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O'Donnell: Draft daze 2019 — Bulls flatline; does clock continue to tick on Stan Bowman?Jun 26, 2019 1:00 am - THEY NEED TWO MORE statues outside of the United Center. One can be called “Hope.” The other could be named “Rebuild.” In the wake of the NBA and NHL drafts last week, t...
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Feder: 94.7 WLS' Dave Fogel on the mend after brain aneurysmJun 26, 2019 1:00 am - Chicago radio veteran Dave Fogel says he expects to be back on the air today after spending two days in the hospital for treatment of a brain aneurysm. Fogel, 58, who ho...
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Feder: Legendary Chicago TV reporter Russ Ewing dies at 95Jun 26, 2019 1:00 am - Legendary Chicago TV reporter Russ Ewing died of cancer Tuesday at his home in Paw Paw, Michigan. He was 95. For decades "Call Russ Ewing!" was a familiar refrain among ...
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Feder: Radio legend Terri Hemmert leaving midday shift at WXRTJun 24, 2019 1:00 am - Terri Hemmert, the Radio Hall of Famer who's been the heart and soul of WXRT 93.1-FM for 45 years, says she is cutting back her workload at the Entercom adult album alte...
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O'Donnell: Will Cubs' Kasper and Deshaies be together next season?Jun 21, 2019 1:00 am - THE MOST EARTHSHAKING CHANGE ever in the Cubs TV booth began as a whisper. With the Cubs' dicey Marquee Network set to launch next winter, the same kind of whistling win...
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Feder: Chicago Reader names two editors-in-chiefJun 20, 2019 1:00 am - Following the adage that two heads are better than one, the Chicago Reader finalized its editorial reorganization this week with the appointment of two editors-in-chief....
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O'Donnell: Michael Jordan to Eloy Jimenez - tales behind two mammoth arrivalsJun 19, 2019 1:00 am - THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Thursday - June 20, 1984 - Chicago awoke to the somewhat hopeful clarion, "Bulls Draft Michael Jordan." Now long forgotten was a Chicago Tribune he...
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Feder: WTTW's 'Chicago Tonight' exec producer to retireJun 19, 2019 1:00 am - The exodus of executives continues at WTTW-Channel 11: Mary Field, executive producer of "Chicago Tonight" since 1996, has announced her retirement from the Window to th...
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Feder: Curse word led WGN Radio to fire Patti VasquezJun 18, 2019 1:00 am - The last straw for Patti Vasquez turned out to be an accidental F-bomb that dropped during her show on WGN 720-AM earlier this month. Vasquez was fired Monday after five...
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O'Donnell: Resilient Mike Leiderman set to leave Chicago an unquestioned victorJun 14, 2019 1:00 am - MIKE LEIDERMAN IS finally leaving this town. More than four decades after a resolute young man from Great Neck, N.Y., set out to conquer Chicago sportscasting, he and wi...