RedEye archives, 2012 - present

RedEye archives

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2012 – present

ORAL HISTORY OR O.H. STYLE INTERVIEW*

“The Rising Star” mural at Harold’s #45, Western & 79th St., by Charles Pruitt.

21 MAR 2012 — On Brandon Marshall and NFL violence

3 APR 2012 — On Derrick Rose, LeBron James’s arms, and Harold’s Chicken

22 APR 2012 — Profile on Andrew Shaw

29 APR 2012 — On Derrick Rose’s ACL and the nature of being a sports fan

8 MAY 2012 — On the Bulls’ nightmare postseason

15 MAY 2012 — On the Bulls’ elimination from the postseason (previously unpublished)

21 MAY 2012 —  On Kerry Wood’s retirement and 20 K game

15 JUNE 2012 — On Wicker Park’s third annual Learnapalooza festival

21 JUNE 2012 — On Jenn Gibbons, as she rows around Lake Michigan

6 JULY 2012 — On new Chicago sitcom “Two Flat”

11 JULY 2012 — On Captain Kirk & Bulls second stints

31 JULY 2012 — Dream Team vs. Redeem Team II: Who Has the Edge? (with Bryan Crawford)

31 JULY 2012 — On the dream of the Redeem Team

31 JULY 2012 — The Dream Team YouTube Tutorial

3 AUG 2012 — Jenn Gibbons video message

6 AUG 2012 — Jenn Gibbons returns to her boat

8 AUG 2012 — Redeem Team II is 5-0

14 AUG 2012 — Jenn Gibbons returns to Chicago (Jenn poses with the cover.)

15 AUG 2012 — Jenn Gibbons video message

Jenn Gibbons and I pose with our cover story.

24 AUG 2012 — Bearing down with… Kelvin Hayden*

30 AUG 2012 — Bearing down with… Robbie Gould & Adam Podlesh*

7 SEP 2012 — On the brilliance of Brandon Marshall (Bears season preview)

7 SEP 2012 — On the Bears excitement for their teammates (Bears season preview)*

7 SEP 2012 — Bearing down with… Peanut Tillman (Bears season preview)*

7 SEP 2012 — RedEye Sessions: The Orwells*

7 SEP 2012 — RedEye Sessions: The Orwells, VIDEO (video by Lenny Gilmore)

10 SEP 2012 — Week 1 column: Bears 41, Colts 21

11 SEP 2012 — Bearing down with… D.J. Moore & Jeremy Jones*

13 SEP 2012 — Bearing down with… Patrick Mannelly*

13 SEP 2012 — Memorable Bears-Packers games (with Adam Lukach)

13 SEP 2012 — New Bears talk about the Packers rivalry*

15 SEP 2012 — Jeremy Jones on the tradition of the Bears #46 (previously unpublished)

17 SEP 2012 — Week 2 column: Packers 23, Bears 10

20 SEP 2012 — Inside the Helmet with… Shea McClellin & Corey Wootton*

21 SEP 2012 — On Jay Cutler bouncing back from bad games

21 SEP 2012 — Bearing down with… Jonathan Scott*

24 SEP 2012 — Week 3 column: Bears 23, Rams 6

25 SEP 2012 — Searching for Happy Jay Cutler

25 SEP 2012 — Tweets from Bears, Packers, and Seahawks players after the controversial GB-SEA MNF game

26 SEP 2012 — Monsters of the Fairway: golfing Bears talk about Ryder Cup

Keeping an eye on things.

