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New stadium opens at Camden Yards

Special to baltimoresun.com

The Ravens entered their third season in Baltimore with a new stadium and the hope of contending for a playoff spot. They finished the season not knowing which direction the franchise was headed. Head coach Ted Marchibroda returned for his third season...

Tags: Sonny Bono, New England Patriots, Baltimore Colts, Michael McCrary, Minnesota Vikings

Go to the Hall, Miss Agnes Thompson's being honored

Tags: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Ernie Harwell, Baltimore Orioles, Television, Mel Allen

Ditka gets broadcast award: 'You guys have ... to be nuts'

Tribune reporter

Mike Ditka was among those honored with a Ring Lardner Award on Wednesday night. “I am honored, but for me to get any kind of broadcast award, you guys have got to be nuts,” joked Ditka during the organization’s annual dinner at the...

Tags: Pneumonia, Twitter, Inc., Chicago White Sox, Union League Club, Media Industry

Unforeseen abounds around City Series — on and off field

On the field, the Cubs and Sox put on a pretty entertaining show Friday. But, as often has been the case, circumstances surrounding the game upstaged the actual performances. The Cubs-Sox series just bring out drama and pent-up emotions. This weekend's...

Tags: Kerry Wood, Wrigley Field, NATO, Drama (genre), Chicago Cubs

We should really protest Cubs, Sox

So, some doofus at City Hall actually scheduled a NATO summit the same weekend the Cubs are hosting the White Sox. No worries for me. I was planning a weekend of protests anyway. Mine, however, were relegated to more important issues regarding baseball...

Tags: Chicago City Hall, Grant Park, Chicago White Sox, Gordon Beckham, NATO Summit

5 questions for John Cusack

for RedEye

With the release of his new movie, "The Raven,"opening Friday, April 27 in theaters, we sat down with John Cusack to ask him about his Chicago ties and how they play into his life today. If you could take the"Hot Tub Time Machine"back to a certain year...

Tags: Chicago White Sox, John Cusack, The Raven (movie), Chicago Cubs, Starbucks Corp.

Interview: An evening with Kerry Wood at the barber shop

Before making the final media rounds to promote his “Woody’s Winter Warm-Up” benefit, the Cubs’ Kerry Wood stood in the waiting area of the posh 316 Club Barber Spa last week — where he would receive a haircut and shave...

Tags: Kerry Wood, Dining and Drinking, Chicago Blackhawks, Personal Service, Concerts

Michael Bay reportedly directing 'Transformers 4,' Adrianne Curry says she's too old for modeling, Kerry Wood watches 'The Chipmunks'

Michael Bay has said he was done with the “Transformers” franchise in past interviews, but Vulture is reporting the 46-year-old director has had a change of heart. According to the website, Bay is in final negotiations to direct a fourth...

Tags: Movies, Sean Hayes, Jed Hoyer , Kerry Wood, American Lung Association

Interview: City's love affair with Rosie O'Donnell advances to 'nice to meet you' stage

Rosie O’Donnell still isn’t used to the reaction she’s been getting on the streets of Chicago. The talk show host, who began taping “The Rosie Show” in the West Loop in October, said it’s far different from the reaction...

Tags: Talk Shows (genre), Forestry and Timber, The Happiest News!, Natural Resources, Forests

And the wiener is...

Chicago's top celebrity hangouts in 2011

If any of us wondered if celebrities would still visit Chicago after “The Oprah Winfrey Show” ended in May, we now have our answer. Chicago is still a popular destination for film projects — which this year included “Man of...

Tags: George Foreman, Jeff Garlin, Tony Parker, Carlos Boozer, Haley Reinhart

Please be seated

You can't count on snow for Christmas. You can't count on a 7-3 Bears team making the playoffs. But you can count on my annual save-the-tables list, which provides dozens of last-minute, primo New Year's Eve reservations for procrastinating readers....

Tags: Avec, North Pond, Disc Jockeys, Henri, Café Ba Ba Reeba