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  Wrigley Field 7th inning stretch with Harry Caray

  Chicago, Cubs, Sports

  Raw tape from the film “Baseball’s Heirlooms” by Media Process Group.

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  [Bicycle Race]

  Arts & Culture, CLIR, Communications for Change, Roots of Video, Sports

  Video of a bicycle race, followed by footage of two men carving figures out of wood.

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  [Bicycle race at the Ed Rudolph Velodrome in Northbrook, Illinois]

  CLIR, Roots of Video, Sports

  This video was recorded at the Ed Rudolph Velodrome, in Northbrook, Illinois. On Thursday nights in the summer, the Velodrome used to attract top cyclists from the Midwest to weekly races, hosted by the Northbrook Cycle Committee. The expert commentator was Eddy Van Guyse.

• [Bill Veeck clips]

  Bill Veeck, Sports

  WLS-TV Documentary (22 min, no commercials) Channel 11 Documentary (29 min) Channel 5 discussion

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  Midnight Basketball League

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Jamie Ceaser, Sports

  The Midnight Basketball league team, the Pistons, get ready for a game at the Henry Horner Boys and Girls Club and get a visit from Attorney General Neil Hartigan, who praises the work of the League.

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  Pieces of Manley

  Chicago, Sports, Tom Weinberg

  Footage shot for documentary about Manley High School on the West Side of Chicago, and their successful basketball team.

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  Connie “The Hawk” Hawkins

  Blog, Sports

  Connie Hawkins (born July 17, 1942) left us on October 6, 2017 at the age of 75. He is remembered for: being one of the greatest players of all time, the playing years he lost in his 20’s due to false accusations, his four years with the Harlem Globetrotters, and especially for the way his graceful, floating, offensive style helped revolutionize the way the game was played. He showed great promise during his years at Boys’ High School in Brooklyn, but […]

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  [Boxing at Fuller Park]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Sports

  Ben Hollis interviews boxers training at Fuller Park in Chicago at 46th and Princeton.