10.3.10
Le Supersod Nouveau Est Arrive
B Sod: Patty Bo 2010 Edition
Interesting facts about sod: the average stick weighs in at one pound which would make the nutritional value of each stick roughly the following.
- Calories 1600
- Fat 112g
- Cholesterol 240mg
- Sodium 8,640mg
- Protein 128g
9.3.10
When your nose is itching...
someone is talking about you
Random things we've missed
- Suntimes Mark Brown story connection
- of course they only report the good stuff
- Great coverage from Pat Bruno on NANA
- Iconography @ St. Mary's
- Blogger worried about being nice
- Tribune is hopeful we aren't as ridic as Snookie and crew
- Mediterranean food in the hood
- More coverage on the B-port international
- Wear a costume in the rain get paid
- Mangia Fresca food porn
- (Tear) footage of Healthy Foods
7.3.10
B Hoops
"Shoot yourself out of a slump" is a phrase often heard on the hardwood in these parts. Rather than getting to the gym a few minutes early to work out the kinks in one's jumper numerous bport hoopsters are known to send cascades of one-legged, low arching, backboard banging clunkers toward run down backboards across our fine neighborhood. Guys like the Doctor or G-Low have been known to swing the momentum of a contest with an unsolicited wild jumper that leaves fellow teammates longing for a quick trip back home to catch a 5:30 Seinfeld rerun. Apparently this phenomenon is not new. The B has unearthed some archived hoops stats that show even legendary Bport hoops star Danny Burich practiced this theory. So keep shooting fellas!
Chicago (De La Salle) 58, Hoffman Estates (Conant) 36
Super-Sectional Game at Aurora (East)
Tuesday, March 18, 1980
CHICAGO (DE LA SALLE)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF R A B S
Dan Burich 4 15 1 1 9 3 3
Dave Calloway 6 7 0 0 12 2 2
Bernard Cole 7 9 1 1 15 3 3
Tom Duddleston 1 1 1 2 3 0 1
Dave Fields 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Tom Niego 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jerry Tokars 2 4 0 0 4 1 2
Mike Williams 6 10 3 4 15 3 7
Scott Wisniewski 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
TOTAL 26 46 6 10 58 15 21
HOFFMAN ESTATES (CONANT)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF R A B S
Brian Coughlin 0 3 1 2 1 1 2
Tracey Gerrell 0 2 0 0 0 0 1
Brian Gleason 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Mark Grzegorek 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
Bob Kleeman 1 2 0 0 2 1 1
Ken Paleczny 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dan Pellegrino 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Jeff Rudolf 1 4 2 2 4 3 3
Ron Schimbke 6 13 2 5 14 2 6
Glenn Weeks 4 10 7 10 15 1 3
TOTAL 12 38 12 19 36 11 20
Chicago (De La Salle) 14 21 (35) 9 14 (23) -- 58
Hoffman Estates (Conant) 6 13 (19) 7 10 (17) -- 36
4.3.10
Ludi Ritam: Back and kicking Guzica
March 20th @ Pure Cafe
Many years ago in 1995 Ludi Ritam rocked the Center with the Psihomodo Pop hit "Frida." Their blend of trad Hrvat folk and rock had a very captive audience in Bridgeport. Ritams obvious parallels to "The Pogues" grabbed the "Americans" pysche, and never let go. B Editors have been known to join Ludi on stage on special occasion. Ivan, Mate, Jojo, Mario, and Ryan are the crew bringing the project into the new decade.
Zivjeli guys,
Sretan Bozic
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Daley Huddles Up
CBS Chicago Jay Levine
Chicago has always has been a Bears town. But there's at least some talk today about the Bears no longer being "the only game in town."
It started when CBS 2's Mike North on Monsters & Money in the Morning revealed that a former NFL commissioner was in town visiting Mayor Daley.
"Paul Tagliabue walked out of City Hall yesterday," North said. "He was visiting with the mayor, I don't know what it was about. But he walked out. And I said 'wasn't that Paul Tagliabue?' He said, 'that's right.'"
CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine spoke with Mayor Daley Wednesday and asked him what they were talking about.
