Sports Traveler Chicago
Sports Traveler Chicago

Author: Anbritt Stengele

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781893121225

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Anbritt Stengele, the ultimate Chicago sports fan and owner of Sports Traveler, a sports tourism company, knows what's on your mind when it comes to sports and she now shares all her best Chicago advice with you: How to have the best game day, how to celebrate your fandom, and where to find new sports fan experiences. Sports Traveler Chicago covers where to sit, what to eat, what else to see at the park, fan customs, lodging picks, transportation advice, pre-game parties, post-game traditions, historical sites, bars for fans, fan memories, off-season conventions, minor league teams, and more! With information on baseball, basketball, football, hockey, soccer, auto racing, horse racing, bicycle racing, lacrosse, golf, and the Chicago Marathon. You're a Sports Traveler! You've waited a long time to visit the Friendly Confines, the House that Jordan Built, or the historic colonnades of Soldier Field. You're coming in from the suburbs, want to grab a great meal after the game with other fans and hope to avoid city traffic as much as possible. A group of your old friends is getting together for one fun-filled day at the stadium. You want to impress key customers with a first-class experience at the park or the racetrack. You're looking for some affordable family-friendly outings, or even to show your kids an old-fashioned time at the ballpark. You're not in Chicago to see art or dinosaurs in a museum. You're a Sports Traveler and this guide's for you! Anbritt Stengele, the ultimate Chicago sports fan and owner of Sports Traveler, a sports tourism company, knows what's on your mind when it comes to sports and she now shares all her best Chicago advice with you: How to have the best game day, how to celebrate your fandom, and where to find new sports fan experiences. Sports Traveler Chicago covers where to sit, what to eat, what else to see at the park, fan customs, lodging picks, transportation advice, pre-game parties, post-game traditions, historical sites, bars for fans, fan memories, off-season conventions, minor league teams, and more! With information on baseball, basketball, football, hockey, soccer, auto racing, horse racing, bicycle racing, lacrosse, golf, and the Chicago Marathon. Look for Sports Traveler guides for other cities coming soon!

Sports in Chicago
Sports in Chicago

Author: Elliott J. Gorn

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0252075234

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Chicago has garnered national recognition by winning the World Series, the Super Bowl, and a string of titles in the National Basketball Association. But amateur sports also play a large role in the city's athletic traditions, especially in schools and youth leagues. In fourteen chapters, experts focus on multiple aspects of Chicago sports, including long looks at amateur boxing, the impact of gender and ethnicity in sports, the politics of horse racing and stadium building, the lasting scandal of the Black Sox, and the perpetual heartbreak of the Cubs. Well illustrated with forty photographs, this volume will help historians and sports fans alike appreciate the longstanding importance of sports in Chicago. Contributors are Peter Alter, Robin F. Bachin, Larry Bennett, Linda J. Borish, Gerald Gems, Elliott J. Gorn, Richard Kimball, Gabe Logan, Daniel A. Nathan, Timothy Neary, Steven A. Riess, John Russick, Timothy Spears, Costas Spirou, and Loic Wacquant.

Chicago: America's Best Sports Town
Chicago: America's Best Sports Town

Author: Brian Sandalow

Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.

Published: 2018-06-12

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 163494030X

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Chicago sports teams have put their fans through hell at times, but that’s only part of the story. Chicago: America’s Best Sports Town recounts the athletes, coaches, triumphs, and heartbreaks that have kept fans coming back for more.

The Chicago Sports Reader
The Chicago Sports Reader

Author: Steven A. Riess

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 025207615X

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A celebration of the fast, the strong, the agile, and the tricky throughout Chicago's storied sports history

Score of a Lifetime
Score of a Lifetime

Author: Terry Boers

Publisher: Triumph Books

Published: 2017-11-15

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 1641250348

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For 25 years, Chicago sports fans invited Terry Boers into their homes, cars, and offices as one of the premier voices of WSCR radio. Covering the latest championships and trades, and always ready to offer up timely takes, Boers was a Windy City constant until his retirement in 2017. In his highly-anticipated memoir, Boers delivers a trove of lively anecdotes and personal reflections from his life and journey through sports media--from raucous banter with Mike Ditka during The Score's early days to the Cubs' World Series celebration in 2016. A must-read for any of the thousands of listeners who made Boers part of their daily routine, The Score of a Lifetime is a freewheeling, frank portrait of a man, a career, a station no one thought would survive, and a city that loves its sports.

The Great Book of Chicago Sports Lists
The Great Book of Chicago Sports Lists

Author: Dan McNeil

Publisher: Running Press Adult

Published: 2009-09-17

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 0762439238

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Chicago sports fans are the most passionate, knowledgeable, and dedicated in the country. Now, the Windy City's top sports-radio jock and a longtime native sportswriter engage this phenomenon with a compilation of informative and entertaining lists sure to stir up dialogue and debate within the buzzing Chicago sports scene. With original contributions from top Chicago sports and entertainment personalities such as Norm Van Lier, Bill Wennington, Dan Jiggetts, Pat Hughes, Len Kasper, John McDonough, Mike North, U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, and many more, this is a must-have reference and entertaining read for all jocks, wannabes, haters, dreamers, and died-in-the-wool Chicago sports fans.

Settling the Score
Settling the Score

Author: Mike North

Publisher: Triumph Books

Published: 2009-05

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1617499005

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Calm, reasoned, and well-modulated tones are not the order of business in discussing Chicago sports, and when it comes to talking Chicago sports, Mike North is in a class by himself. He led the sports-talk-radio industry out of its formative stages and became the city's most recognized voice. With his in-your-face style, North has all the answers and doesn't shortchange the reader when it comes to opinions. Why do the Bears carry the city? What's the basic difference between Sox and Cubs fans? Will the Bulls ever return to glory? Can the Blackhawks recapture their stature as one of the top teams in the NHL?

Meet the Chicago Bulls
Meet the Chicago Bulls

Author: Brendan Hanrahan

Publisher:

Published: 1996-11-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780590973274

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Provides an overview of the history, key players, and statistics of the Chicago Bulls, plus a game-by-game review of the 1995-96 season.

Real Chicago Sports
Real Chicago Sports

Author: Richard Cahan

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780972545662

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A celebration of the past 75 years of Chicago sports based on artistic and historical photographs from the files of the Chicago Sun-Times. The book includes 350 duotone, black-and-white photographs. It details the city's major sports as well as the championship teams and athletes from boxer Joe Louis to Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan. This is the first major sports photo book that focuses on Chicago's great sports tradition.

The Market Structure of Sports
The Market Structure of Sports

Author: Gerald W. Scully

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1995-03-15

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 0226743950

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Through a detailed economic assessment of the current business of professional sports and prospects for the future in the United States, Scully examines the factors that determine players' salaries; management practices and franchise values; and long-term, short-term, and corporate ownership. Scully shows, for example, that while the economic growth of the last two decades was fueled primarily by sales of television rights, the broadcast market has become saturated and teams will have to look elsewhere for income in the 1990s. This book offers technical insights that will interest business economists and professionals in sports management.