying not to bump into each other. Hairspray fills the air. Makeup artists stand at the ready for emergency touch-ups. Lenny Kravitz's "Are You Gonna Go My Way" thumps in the background.Welcome backstage under the white tent at Chicago's Millennium Park--the site of one of the city's biggest fashion shows....
Psychic predictions from a 3 year old
2009-11-23 05:29:00 Can some kids predict the future? I'd say "yes".
iPhone thefts increasing on Green Line?
2009-11-23 05:16:00 Becca asked me in email today whether there's been a growing rate of iPhone thefts on the Green Line:I was riding the Green Line today from Oak Park to the city and my phone was snatched out of my hot little hands in the middle of typing a Tweet. When I spoke to the person at the Oak Park AT&T store they said that a number of other people had come in during the week reporting similar incidents. When I shared my experience on my Oak Park blog, even more people commented that the same thing had happened to them or people they knew. It sounds like a dangerous trend my be starting.There have been other complaints of problems on...
Retherford Keys AFL Title, Morel Wins Batting Crown
2009-11-23 05:13:00 The Arizona Fall League concluded with the Peoria Javelinas taking the title behind the bat of C.J. Retherford, but it was Brent Morel that left the best impression among the White Sox prospects....
Tinley Park, Bensenville, bankrupt homebuilders assocation in this week&apo
2009-11-23 04:38:00 Here's a round up of the past week in real estate news in and around Chicago: 1. Tinley Park was named the best place to raise your kids in America: BusinessWeek reports the town has good schools and you don't have to pay a lot to live there. The elephant in the room? The Lane Bryant shootings, which BW says have brought the town closer together. Runners up in Illinois: Arlington Heights and Schaumburg 2. Hundreds of abandoned homes will be destroyed in Bensenville: As the city makes way for the airport expansion, it paid $16 million to get rid of the Bensenville homes. Local officials worry home values will go down, according to the Sun-Times. 3. Home Builders Association...
The Facebook spy and quiet social media networker, is that you?
2009-11-23 02:08:00 Call me a snob. I'm woman enough to take it. But I can't for the life of me figure out why do people send Facebook requests with no personal message to someone they don't know. I guess those who hunger for friends will accept it and just won't care, but I actually want to know who's on my Facebook page, looking at my pics, reading my information and being able to be kept abreast of my activities. Think about it. If the person sending you a Facebook request doesn't even have anything to say when they first send you an add, what in the world are you two going to talk about when they're on your Facebook friends... More About: Social , Media
Forget the sleigh -- Santa rides the CTA
2009-11-23 02:04:00 Forget the sleigh -- in Chicago, Santa Clause takes the CTA.
Photos from Northwestern vs. Tennessee State
2009-11-23 01:46:00 A photo gallery from Northwestern's victory over Tennessee State.
Salmons not looking to shoot threes
2009-11-23 01:31:00 Per KC Johnson:. "I always try to get to the basket first. If I'm open, I'm definitely going to take the 3. But you can get caught up in shooting 3s. Once they start going in, you can lose yourself a bit. And you always want to stay true to yourself."Please God! No. Not that. Don't let John Salmons lose himself because all of his threes are going in. Don't do it John! Don't do it! Stay true to yourself John, don't sink those threes. ...
Mad props to the polite
2009-11-23 00:44:00 Overhead today at the steam room in my gym:Mother walks in with her two young daughters, probably aged about 5-8 years old. The little girls start chattering. Mom: "Shhh....there's someone in here relaxing. You have to be quiet if you want to sit in here."Young Daughter: "But there's only one person in here!"Mom: "Shhh! It doesn't matter. You have to be quiet."Ah, bless you, kind Mom. I'll take you and your kids any day over the hens who usually make the steam room a noisy nightmare....
Nude Levi Johnston in Playgirl Magazine
2009-11-23 00:33:00 WARNING: Booty nakedness! Everyone's favorite baby daddy's pics in the flesh are up on Playgirl. [WARNING NUDITY] Since pretty much everyone was posting these photos on their Facebook, Twitter and MySpace accounts, I put some of them here for your (cough) enjoyment. Enjoy! All the hours at the gym have paid off for Levi and I hope he looks back on the photo shoot as a good decision on his life. I haven't seen all the photos on Playgirl, so I'm still left wondering if he showed off any more of his rod or bod. Either way, Levi is one good looking guy. So what do you think? Was it worth the wait?...
New Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines
2009-11-23 00:30:00 Looks like the scientific community is saving us all manner of hassle and discomfort lately, ladies. Here are the new guidelines for pap smears just issued by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG). ACOG now recommends getting your first pap smear at age 21. Prior recommendations stated that women should have their first pap smear 3 years after starting sexual activity. Since studies have shown that cervical cancer affects one in a million women under the age of 21 there just isn't enough value for recommending pap smears in this age group. ACOG also recommends:...
Northwestern still looking for answers
2009-11-23 00:08:00 Northwestern struggled to beat Tennessee State in one of the first contests of the Chicago Invitational Challenge. The Wildcats trailed by four points at the under four timeout before pulling out the victory.
Old school Common diss leads new music post
2009-11-22 23:59:00 Common "The Bitch In Yoo [Ice Cube Diss]" Producer: Pete Rock - 1996 Original Demo Mix *Tibs Fav.™Today's Old School Sunday installment is directly inspired by the latest Beanie Sigel diss track on Jay-Z. The latter feud has caused quite the buzz in hip hop but the diss track is rather weak (more on that in a sec). As a result, I felt the need to spotlight a diss track that is widely considered one of hip hop's best: Common's "The Bitch In Yoo" - the Chicago MC's 1996 diss record on Ice Cube and the Westside Connection .The backstory: In Common's legendary "I Used To Love H.E.R." he recited, "I was insulted: she was with the boys in the... More About: Music
Online movies versus theater movies, are we cheating the film industry?
More articles from this author:2009-11-22 23:51:00 Was the film really worth $9.50 For my birthday I got an AMC gift card for $10, so I went to Orland Square Mall to see "2012." Had I not received that gift card, I'd have gone to The New 400 Theater because instead of paying $9.50 for any movie after 3:30 p.m., I'd have paid $7.50 after 6 p.m. or $5 before 6 p.m. The Suntimes' Kara Spak recently wrote an interesting column called "Online movie free-for-all," and I agree with most of the comments. There are some movies that flat out are not worth paying $9.50 for. Was "2012" worth paying $9.50 for? Absolutely. Was "Paranormal Activity," a film I saw on my birthday? No. I liked... More About: Movies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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