Tag: Sports

Mayor Daley and Chicago unveiled their logo for the bid to have Chicago host the 2016 Summer Olympic games. VSA Partners’ Chicago office designed the logo. Here’s my critique of the logo: Flame It’s said that the skyline seen in…

I liked yesterday’s photo so much, that here’s a blog post dedicated to just this photo. You can find it on the MLB website selling a “Property of Bonds” tshirt. It’s interesting the depth of committment MLB has towards Bonds–a…

They say you should take 10,000 steps a day to be healthy. You can even count non-walking activities as steps. For instance, universalhealthcare.com says sawing firewood is the equivalent to taking 113 steps a minute. Here’s the top ten activities:…

Upper deck ticket holders are banned from going onto the main concourse and lower level at U.S. Cellular Field. Not just banned from the lower level seats (understandable), but… –Banned from walking in walkways –Banned from visiting the shops –Banned…

I have played croquet with 37 different people so far. I want to play with 100 different people. It’s a new item on my to do list. How many people have you played croquet with?

The highlights from my croquet photo collection are now featured on flickr. Right now there are 24 photos up. To learn more about the Chicago Croquet of Squirearchy, go to our site at: www.chicagocroquet.com.

Yesterday my family had first row seats in section 224 at Wrigley Field. Sounds like great seats, nobody in front of you to block your view. Think again. There’s a busy walkway in front of the first row where people…

It’s amazing that this one designer has done the logos for ‚Ä¢ American League 100th Anniversary ‚Ä¢ Anaheim Angels ‚Ä¢ Basketball Hall of Fame ‚Ä¢ Milwaukee Brewers (1994-1999) ‚Ä¢ Brooklyn Cyclones (minor league baseball) ‚Ä¢ Fenway Park 90th Anniversary ‚Ä¢…

When you go to Google Maps and look up the Chicago White Sox ballpark (U.S. Cellular Field), it looks like a toilet. How appropriate.

Looking to improve your Dodgeball game? Buy some dodgeballs to practice with. The National Amateur Dodgeball Association uses 8-inch Gator Skin dodgeballs. They sell them for $20 on their site, but I found a source that sells ’em for $13.88…

On Saturday, April 22, 2006 the Chicago Cubs had a garage sale at Wrigley Field. Here’s the scoop on what was sold, the atmosphere, and a guide on how to attack events like this in the future: What was sold…

The renovated bleachers at Wrigley Field now allow bleacher ticket holders to go to the non-bleacher parts of the park. They stamp your hand with a BB upon leaving the bleachers. BB–how funny that the Chicago Cubs marks the bleacher…

I had some confusion when I bought bleacher tickets online for a Cubs game this year. They forced me to choose the “Tickets@Home” option, because they were bleacher tickets. The poor poor Wrigley Field bleachers. Not only do they get…

MLB.com has a game called Beat the Streak where you try to put together a hitting streak to beat baseball’s legendary record of 56 games. Choose one player every day who you think will get at least one base hit.…

A logo for my fantasy baseball league, the Amazing League on mlb.com’s Beat the Streak Client: Me Fonts: LionelClassic and LampLighter Script from fontdiner.com

The Chicago Cubs are allowing fans to buy a brick at Wrigley Field with any message on it. We are currently taking donations to buy a brick that says: RUB THIS BRICKAND THE CUBSWILL WIN TODAY You can donate any…

There’s always been the problem of how to make a wire croquet wicket to stand up on the floor indoors. The bright folks at Everett, Washington have developed the technology the beer bottle stabilizer to hold the wicket upright. BRILLLIANT!

The image for MLB.com’s fantasy opening day features photos of cubs players in 1985 Topps baseball card frames. Ahhh yes. That was the year that my brother and I collected the most baseball cards from our youth. That design is…

One of my goals this summer is to sit in Steve Bartman’s infamous seat at Wrigley Field. The seat that on October 14, 2003, the Cubs were just 5 outs from winning the National League playoffs and going to the…

In 2005, I looked at “What type of Chicago Cubs tickets sell out first” and made a few observations: 1) August sells out faster than September. 2) Saturday sells faster than Sunday. 3) “Sold out” doesn’t always mean sold out…

Shawon Dunston of the Chicago Cubs and Ozzie Guillen of the Chicago White Sox both started their major league careers at shortshop in 1985. Both were mainstays at their position in Chicago for over 10 years. Who was better Shawon…

USA Olympic luge athlete, Tony Benshoof, has a blog at: www.tonybenshoof.com. Wouldn’t it be cool to have a list of olympic athlete blogs? I was going to compile such a list, but then came across this Kyodo article, “Blogs by…

Ok, the last post has a ton of comments about the opening dancing, and then the country outfits. So i’m starting a new post for the next part of the ceremony.

Click on the comments below to read my live comments about the opening ceremony for the 2006 winder olympics in Torino Italy.

Four years ago today on 02/02/02 the comic strip Groundhog Croquet was launched. It only featured two comic strips total, but it was a huge fan favorite. Now just a few days ago Dreamworks released a video game called “Over…

My brother Erik posted on his blog that the Chicago Cubs are offering fans the opportunity to get their very own 4″ x 8″ personalized brick to be placed somewhere around Wrigley Field. Erik wants to get a brick that…

From the olympic site: “Neve”: she is a gentle, kind and elegant snowball; “Gliz”: he is a lively, playful ice cube. They are the two symbolic characters of the XX Olympic Winter Games. They complement each other and personify the…

I recently showed someone my list of Amateur Sport Event Calendars in Chicago and he replied, “laser tag is not a sport!” But I would say the formula for sport is: physical activity + competition = sport

It’s 100 days until 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino Italy All-time Winter Olympic medals 1. Norway 263 2. United States 193 3. Austria 162 4. Finland 142 5. Germany 125 (1928-36, 52-64, 92) 6. Sweden 108 7. Switzerland 103 8.…

Being a die-hard Cubs fan who roots against the White Sox, I expect to hear crap from the White Sox fans when they win the World Series. It’s expected. BUT instead what I hear more is complaints from people that…

As promised in my previous post on dodgeballs, here’s my dodgeball and kickball’s team logo designed by artist Cef Grima.