"The Olympics," Daley said.
A kind of post-mortem of Chicago's failed 2016 bid. Tagliabue told us by e-mail that he's "no longer involved with the NFL."
But given his history with the league and its owners, and the mayor's longtime desire to lure a second team to Chicago, it's hard to believe it didn't come up.
It did, the mayor admitted.
"I've been talking about it. I've been trying to get people; a lot of private investors out there would love to do it," Daley said.
When asked if he spoke with Paul Tagliabue about it, since he was seen leaving Daley's office Tuesday, the mayor said: "That was first about the whole U.S. Olympics. Of course, I pitched it about how Chicago is such a great sports town."
Daley said Tagliabue's reaction was, "Well, like anything else, he said you'd have to go through the process and all that."
Daley's never really gotten over his beloved Chicago Cardinals leaving the South Side for St. Louis in 1960. He actually had a chance to get them back from Arizona 40 years later.
"That was the time Mayor Daley had a chance to eliminate Soldier Field, leave it as a memorial, build a new stadium, 80,000 fans and have two teams," said ESPN.com's Lester Munson. "He could have done it then, he probably could have had the Cardinals then."
Instead, he chose to construct the smallest stadium in the NFL, hurting his chances to get the second team many Chicagoans would love to have.
"That would be huge," one Bears fan said.
For both the love of the game and because they're running out of patience with the Bears.
"I would just hope for something better than what we have now," a woman said.
"Give me a second team as soon as you can get it here, that's fine with me," a man said.
Munson agrees.
"From the fans' point of view, the best thing that could happen would be a second team coming here into Chicago to make it tough on the Bears," Munson said. "What do the Bears want? That's the last thing they want. They want a total monopoly over NFL football."
But some fans agree with the Bears.
"I think the market is perfect the way it is," one fan said. "I don't think you should mess with that at all."
"The Bears are legendary," said another fan. "They got history here. A brand new team trying to start off new, competing against the Bears? I don't see it."
Mayor Daley sure does.
"San Francisco has two teams, New York has two teams. Of course, anybody would love to have a second national football league franchise here in Chicago. That would be perfect," said Mayor Daley.
For Daley and many fans? Yes.
For an NFL owner without a bigger stadium? Not so much.
Better to build a new stadium in Los Angeles, which doesn't have a team than share smaller quarters with the Bears, who don't want any part of them.
3.3.10
28.2.10
Fugazi Aquaponics
Looks like these folks were giving Bridgport basement dwellers a bad name. Little do they know the influence of the supersodders runs all the way to 35th & Michigan. Now the ball is over for these madhatters. Good riddance!
Tough One?
SUNDAY: Mark Gonzales at Chicagobreakingsports.com spoke with Peavy about his campaigning for Gonzalez earlier today. Peavy confirmed that he's spoken with Williams about the big first baseman. "I went into recruiting mode," Peavy said.
Peavy speaks highly of Gonzalez as both a player and a person, and says that while Gonzalez loves San Diego, he wants to win and would go anywhere for a chance to do so.
SATURDAY: Jake Peavy has already spoken to White Sox GM Kenny Williams about the idea of acquiring Adrian Gonzalez, reports Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com. Williams didn't need to hear it from Peavy, because Knobler says he plans to be first in line whenever Gonzalez is made available.
"That's really what we need, a big left-handed hitter," one Sox person said. "They're saying Kenny would give anything to get him, maybe even [Gordon] Beckham."
Although Chicago's lineup already features the lefty bats of Juan Pierre, A.J. Pierzynski, and Mark Teahen, none of them really qualify as a power bat. Gonzalez would certain rectify that, and since incumbent first baseman Paul Konerko may not be back next season, there's a natural fit.
If the White Sox offer a package centered around Beckham, it's difficult to see any other team interested in the Padres' first baseman topping it.
25.2.10
Staying in "the knowledge"
While locals may be able to sniff this joint out after a few late night burgers, no one we know has yet to emerge from this sheltered watering hole. We dare you to enter!
