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Mike Royko's columns were a fixture in Chicago newspapers for more than three decades before his death from heart failure at age 64 on April 29, 1997. From 1984 until his death, his column appeared on Page 3 of the Tribune and was syndicated to more than 600 newspapers nationwide. As a young man, Royko abandoned college and joined the Air Force, where he was trained as a radio operator. He served for a time near Seoul during the Korean War, and when he returned to the United States he was stationed at O'Hare Field, then a military base. In 1955, to avoid becoming a military policeman, he applied for a job on the base newspaper. He later worked for the City News Bureau, the Chicago Daily News...
Mike Royko's columns were a fixture in Chicago newspapers for more than three decades before his death from heart failure at age 64 on April 29, 1997. From 1984 until his death, his column appeared on Page 3 of the Tribune and was syndicated to more than 600 newspapers nationwide. As a young man, Royko abandoned college and joined the Air Force, where he was trained as a radio operator. He served for a time near Seoul during the Korean War, and when he returned to the United States he was stationed at O'Hare Field, then a military base. In 1955, to avoid becoming a military policeman, he applied for a job on the base newspaper. He later worked for the City News Bureau, the Chicago Daily News and the Chicago Sun-Times. His 1971 non-fiction book "Boss" was a look at the machine politics of Mayor Richard J. Daley.
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Your Morning Phil: Williams, Johnson, Youkilis
Tribune ReporterTalking baseball while wondering what the late Mike Royko would think of his Cubs these days: 1. Oh, so this is what Ken Williams was talking about? Late in March, Williams sat in his golf cart at a back field in Glendale, Ariz., watching the White...Tags: Chicago White Sox, Brent Morel, Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs, Joe Crede
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Pizza, posters help Chicago expats cope
Let me tell you how this story started. It began with a plea from a guy named Tim Wise, who recently moved from Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood to the purported paradise of Santa Cruz, Calif. "Have you ever written a column on coping with...
Tags: Entertainment, Trips and Vacations, Foods and Beverages, Italian Beef Sandwiches, Lincoln Square (Chicago, Illinois)
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Executive profile: Kathleen Brown
A Goldman Sachs executive was at a Chicago dinner party recently when a fellow guest, hearing she had just relocated from California, asked what she thought of the new governor there. The executive, Goldman's chairman of investment banking for the...
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In what light will Sun-Times cast itself?
Four months into the latest chapter in its long and colorful history, the direction of the Chicago Sun-Times is a little hard to read.
Is it a cutting-edge digital pioneer or sensational throwback tabloid? A quintessential Chicago street paper or a...Tags: Rupert Murdoch, Chicago City Hall, Newspapers, Chicago News Cooperative, Newspaper and Magazine
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Tribune editor named Illinois Journalist of the Year
Tribune Editor Gerould W. Kern has been named 2012 Illinois Journalist of the Year by the journalism faculty of Northern Illinois University and representatives of the Northern Illinois Newspaper Association.
The letter announcing the award praised Kern'...Tags: Illinois, Journalism
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Cubs' spring
Tribune columnist Mike Royko used to say that the nice thing about the Cubs was that by June, fans did not have to worry about the Cubs being in a close pennant race with the resulting anxiety. Watching some games, I think Royko must be smiling as the... -
Meet the team: Jeremy Smith, associate producer
Jeremy Smith, Second City associate producer and stage manager, answers 5 quick questions for "Behind the Curtain." Q1: What’s your role with "Chicago Live!" (and what does that actually mean)? JS: I am the associate producer and stage manager for...
Tags: Entertainment, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, Music, Concerts, Studs Terkel
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Chicago is 'Boss' star Troy Garity's kind of town
RedEyeAfter filming NBC’s “The Playboy Club” and Starz’ “Boss” in Chicago over the summer, Troy Garity misses the city. “I’m going through total Chicago withdrawal at the moment,” Garity, who also filmed...Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Donald Trump, Concerts, Cancer
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Paul Sullivan's Cubs mailbag
Tribune staff reporterIs this the worst Cubs team you've seen? Can you channel Mike Royko to discuss this year's group? -- Barry, Brookline, Mass. No, Barry, this isn't the worst Cubs team I've ever seen, though it may be the most overpaid Cubs team I've ever seen. I...Tags: Carlos Marmol, Juan Pierre, All Stars, Thomas Ricketts, Aramis Ramirez
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'Life Itself': Ebert autobiography a charming remembrance
In his easygoing, candid and altogether charming autobiography, or, as he calls it, "Life Itself: A Memoir," Roger Ebert fails to mention me: The nights he and I had many drinks on the porch of his house on Dickens Street and elsewhere, the favorable in-...Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Robert Altman, Sex Pistols (music group), Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Chicago Literary Hall of Fame holds benefit
Special to Tribune NewspapersTV reporter Janet Davies, wearing a beige jacket and leopard boots, stood behind a wooden podium in a darkened room overlooking Millennium Park on October 12. "Remember, like Chicago voting, bid and bid often," she said, encouraging an audience of...Tags: Entertainment, Book, Ravenswood, Jane Austen, Literature
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What to see at Printers Row Lit Fest
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Memoir writing: How do you turn a life story into something more than a slog through boring facts? Perhaps Carol LaChapelle has an answer. 11 a.m., University Center/Multimedia Room
— Judy Hevrdejs, reporter
Tavern recipes: Susan and Drew...Tags: Julia Keller, Clarence Darrow, Year One (movie), Pakistan, History (tv network)
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