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Category: SPORTS

Taylor Swift boosts ratings for Chiefs’ drubbing of Bears
  • SPORTS

Taylor Swift boosts ratings for Chiefs’ drubbing of Bears

By Reel Chicago Sep 26, 2023
The Bears lost 41-10 at the hands of the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs. However, the real winners were Fox and Taylor Swift fans. Swift has proven once again that her...
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Pat Hughes Baseball Hall of Fame Bobblehead unveiled
  • SPORTS

Pat Hughes Baseball Hall of Fame Bobblehead unveiled

Sep 15, 2023
The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has unveiled a limited-edition bobblehead of Chicago Cubs radio announcer Pat Hughes to commemorate his receipt of the 2023 Ford...
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White Sox vs. Cubs Crosstown Series coverage returns to NBC Sports
  • SPORTS

White Sox vs. Cubs Crosstown Series coverage returns to NBC Sports

By Reel Chicago Jul 20, 2023
NBC Sports Chicago is ready to jump start the annual southside-northside rivalry once again with expanded, live coverage of the annual Wintrust Crosstown Series begin...
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Cubs Flicks series showcasing never-before seen footage of Chicago Cubs
  • SPORTS

Cubs Flicks series showcasing never-before seen footage of Chicago Cubs

By Reel Chicago Mar 27, 2023
Marquee Sports Network today announced the premiere of Cubs Flicks, a new series showcasing never-before and rarely-seen footage of the Chicago Cubs from the late 1920s throug...
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Cubs 2022 Promotional Schedule Bobbleheads, #BudFridays, and more
  • SPORTS

Cubs 2022 Promotional Schedule Bobbleheads, #BudFridays, and more

By Reel Chicago Apr 8, 2022
The Chicago Cubs today released the schedule for promotional items, theme nights and Special Ticket Offers for the 2022 regular season. Five bobbleheads top the list on sel...
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Les Grobstein bobblehead unveiled at National Bobblehead Hall of Fame
  • SPORTS

Les Grobstein bobblehead unveiled at National Bobblehead Hall of Fame

By Reel Chicago Mar 11, 2022
The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled a limited-edition official bobblehead to honor longtime Chicago Sports Radio Broadcaster Les Grobstein, who passed away...
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WNBA’s Candace Parker and Turner Sports to produce feature-length doc
  • SPORTS

WNBA’s Candace Parker and Turner Sports to produce feature-length doc

By Reel Chicago Jan 21, 2022
Turner Sports, in conjunction with Candace Parker and Scout Productions in association with Baby Hair Productions, has announced the green-light of an untitled documentary ...
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Bitcoin of America is new sponsor for Blackhawks Post-Game radio show
  • SPORTS

Bitcoin of America is new sponsor for Blackhawks Post-Game radio show

By Reel Chicago Oct 1, 2021
Bitcoin of America recently announced their new entitlement of The Chicago Blackhawks Radio Post-Game Show. The popular Bitcoin ATM operator is taking major steps to incorpora...
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Big Hurt buys Field of Dreams
  • SPORTS

Big Hurt buys Field of Dreams

By Reel Chicago Oct 1, 2021
Former White Sox Frank Thomas has made another clutch hit. The baseball legendary Hall of Famer has now purchased a controlling interest in the Field of Dreams Movie Site locat...
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The Bears are on track to leave their Soldier Field home of 50 years
  • SPORTS

The Bears are on track to leave their Soldier Field home of 50 years

By Reel Chicago Sep 29, 2021
In a giant step that could ultimately move the Chicago Bears from their Soldier Field home of 50 years to the Arlington Park Racetrack, the Bears and Churchill Downs have signe...
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Baseball history is made as Sox play the Yankees at the Field of Dreams
  • SPORTS

Baseball history is made as Sox play the Yankees at the Field of Dreams

By Reel Chicago Aug 13, 2021
It was like a scene out of a movie, as Kevin Costner welcomed the Chicago White Sox and NY Yankees who entered the field to play in the MLB at Field of Dreams through the same ...
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Meet the builders creating baseball magic at the Field of Dreams
  • SPORTS

Meet the builders creating baseball magic at the Field of Dreams

By Reel Chicago Aug 12, 2021
You could say that the August 12 MLB at Field of Dreams game has been decades in the making. Ever since those famous lines were spoken, "If you build it, he will come…" the ...
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Chicago Bears, BetRivers, Rivers Casino in partnership
  • SPORTS

Chicago Bears, BetRivers, Rivers Casino in partnership

By Reel Chicago Jun 25, 2021
The Chicago Bears, Rush Street Interactive, Inc., a Chicago-based gaming company that operates BetRivers.com, and Rivers Casino, Chicago's leading casino, announced today t...
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‘Insiders’ boost sports video to websites, telecasts
  • SPORTS

‘Insiders’ boost sports video to websites, telecasts

By George Castle Feb 13, 2013
Chicago media outlets are going where standard-sized ENG camera crews sometimes don’t tread: in locker rooms on the road where videos of the city’s athletes are now being re...
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CSN’S use of NBC graphics package ‘best look ever’
  • SPORTS

CSN’S use of NBC graphics package ‘best look ever’

By George Castle Jan 24, 2013
When a record number of Comcast SportsNet Chicago (CSC)regular-season hockey viewers (5.40 rating) watched the Blackhawks Tuesday, they also witnessed a new CSN Chicago pro...
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BTN ‘Olympic sports’ tourneys a coverage challenge
  • SPORTS

BTN ‘Olympic sports’ tourneys a coverage challenge

By George Castle Nov 7, 2012
Mark Hulsey knows his production crew is fortunate in televising the Big Ten’s men’s soccer tournament championship game being played Sunday on Northwestern’s lakefront fi...
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Big Ten Network ramps up production with new docs
  • SPORTS

Big Ten Network ramps up production with new docs

By George Castle Oct 8, 2012
Two new weekly shows are establishing the five-year-old, Chicago-based Big Ten Network as a regular producer of sports documentaries. Operating out of offices in the old Montgo...
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NEP’s Trio no longer handles crewing for CSN events
  • SPORTS

NEP’s Trio no longer handles crewing for CSN events

By George Castle Oct 3, 2012
Despite forthcoming lost revenue from the NHL players’ lockout, Trio Video’s first six months under ownership by mobile TV giant NEP has gone smoothly. “It’s helped out...
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NBC5 projects year-round work for Bears star Marshall
  • SPORTS

NBC5 projects year-round work for Bears star Marshall

By George Castle Sep 27, 2012
NBC5 management believes star Bears receiver Brandon Marshall is such a good catch that his telegenic work for the station will continue throughout next off-season. Marshall’...
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TV sports possible financial hit from NHL lockout
  • SPORTS

TV sports possible financial hit from NHL lockout

By George Castle Sep 20, 2012
Missed paychecks and production fees will ripple through Chicago-area video companies unless the National Hockey League lockout of players comes to an unexpectedly quick conclus...
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