Archive for the ‘ Chicago 2016 ’ Category
And soccer makes three. Fran Spielman, City Hall reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, reports that the Windy City is to host the inaugural Chicago Trophy international soccer event in July. The event, said Spielman, is designed to become the premiere soccer competition in North America. Organized by Platinum One, an Irish sports management agency, the competition [ READ MORE ]
Looks like Chicago’s going to have some tough competition. Earlier today, the Spanish Olympic Committee approved Madrid’s bid as its official candidate for the 2016 Olympic Games, two years after losing to London for the 2012 Games. Madrid placed third out of five cities for the 2012 Games. The Madrid bid committee still has to file [ READ MORE ]
I was just checking out some of the sites that have been sending some traffic my way when I saw an interesting addition: The Wall Street Journal. Listed in my new Google Analytics, I saw that a piece on my site from last week, “IOC says logo fiasco won’t hurt Chicago 2016 bid,” was [ READ MORE ]
I called in on the Chicago Access Network Television show, “Muhammad and Friends,” hosted by Munir Muhammad. (Don’t laugh. I was drawn in by the John Coltrane rendition of “My Favorite Things” during the break.) Muhammad, appointed by Governor Rod Blagojevich to the Illinois Human Rights Commission in 2003, had Chicago Deputy Police Superintendent [ READ MORE ]
It’s about time we heard from the other side of the table. Those who would be directly affected by the Chicago 2016 Olympic games are finally starting to weigh in. I just read a refreshingly candid editorial in yesterday’s Chicago Defender, written by managing editor Glenn Reedus. He writes: “Some of the residents of Washington Park and [ READ MORE ]
Ah, I just got a funny image in my head after reading this story, which originally appeared in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. The inclusion of bowling in the 2016 Olympics could actually happen, according to the story. Thing is, the World Tenpin Bowling Association has an amateurs-only rule for bowling on the international stage, unlike, say, [ READ MORE ]
The Chicagoist reported today that Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu, an International Olympic Committee member and President of the International Amateur Boxing Association, was in town earlier this week to take a look a look at the UIC Pavilion at the University of Illinois at Chicago. From Oct. 17-Nov. 1, the Pavilion will be the site [ READ MORE ]
In today’s Chicago Tribune business section, Olympic reporter Philip Hersh reports that neither the International Olympic Committee nor the U.S. Olympic Committee believe the Chicago bid will be unaffected by the Chicago 2016 logo fiasco. Hersh reports: “I believe Chicago has, at all times, acted in good faith, and I would consider this a very minor incident, [ READ MORE ]
I posted several days ago that the London 2012 Olympics may have an adverse effect on London and its suburbs. I got my hands on a copy of the report (available in both PDF and RTF formats) that was delivered to the assembly by Gavin Poynter, Head of the School of Social Sciences, Media [ READ MORE ]
Are you kidding me? John Kass, a columnist for the Chicago Tribune, wrote in today’s paper that the Chicago 2016 bid campaign dropped Polish- and Greek-language greetings from its “Welcome to Chicago” mini-campaign. This is insane. The Polish have enjoyed a 150-year history here in Chicago and the Olympics originated in Greece. Greek was dropped [ READ MORE ]