It’s an hour or so before game time, and I’m up in the nosebleed section, waiting for my beloved Bulls to start playing, and wondering what, oh what, to write about for the Best of Chicago issue. And all of a sudden it hits me—right there in front of my face. Up on the huge, […]
Tag: Joakim Noah
Posted inNews & Politics
Hard hat, lunch pail: The myth of toughness in Chicago sports
How the fabled athletic monsters of Chicago’s Midway were created
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FeelTrip Records pays tribute to Joakim Noah tonight at Slippery Slope
FeelTrip’s Permanent Vacation Vol. 1 doesn’t have much to do with Joakim Noah, but the people who released it are throwing a party in Noah’s honor tonight.
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Police union head: There’s ‘an Orlando every month in Chicago, and no one seems to raise an eyebrow,’ and other news
Also, the nearly broke Chicago Public Schools has made a $657 million teachers’ pension payment.
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Less than one-half of 1 percent of arrestees in Chicago saw a lawyer while in police custody, and other news
Also, Dick Durbin says he isn’t interested in running for governor.
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Chicago’s contemporary connection to King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, and more Chicago news
Rahm’s forgiveness tour, Congress Plaza Hotel robbery suspects at large, and more things you need to know about
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This blog post is just an excuse to listen to Commodores’ ‘Nightshift’
Also, they play the Arcada Theatre in Saint Charles on Saturday.
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Best Norm Van Lier-like Effort
Not too bad for the 26th pick in the 2009 draft
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Amara Enyia runs for mayor! Wait, who?
A 31-year-old community activist with all of $650 in her coffers takes on our $7 million mayor.
Posted inMusic
Five honors students from Chicago rap’s freshman class
Five honors students from Chicago rap’s freshman class: Alex Wiley, Saba, Spenzo, Taylor Bennett, and ZMoney
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Mayor Rahm moves ahead with his $18 million Lincoln Elementary expansion
The Public Building Commission gives its blessing to Mayor Emanuel’s plan to spend at least $18 million building an annex in a Lincoln Park grammar school that doesn’t really need one.
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Mayor Rahm: He’s everywhere! He’s everywhere!
Wildcat and Buckeye fans agree: The highlight of this weekend’s Northwestern-Ohio State game is what happened when the image of Mayor Rahm flashed on the big screen at Ryan Field.
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At Saint Sabina, basketball and boos for Mayor Rahm
After two years of school cuts and closings and TIF handouts for his cronies, it’s understandable that south-siders would boo Mayor Rahm.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Best Display of Hustle to Make You Question Your Own Resolve as a Human Being
Watching him lumber up and down the court—fingers flared out in his peculiar overexaggerated running motion, snarl affixed just below tufts of wilded-out and sweaty curls—doesn’t bring to mind elegance. More like guts.