300 North LaSalle Gets Environmental Status

Published July 7, 2010 at 6:19 p.m.
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Good news for Hines, and the environment.  Hines sent over a press release today touting the new LEED status for its skyscraper at 300 North LaSalle.  The tower, which opened in 2009, has been awarded LEED Core and Shell Gold status ... Full release follows: ... HINES' 300 N. LASALLE'S DOUBLE DESIGNATION - LEED GOLD ... AND DESIGNED TO EARN THE ENERGY STAR ... (CHICAGO) - The Chicago office of Hines, the international real estate firm, announced today that 300 North LaSalle has received Gold

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SPORTS WIRE: Creamer wins Women's Open

Published July 12, 2010 at 1:01 a.m.

Paula Creamer flinched in pain as shot after shot punished a left thumb that hurts so much she couldn't play for four months. Somehow, the worse she felt, the better she played ...

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Sports agents will have to register in Illinois next year

Published July 14, 2010 at 3:20 p.m.
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Posted by Monique Garcia at 3:20 p.m. Sports agents who seek to represent college athletes will be required to register with the state under a measure Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law today. The move is aimed at protecting student ...

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Derrick Rose’s New Force Factor Commercial

Published July 15, 2010 at 8:12 a.m.

Derrick Rose has another new endorsement. This time it’s for “Force Factor”, a health supplement company. If I can get that sick first step I’ll start guzzling their products.h/t NEW FORCE FACTOR COMMERCIAL – FT. DERRICK ROSE [Docksquad Sports] ...

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Weekend What-To-Do: Pitchfork Edition

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Published July 16, 2010 at 11:47 a.m.

Weekend What-To-Do is Tailgate's end of week look at what sports related events are going down in Chicago. Read it and make sure you stay hydrated while considering the options of using an actual pitchfork on some hipster lamewad at ...

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The Bears Den: July 12, 2010

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Published July 12, 2010 at 7:20 a.m.
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Talent wins games, but teamwork & intelligence win championships. -Michael Jordan ... Brad Biggs has three key questions about this year's offense ... Biggs also looks at OL coach Mike Tice and talks about expectations ... Dan Pompei has an excellent article on Tim Ruskell and what he brings to Chicago ... Michael C. Wright breaks down the Bears for ESPN.  ... Follow WCG on Twitter! ... Rookie QB LeFevour says he's been a Bears fan his whole life (click video) ... A look at what former Bears WR

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Is an NFL 18-Game Schedule Inevitable?

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Published July 14, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.
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More photos » ... Stephen Chernin - AP ... FILE -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, in New York ... (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File) ... Browse more photos » ... Talk of an upcoming labor impasse and NFL player lockout by the owners has increased this offseason.  Both sides are doing a lot of posturing, finger-pointing, and media games.  Of course, money is at the center of everything sports related these days.  The union wants a bigger piece of the pie; the owners love it & loathe to give

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Sloooooooww Day in Sports

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Published July 14, 2010 at 1:52 p.m.

Today is the "most boringest day" of the year. June 21st may be the longest day but today is without a doubt the "most boringest" day. No baseball games (Thanks a lot All-Star break); the NBA and NHL have ...

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All Star Break: A Brief History of the White Sox on TV

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Published July 12, 2010 at 9:16 p.m.

Since we have some time to kill until play resumes on Thursday, let's take a look back at the White Sox on TV.  Video, and more, after the jump ... The White Sox were originally on WGN-TV.  Jack Brickhouse split time between the White Sox and the Cubs.  They made the jump to WFLD-TV (Ch. 32) in 1968.  ... In retrospect, it was a bad idea because Ch. 32 wasn't nearly as powerful as Ch. 9.  Plus it was on UHF, which was kind of a hassle to tune in (old TVs had two dials.  One for Channels

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What Kenny might do at the trade deadline.

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Published July 16, 2010 at 9:56 a.m.

The White Sox start the second half of the season in first place, currently on one of the hottest streaks in team history.  The trade deadline is coming up soon, and with Jake Peavy on the shelf for the rest of the year, it's quite likely that Kenny Williams will try to pick up another pitcher ... Based on what he's done in the past, and where the team is today, I would not be at all surprised to see Carlos Zambrano in a White Sox uniform come August 1.  ... There are many better pitchers on

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