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Home » Hall of Fame

Tag: Hall of Fame

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Chicago rap star Polo G takes a long victory lap on Hall of Fame

by Leor Galil June 28, 2021August 18, 2021

In a self-aggrandizing public announcement last month about the return of Lollapalooza, Mayor Lori Lightfoot tweeted a cringey promotional video where she played music for Department of Public Health commissioner Allison Arwady onstage at the Petrillo Music Shell in Grant Park. Early in the clip, Lightfoot changes the soundtrack from a Foo Fighters tune to […]

Posted inNews & Politics

The 50 worst moments in the first 50 years of the Chicago Bulls

by Jake Malooley January 20, 2016August 18, 2021

A 50-year history of the Bulls’ big egos, bad draft picks, blown knees, and heartbreaking losses

Posted inBlogs

Chicago’s slugging first basemen

by Steve Bogira July 24, 2014August 18, 2021

White Sox and Cubs fans do have something to brag about: Jose Abreu and Anthony Rizzo lead their leagues in homers.

Posted inBlogs

This is the year!

by Ted Cox December 5, 2011August 19, 2021

Ron Santo is finally inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Posted inBlogs

The Big HOF

by Whet Moser February 16, 2010August 19, 2021

Frank Thomas: baseball’s John Henry

Mark McGwire testifying before a House committee in 2005
Posted inNews & Politics

Steroids: Black Mark or Gray Area?

by Michael Miner July 22, 2009August 19, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

Death, taxes, and Ron Santo being rejected from the Hall

by Whet Moser December 8, 2008August 19, 2021

Ron Santo rejected from the Hall of Fame again–does his position make it harder?

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