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Almost exactly a decade after Mayor Richard Daley dismissed the idea of bidding for the Olympics as a con game because the U.S. Olympic Committee demanded $50,000 just to enter the competition, the Mayor spearheaded Chicago's successful effort to become U.S. bid city for the 2016 Summer Games. On April 14, 2007, the USOC board of directors chose Chicago over Los Angeles in the final round of a competition that began with five cities (Philadelphia, Houston and San Francisco were the others). The International Olympic Committee's 15-member executive board will cut the field to four or five finalists in June 2008, and the IOC's 100-plus members will select the 2016 host Oct. 2, 2009, in Copenha...
Almost exactly a decade after Mayor Richard Daley dismissed the idea of bidding for the Olympics as a con game because the U.S. Olympic Committee demanded $50,000 just to enter the competition, the Mayor spearheaded Chicago's successful effort to become U.S. bid city for the 2016 Summer Games. On April 14, 2007, the USOC board of directors chose Chicago over Los Angeles in the final round of a competition that began with five cities (Philadelphia, Houston and San Francisco were the others). The International Olympic Committee's 15-member executive board will cut the field to four or five finalists in June 2008, and the IOC's 100-plus members will select the 2016 host Oct. 2, 2009, in Copenhagen. Key parts of Chicago's bid plan are a largely temporary, $350 million Olympic stadium in Washington Park, an aquatics center in Douglas Park, and nearly all the other venues and the Olympic Village on the lakefront.
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Rodman runs gamut of emotions at Hall induction
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Leave it to Dennis Rodman to turn a celebration into a therapy session. On the Friday night the Pistons and Bulls great entered the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame along with Artis Gilmore, Tex Winter and seven others, an...
Tags: Jerry West, Ceremonies, Julius Erving, David Stern, Wilt Chamberlain
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Burke wins 1-meter title at US nationals
AP Sports WriterA couple of math-loving Amys -- call `em Amy-squared -- won the 10-meter synchronized platform title at the U.S. diving championships Thursday night. Amy Cozad and Amy Korthauer, who train in Bloomington, Ind., totaled 295.92 points at UCLA. They will...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Multi-Sport Events, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Diving
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Primetime Views: More opportunities today to explore life after 55?
We asked several people: 'Do you think there are more opportunities today to explore life after 55 compared to past generations?' Here's what they had to say: Stephen R. Bixler, 55, Chicago "To a large extent, the Internet has helped a lot of older...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Folk (genre), Trips and Vacations, Grant Park, Illinois
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Cheering against ourselves
I'm willing to admit I'm a partisan. However, I refuse to cheer against the United States. During the last few years, we've had Republicans and tea partiers cheering when Chicago lost out on the Olympics, lamenting when a U.S. President wins a Nobel...Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Elections, Republican Party
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Voice of the People, Aug. 11
Get outside This is in response to "Bike-path reminders" (Voice of the People, July 26), from letter-writer Emerson Bolen. I, too, ride the "bike paths" frequently in Cook, DuPage, Kane and Will counties. I would like to correct him about whose trails...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Chicago Mayor, Chemicals, Elections, Streamwood
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Track and field | Lindblom's Little sets national record, wins two golds at AAU nationals
Tribune staff reporterLindblom junior Shamier Little, who won Class 2A state titles in the 100-meter hurdles and 400 dash in May, earned the Joel Ferrell Award for Outstanding Female Runner at the AAU Junior Olympics last week in New Orleans. Little set an AAU Junior...Tags: High School Sports, Multi-Sport Events, Athletics, Track and Field
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MLS games to air on NBC networks in 2012
Major League Soccer games will be televised by NBC's networks starting next season, doubling the number of homes that dozens of games will be available in. The package currently on Fox Soccer Channel will move mainly to the NBC Sports Network, Versus'...
Tags: Real Estate, Multi-Sport Events, Stanley Cup Playoffs, Versus (tv network), Fox Soccer Channel (tv network)
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Verzbicas adds U.S. junior triathlon title to his impressive record, then crashes
Lukas Verzbicas has been very clear in talking about his immediate sports future, insisting it lies in running. But it was also clear from what Verzbicas said Saturday that he is going to miss the triathlon after winning what likely will be his final...
Tags: High School Sports, Multi-Sport Events, Athletes, Transportation Accidents, Injuries and Wounds
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Don't let anyone tell you ketchup can't go on hot dogs
"No, I won't condemn anyone for putting ketchup on a hot dog. This is the land of the free. And if someone wants to put ketchup on a hot dog and actually eat the awful thing, that is their right. "It is also their right to put mayo or chocolate syrup...
Tags: Tomatoes, Mike Royko, Elections, Vienna Beef, Woodrow Wilson
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CVS' Simpson in finals for Olympic boxing trials
Chicago boxer Shawn Simpson has won the challengers bracket and moved into the finals of the 2012 U.S. Olympic trials. Simpson, 17, of Chicago Vocational High School, beat Emilio Sanchez 21-15 Thursday night in Mobile, Ala. That gives Simpson another...
Tags: Trials, Mobile, CVS Corp.
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Boxer Thomas decides to wait to turn pro
Semajay Thomas sent me a text message Thursday afternoon saying, "It's not over 4 me to make the olympic team." That is what I noted in my Tuesday entry on Globetrotting. At that time, just after he was disqualified from the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials for...
Tags: Crimes, Multi-Sport Events, Telecommunication Service, Juvenile Delinquency, Trials
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The blues of a heady yesteryear in London
With governments crippled by debt, politicians bickering and all manner of personal investments tanking, it's mighty tough to remember the optimism of 2005. But in London that summer, the mood could not have been more different from the one that permeates...Tags: Theater, Multi-Sport Events, Olympic Games, London (England), Tony Blair
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