B: Five Years of Neighborhood Updates
After five years of B News we decided to take a look at our favorite posts over the past few years. We started as an email that was circulated to a few people recounting fake news about the hood. That same group held a fundraiser in 2005 to raise money for Medicines Sans Frontiers specifically to aide efforts in the Sudan. While we were organizing that event we stumbled upon blogger, and thought that it would be the best medium to circulate news to our growing email list. We've taken a few different directions and breaks between then and now, but here's our favorite moments. Feel free to comment with links to yours.
2005:
- First Post: target Dino
- Il Papa GPS: Campo De Farnese
- World Series 2005
23.2.10
Another One Bites The Dust?
The B has learned K Cleaners is closing shop after a disagreement with a fiesty landlord.....
19.2.10
18.2.10
Scalia Opens Door For Court Appeal
A former employee for the Daley administration who was found guilty in 2006 of rigging city hiring has filed an appeal challenging a controversial law used to help convict him.
Robert Sorich, 47, is serving a nearly four-year sentence after being convicted of helping game the city's hiring system in favor of politically connected applicants. He is due to be released in November from a South Dakota federal prison.
His previous appeals to the 7th Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court were denied, though in each case one or two judges or justices strongly dissented. The Supreme Court has since agreed to hear three related cases on what is known as the "honest services" fraud statute, a 28-word law that is a favored tool of federal prosecutors.
In his latest appeal in Chicago's federal court, Sorich's attorneys argue that the "radically expansive and unconstitutional use" of the statute was used to convict their client. They also note that prosecutors in the case against former Gov. Rod Blagojevich added new charges not based on honest services fraud to avoid having the case delayed by the Supreme Court decision.
"If anything further were needed to demonstrate the seriousness of these pending challenges to the honest services statues, and the government's concern that the statute will be declared unconstitutional, one need only look at the government's conduct in the (Blagojevich) case," attorneys wrote in a court filing.
Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in a dissent of the high court's denial of Sorich's case that the law has created "chaos" and is broad enough that "it would seemingly cover a salaried employee's phoning in sick to go to a ball game."
-- Steve Schmadeke
17.2.10
Meteors Trim Caravan, Move Closer to Catholic League Title
There were no Catholic League titles handed out at De La Salle on Tuesday night, but it would be pretty safe to go ahead and crown the No. 10 Meteors conference champs.
The hosts thrilled an overflowing gym with an impressive 69-60 win over No. 6 Mount Carmel, keeping them undefeated in the league (12-0) and in the driver's seat for the league title.
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Photos: De La Salle vs. Mount Carmel
“We've been ready for this game for weeks,” said De La Salle coach Tom White. “We really stood out tonight.”
Despite their giddiness over perhaps the biggest win of the season, the Meteors did the best to keep their emotions in check.
“It's just another win,” said point guard Rob Robinson, who had seven points, five rebounds and four assists. "We're trying to win a state championship."
It was truly a team performance for the Meteors, who had 10 players score and were led by a pair of freshmen in Jaylon Tate and Alex Foster.
Tate led the team with 13 points, including four straight free throws in the last minute to put the game out of reach.
Foster added 11 points and six rebounds. His three-point play midway through the fourth gave the Meteors a 59-55 lead and they never looked back.
“I don't know if they realize what's going on here, but they show no fear,” White said of his freshmen.
For the Caravan (20-4, 10-2) it's time to regroup after a pair of tough defeats, following Friday's overtime loss against Hales.
“We gotta come back strong,” said center Jon Gac, who posted game highs with 17 points and 11 boards. “We need to eliminate the small mistakes we're having. We've been careless with the ball.”
Adonis Filer, who added 12 points and six boards for the Caravan, echoed Gac's sentiments.
"We're feeling kinda dead," he said of his team's mindset. "But we can't think about the past. We gotta look ahead. No more playing around."
The Meteors now see the light at the end of the tunnel. A brutal nonconference schedule has taken them all over the country and saddled them with six losses.
But now all that stands between them and a conference crown are games against Leo and Brother Rice.
“We had some rough games early on, but it prepared us,” said center Mike Shaw, who had 12 points and five rebounds.
15.2.10
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