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  Bulls Win! Clark and Fullerton

  Chicago, Sports, Tom Weinberg

  Footage from the streets of Chicago in 1991 when the Chicago Bulls won their first national championship.

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  [Once a Star raw: Jim Rivera #2]

  Chicago, Communities, Latinx, Once A Star, Sports, White Sox

  00:00 The continuation of a discussion with former Chicago White Sox outfielder Jim Rivera. They are at Jungle Jim’s Saloon. 00:50 They talk about Minnie Minoso. 02:29 Rivera tells an anecdote about John F. Kennedy. He got Kennedy’s and Lyndon Johnson’s autographs on a baseball on opening day when he was a player. He then tells a story about meeting Harry Truman and his wife, Bess. 05:18 Rivera talks about living in Angola, IN. He was from New York City, […]

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  Mark The Bird Fidrych #4

  Sports

  Raw interview footage with Mark–the Bird–Fidrych, former pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, for the TNT special Once a Star. Includes his experience of watching the 1984 World Series, Lance Parrish, the differences between A, AA, AAA, and major league baseball, and an anecdote about psychological intimidation with Claudell Washington. 

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  [Chicago Slices raw: Lunch With Jack Brickhouse]

  Chicago Slices, Tom Weinberg

  LUNCH WITH…JACK BRICKHOUSE: Hall of Fame WGN-TV broadcaster, voice of the Chicago Cubs and Sox. Interviewed by Tom Weinberg at the 410 Club in the Wrigley Building. Talks about Minnie Minoso and other characters in sports and broadcasting that he has encountered in his career. They step out onto Michigan Ave. just north of the Chicago River. The street has been rededicated as “Jack Brickhouse Way.”

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  [3 segments from The Bill Veeck Show]

  Bill Veeck, Sports

  This tape features three segments from “The Bill Veeck Show.” The first is with Johnny Unitas and Sid Luckman, the second is discussing dance music, and the third features a heart and lung machine.

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  Vintage Veeck Round 3

  Bill Veeck, Sports

  Various footage of Bill Veeck from throughout his career.

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  Time Out, episode 106

  Chicago, Sports, Time Out

  This tape features a 1984 episode of “Time Out,” a weekly sports program that is hosted by a number of Chicago area journalists and sportscasters. This week’s commentators are Ray Sons of the Chicago Sun-Times, Kenny McReynolds, a WBMX Sportscaster and Assistant Coach for DePaul University’s Men’s Basketball team, WIND reporter Fran Spielman, and former NBA star John Mengelt. Bill Veeck appears on the show as well. On this episode, the commentators interview DePaul Freshman and basketball sensation Dallas Comegys about his experience with the team.

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  Time Out, episode 129

  Chicago, Sports, Time Out

  This tape features a 1984 episode of “Time Out,” a weekly sports program that is hosted by a number of Chicago area journalists and sportscasters. This week’s commentators are award winning sports columnist John Schulian, WBMX Sportscaster and Assistant Coach for DePaul University’s Men’s Basketball team Kenny McReynolds, WIND reporter Fran Spielman, and former NBA star John Mengelt.