- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jan 29, 2013
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Mayor Emanuel swears he's not interested in running for president
So of course he is.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 10, 2012
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Fake Olympics: Bake Olympics edition
Did Olympics commercials really inspire me to my own act of Olympian greatness?
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 10, 2012
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U.S. women's soccer team coasts for the gold
The United States women prevail over Japan in Olympic soccer
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 10, 2012
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Reflections of an Olympics junkie
Highlights, lowlights, and other scattered thoughts on the 2012 summer games
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 9, 2012
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Babe Didrikson: the greatest Olympian
On a steamy track in Evanston 80 years ago, Babe Didrikson qualified for the Olympics in unparalleled style.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 8, 2012
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Take that, Olympic tape delay—oh, nuts
The U.S. women's soccer team prevails over Canada in the Olympic semifinal—whenever you watch it.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 8, 2012
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Earth to Morrissey: sit back, relax, and try to appreciate the Olympics
How I would try to convince Morrissey to enjoy the Olympics, from the peculiar nooks to the grand spectacle of it all
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 6, 2012
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Olympian Week: why no Olympics competition for golf?
Golf hasn't been Olympian for more than a century.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 31, 2012
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The science of swimsuits
Technology that wins gold medals
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 31, 2012
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Faster, higher, stronger—younger
Generational battles break out between Olympic athletes of the present and the past.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 28, 2012
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Now let the Games begin—finally
The London Summer Olympics are declared open—and open and open and open
- News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Jan 19, 2012
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Is this any way to sell the city?
Chicago's new tourism bureau campaign gets off to a lame start with the hastily buried slogan "Second to None"
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 16, 2011
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Debate fatigue
The Republican candidates are suffering from jet lag and burnout
- You Are Here, Chicagoans, Sep 1, 2011
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This week's Chicagoan: Michael Reed, rigger
This week's Chicagoan: Michael Reed, rigger
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 18, 2010
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The 2010 Olympics: All About the Pants
Never mind the sports; look at the trousers they're sporting.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 16, 2010
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The Ultimate Accessory
This year's Olympic medals: hot or not?
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 13, 2009
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The Athlete
"The Athlete," a biopic about Ethiopian gold medalist Adebe Bikila, screens 10/13 and 10/17 in the Chicago International Film Festival.
- News & Features, Politics, Oct 8, 2009
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Lessons From Our Olympic Adventure
Someone stood up to Mayor Daley and lived. Plus: My new BFF Michelle Malkin
- News & Features, Letters, Oct 8, 2009
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Letters & Comments, October 8, 2009
I realize that's it's more arcane IOC politics than anything else that doomed this bid, but at least it doomed it. I just hope this will have some blowback on Daley, both to tarnish his legacy and so we can boot his ass.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 30, 2009
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Olympic Delegates: Decked Out by Chicago Designers
Local designers have the city's Olympic bid sewn up, with designs for the delegates to Copenhagen.
