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• Obama Lobbies for Chicago Games

  President-elect Barack Obama spoke via video on Friday to European Olympic committees at a meeting in Istanbul in an effort to sell Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Summer Games. Posted Friday, November 21, 2008 1:29 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Obama, Barack, Chicago (Ill), Olympic Games (2016)

• Chicago’s Bid for 2016 Games Seeks Lift From Obama

  As the world’s spotlight fell on Barack Obama, officials from Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Olympics knew exactly what was at hand: the best free advertisement they could dream of. Posted Wednesday, November 05, 2008 8:53 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Obama, Barack, Chicago (Ill), Presidential Election of 2008, Olympic Games (2016)

• Baseball Postseason Analysis: In Chicago, Mood Swings All Over the Toddlin’ Town

  It’s been 102 years since both of Chicago’s baseball teams have been in the postseason. And the notion of a Cubs-White Sox World series — however unlikely — has generated rare, bilateral optimism in the fall air. Posted Thursday, October 02, 2008 12:22 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Ramirez, Manny, Chicago White Sox, National League, Chicago (Ill), Guillen, Ozzie, World Series, Loney, James, Caray, Harry

• Sports of The Times: Mayor of Chicago Wants Second City to Hold Its First Olympics

  Three years after New York fizzled out in its Olympic bid for 2012, Chicago is in contention to host the Summer Games of 2016. Posted Wednesday, August 13, 2008 12:58 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Olympic Games, Chicago (Ill), Daley, Richard M

• Jerome Holtzman, 82, ‘Dean’ of Sportswriters, Dies

  The Chicago sportswriter and columnist and the author of “No Cheering in the Press Box” was a venerated presence in press boxes around the country. Posted Tuesday, July 22, 2008 12:08 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Major League Baseball, California, Baseball Hall of Fame, Chicago (Ill), Writing and Writers, Sporting News, Holtzman, Jerome, Chicago Baseball Museum, No Cheering in the Press Box (Book)

• Draft and Two Trades Change Outlook in East

  The N.B.A. draft unfolded with an almost predictable rhythm as Derrick Rose and Michael Beasley, long advertised as the most talented players available, were taken with the first two picks. Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 10:24 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, National Basketball Assn, Draft and Recruitment (Sports), Beasley, Michael, Chicago (Ill), Jefferson, Richard

• Chicago Stays in Running After Early Vote to Decide Host of 2016 Olympics

  Chicago joined Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo in moving a step closer to hosting the games, setting up a final, fierce race to see which will city win out. Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 9:35 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games, Tokyo (Japan), International Olympic Committee, Chicago (Ill), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Madrid (Spain)

• Yankees Notebook: Memories of Midges Are Difficult to Repel

  For some, the swarm of bugs that distracted Chamberlain in Game 2 of the division series was a primary culprit for the Yankees’ first-round knockout. Posted Thursday, April 24, 2008 11:28 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Chamberlain, Joba, New York Yankees, Chicago (Ill)

• For a Day, Chicago Becomes a New York Kind of Town

  The last time the Yankees and Mets both played in the Windy City on the same day was in 1980. Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:30 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Chicago (Ill)