Ron Santo

Barry Larkin chosen to baseball Hall of Fame

2012-01-09 16:55:00

<![CDATA[Barry Larkin chosen to baseball Hall of Fame]]>

Barry Larkin elected to baseball Hall of Fame

2012-01-09 16:34:04

<![CDATA[Barry Larkin elected to baseball Hall of Fame]]>

And now pitching for the Chicago Cubs... Robert Redford!

2011-03-25 16:32:47

<![CDATA[And now pitching for the Chicago Cubs... Robert Redford!]]>

Ron Santo heads to the hall of fame in the sky

2010-12-03 16:32:32

<![CDATA[Ron Santo heads to the hall of fame in the sky]]>

Ron Santo dies at 70; legendary Chicago Cubs third baseman

2010-12-04 00:00:00

Ron Santo, who was beloved in Chicago as a Cubs third baseman and broadcaster but was never was able to gain entry to baseball's Hall of Fame, died Thursday night at an Arizona hospital of complications from bladder cancer. He was 70. Santo had...

9 crazy things about the Red Line

2013-05-16 18:48:00

Ready or not, the Red Line South reconstruction starts Sunday. Until Oct. 19, nine South Side Red Line stations will close as crews rebuild the line south of Roosevelt Road. During this $425 million project, which is expected to rid the southern Red...

92-year-old belts out tunes as final wish fulfilled

2013-05-06 07:57:00

MICHIGAN CITY — Frania Turley sang polka songs on the radio before television existed, and as part of her dying wish again belted out a few songs to the sounds of a live polka band. Turley, 92, a lifelong Michigan City resident, didn't seem like...

Do's and don't's of big screen ballpark video

2013-05-04 13:34:00

Wrigley Field remains the most traditional of major league ballparks, in both sight and sound. But traditionalists are a dying breed, and change at Wrigley is as unavoidable as another blown save. No matter how big it will be or where they will put...

Giangreco, Kerr, Deford win 'Heisman for journalists'

2013-05-01 08:06:00

Mark Giangreco, Frank Deford and the late Johnny “Red” Kerr were recipients of Ring Lardner Awards Tuesday night during the annual dinner at the Union League Club of Chicago. Ring Lardner was a celebrated sportswriter, humorist, and...

Ricketts committed to Chicago; is it mutual?

2013-04-15 17:44:00

In a dim corridor Monday along the third-base side of Wrigley Field, about 30 feet away from a restroom still equipped with troughs and a wall holding pay phones, Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts outlined the tentative deal struck to renovate the rickety 99-...

Trading Marmol could fill a couple of Cubs holes

2013-03-06 07:40:00

Reports say the Tigers are looking to trade for a closer. Hang loose, Carlos Marmol. I mean, didn’t the Cubs sign Kyuji Fujikawa precisely because they intended-slash-hoped-slash-tried to trade Marmol? In fact, the Cubs cut a deal with the...

Pearl Jam announces July concert at Wrigley Field

2013-01-23 15:04:00

Pearl Jam will be playing at Wrigley Field Friday, July 19, the band confirmed this morning. The band tweeted out, "IT'S OFFICIAL: Pearl Jam will be playing at Wrigley Field. Will you be there?" The show will be called “An Evening With Pearl Jam,"...

Ron Santo gets a standing ovation after hitting a two-run homer in the 7th inning against the Phillies at Wrigley Field on September 2, 1970.

2013-04-14 19:48:00

Ron Santo hit into a double play in this panoramic view of Wrigley Field in a 1968 game against the St. Louis Cardinals.

2013-04-14 19:30:00

If I'd been 11 instead of 31 and I'd been wandering through the Cubs Convention, this book called Chicago's 100 Greatest Sports Heroes would have been at the top of my must-leave-with list. It looks old school but was actually published in 2011 and includes an entry on Derrick Rose.

2013-01-21 15:59:00