Tag: Entertainment and the Arts

Ira Winderman: Culture again allowing Heat to keep the winning within

MIAMI — There was a time when Culture wasn’t a jersey, wasn’t a court design, wasn’t more marketing than meaning. There was a time when Culture held such touchstone value that it practically stood as corporate secret at 601 Biscayne Boulevard. It was about the aura, about sacred regard. It made Culture special. It made […]

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Dom Amore’s Sunday Read: Why CT recruit picked Razorbacks; Rivalry redux, lousy UConn TV deal, more

Abdou Toure asked his classmates to react as he lifted the ballcaps lined up in front of him. UConn got a muted response, Providence a little louder, Arkansas a substantial eruption. Hmmm. The kids at Notre Dame apparently knew what Toure would confirm a couple of minutes later, when he donned the Razorbacks hat and […]

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Izzy Martínez built a wrestling empire in Chicago. Can he take the sport mainstream?

The tenets of Izzy Style Wrestling are displayed with prominence inside the suburban Chicago gym where Israel “Izzy” Martínez has molded legions of kids into believers, and the best of them into champions. The principles hang on a banner amid the lingering smell of stale sweat and constant work, near the mats that have launched […]

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He started drawing Chicago sports icons as a hobby. Then Mike Ditka changed his life.

If you need a crash course on Chicago sports, Dave Shetsky’s art is the place to go. He recaptures various eras using only colored pencils. Upon entering his studio, you’re met with framed depictions of local icons. To begin a recent studio tour, he presented two drawings of Derrick Rose: one from his MVP 2010-11 […]

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Shohei Ohtani’s celebrity takes over Rays’ Steinbrenner Field

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WVU's Rich Rodriguez still learning new transfers, trying to use culture to unify roster

FRISCO, Texas — Preseason camp is just a couple of weeks away for West Virginia football, and the roster is shaping up. The roster from 2024 will look completely different than 2025, which is expected since Rich Rodriguez wasn’t the head coach in 2024. In the era of the transfer portal, new coaches can completely […]

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Dave Hyde: Dolphins re-set culture by ditching Ramsey, but does trade make team better?

Let’s start here: The Miami Dolphins won’t miss cornerback Jalen Ramsey. They won’t miss him regularly showing up for practice as the rest of the team was in the middle of stretching. They won’t miss how he constantly undermined defensive coordinator Vic Fangio two years ago and coach Mike McDaniel last season in a manner […]

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Loss of over-the-air TV leaves some Chicago sports fans frustrated with new CHSN-Comcast deal

When the Chicago Sports Network went live Oct. 1, it didn’t have a deal to be carried by Comcast, the market’s largest pay-TV provider. But it touted an old school solution — broadcasting the network over-the-air — as a way to reach new fans in Chicago. The great free-TV regional sports network experiment lasted eight […]

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With broken toe, Francisco Lindor comes through with pinch-hit 2-run double in 9th inning to beat Rockies

Fractured toe? No problem. After missing the previous two games with a fractured pinky toe, Francisco Lindor was called called upon to pinch-hit in the top of the ninth inning of a 2-2 game against the Colorado Rockies. Lindor didn’t disappoint, hitting a two-run double with two outs that eventually gave the Mets a 4-2 […]

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Paul Sullivan: Tarik Skubal, Javier Báez and Pete Crow-Armstrong bring an October-like buzz to Cubs-Tigers series

DETROIT — Detroit Tigers fans have been pointing to this weekend’s three-game series against the Chicago Cubs as a measuring stick. Comerica Park was buzzing Friday night as the best pitcher in baseball, Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal, faced the major league’s top-hitting offense in the series opener, while Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong, one of […]

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Rays’ Zack Littell is ready for next start after rare complete game

TAMPA — In the immediate aftermath of his complete game Saturday in Houston — the Rays’ first in nearly four years — Zack Littell enjoyed praise and accolades for his work against the Astros. “Everybody around here for the next day or two kind of just kept telling me how cool it was, which it […]

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