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  Bill and Mike Veeck and “The Saint of Second Chances”

  Bill Veeck, Blog, Chicago, Cubs, Sports, White Sox

  Bill Veeck and Media Burn founder Tom Weinberg at the White Sox’s spring training in 1978. This week saw the release of The Saint of Second Chances on Netflix, the new documentary from acclaimed filmmakers Morgan Neville (Won’t You Be My Neighbor) and Jeff Malmberg (Marwencol). The film is a lively portrait of Mike Veeck, son of Chicago royalty Bill Veeck (1914-1986), who inherited his father’s passion for baseball and for the ballyhoo and PT Barnum-esque stunts that endeared his teams to their […]

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  Bulls-Sox Underground Show

  Chicago, Sports, White Sox

  Interview with Jerry Reinsdorf.

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  Spring training is here!

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  We had a productive week thanks to our five University of Michigan School of Information graduate students. We have a lot to tell you about… coming soon! We also had a great time sharing our experiences with our colleagues at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference last weekend in Chicago. Plus, our video projections at the Screen Test party at Gallery 400 were a hit! Tom Colley, Sara Chapman, Carolyn Faber, Nancy Watrous Now, off to Florida 1978, where […]

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  [Inside Spring Training raw #25]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports, White Sox

  Raw footage of Bill Veeck and colleagues in a hotel room during White Sox spring training in Sarasota, Florida. Raw footage for “Inside Spring Training.” Sunday night #1. Motel fever, Cuba talk.

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  [Inside Spring Training raw #31]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, GDDF, NHPRC-2, Sports, Tom Weinberg, White Sox

  Raw footage shot for “Inside Spring Training.”

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  Fantastic Fifties

  Chicago, White Sox

  This is a video of a program called “Fantastic Fifties” that aired on WGN in the late 1950s. An unidentified host takes the viewer through some of the highlights of the late fifties including: Chicago’s rise to becoming a major sea port, highlights of memorable Chicago sports moments, and various popular news stories of the decade.

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  [White Sox chicken]

  Chicago, Sports, White Sox

  Raw footage of the Chicago White Sox chicken mascot.

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  Sox Hi-Lites Reel #2

  Chicago, Cubs, Sports, White Sox

  A mostly silent collection of clips from the 1977 Chicago White Sox. Other baseball teams featured include the Angels, Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and Tigers.