1 OCT 2012 — On the Bears and their view on refs

1 OCT 2012 — Inside the Helmet with… Major Wright & Stephen Paea*

3 OCT 2012 — Week 4 column: Bears 34, Cowboys 18

5 OCT 2012 — Bearing Down with… Henry Melton*

5 OCT 2012 — Mad about Mondays: Lovie’s Bears on & after MNF

8 OCT 2012 — Week 5 column: Bears 41, Jaguars 3

12 OCT 2012 — Bearing Down with… Julius Peppers & Shea McClellin*

15 OCT 2012 — Defend. Dominate. Repeat. (On the defensive dominance of Charles Tillman & Lance Briggs)

17 OCT 2012 — Bearing Down with… Chris Conte*

17 OCT 2012 — On the Bears as football fans

18 OCT 2012 — On Zack Bowman’s return to the Bears (previously unpublished)

19 OCT 2012 — Bearing Down with… D.J. Moore*

22 OCT 2012 — On the Bears o-line vs. Ndamukong Suh

24 OCT 2012 — On Bears fans toward Jay Cutler (Week 7 column: Bears 13, Lions 7)

26 OCT 2012 — On defending Cam Newton*

26 OCT 2012 — Bearing Down with… Jason Campbell*

30 OCT 2012 — The Tale of Mighty Robbie (Week 8 column: Bears 23, Panthers 22)

31 OCT 2012 — On the Heat, Lakers, and the birth of the NBA Super Team

2 NOV 2012 — Lovie’s Bears vs. top NFL running backs

2 NOV 2012 — Inside the Helmet with… Robbie Gould, Adam Podlesh, and Pat Mannelly*

5 NOV 2012 — Week 9 column: Bears 51, Titans 20

7 NOV 2012 — On Charles Tillman and footwork

9 NOV 2012 — On Sherrick McManis and his special week

12 NOV 2012 — Week 10 column: Texans 13, Bears 6

16 NOV 2012 — On Joe Anderson and making it to the NFL

19 NOV 2012 — On the Bears seven game losing streak in San Francisco

19 NOV 2012 — Bearing Down with… Blake Costanzo*

21 NOV 2012 — Week 11 column: 49ers 32, Bears 7

21 NOV 2012 — Bearing Down with… Lance Briggs*

23 NOV 2012 — On the supposed advantage of “Bears Weather”

23 NOV 2012 — Recent Bears cold weather home games

26 NOV 2012 — Week 12 column: Bears 28, Vikings 10

26 NOV 2012 — My apology to Vikings fans

29 NOV 2012 — On Brian Urlacher, Nick Roach, concussions and knee injuries

30 NOV 2012 — Bearing Down with… Adam Podlesh*

30 NOV 2012 — Bearing Down with… Andre Gurode*

As covered in my Dec. 3 postgame column, I watched the end of the Bears-Seahawks game at the lip of the SE tunnel. This is my crowd shot following Robbie Gould’s game-tying field goal.

3 DEC 2012 — Week 13 column: Seahawks 23, Bears 17 (OT)

7 DEC 2012 — On the Bears defensive line, AKA the Rush Men

7 DEC 2012 — Rush Men nicknames

10 DEC 2012 — Week 14 column: Vikings 21, Bears 14

12 DEC 2012 — Bearing Down with… Jason McKie & Nathan Vasher*

13 DEC 2012 — On Brandon Marshall and his Christmas wish list

17 DEC 2012 — Week 15 column: Packers 21, Bears 13

21 DEC 2012 — 14 facts about #14, Eric Weems

21 DEC 2012 — Bearing Down with… Allen, Cutler, Jennings, Mannelly, Mare, Melton, Wootton* (deadspin picked up this story.)

21 DEC 2012 — Proof all is not lost for the Bears

24 DEC 2012 — Expensive gifts purchased by the Bears & Bulls (with Bryan Crawford)

26 DEC 2012 — The Box Story

28 DEC 2012 — Talking Tattoos, with Gabe Carimi & D.J. Moore*

28 DEC 2012 — Talking Tattoos, with Gabe Carimi (video by Lenny Gilmore)

28 DEC 2012 — Talking Tattoos, with D.J. Moore (video by Lenny Gilmore) (photo gallery)

28 DEC 2012 — Week 16 column: Bears 28, Cardinals 13/ Week 17 preview

31 DEC 2012 — Week 17 column: Bears 26, Lions 24/Vikings 37, Packers 34

31 DEC 2012 — Final thoughts from Halas Hall, with Anderson, Collins, Costanzo, Okoye, Wootton*

My favorite picture from the 2013 Cubs Convention, which I took from backstage during alumni introductions.

21 JAN 2013 — My photo gallery from the 2013 Cubs Convention

22 JAN 2013 — How Tom Ricketts helped a Cubs fan get Ron Santo’s autograph tattooed on his head

24 JAN 2013 — People With Passion: motivational speaker Levar Fisher

28 JAN 2013 — A Cubs fan goes to SoxFest: photo gallery

28 JAN 2013 — People With Passion: Psalm One and Rhymeschool

28 JAN 2013 — People With Passion: Psalm One and Rhymeschool, VIDEO

31 JAN 2013 — On Brandon Marshall’s donation to Chicago teachers

31 JAN 2013 — Talking Super Bowl with Jason McKie & Nathan Vasher (video by Lenny Gilmore)

4 FEB 2013 — Live at a Baltimore Ravens bar: Super Bowl XLVII coverage (co-written kinda with Ryan Smith)

8 FEB 2013 — On Earl Bennett and the difference between reporters and seven-year-olds (with VIDEO)

8 FEB 2013 — On Jenn Gibbons selling her boat

11 FEB 2013 — Michael Jordan-inspired art exhibit at Logan Square’s Galerie F

12 FEB 2013 — How a boy in London became a Michael Jordan fan: my Galerie F interview (VIDEO)

15 FEB 2013 — Chicagoans reflect on Michael Jordan (compiled with Bryan Crawford, edited by Chris Sosa)

15 FEB 2013 — 10 under discussed Jordan achievements

15 FEB 2013 — The evolution of Michael Jordan’s commercial “character”

21 FEB 2013 — Six ways LeBron can distinguish himself from Michael Jordan

5 MAR 2013 — On a comparison between the 2013 Blackhawks and the 1996 Bulls

5 MAR 2013 — A Chicago-transplant and L.A. resident tells us how L.A. views Chicago violence*

7 MAR 2013 — Interviews with Hawks fans & Eddie Olczyk celebrating the midpoint of the Blackhawks season*

12 MAR 2013 — On why I kinda love the Heat

19 MAR 2013 — On Lupe Fiasco’s song about the life & death of Jonylah Watkins

20 MAR 2013 — Four self-proclaimed Bracketologists describe their method for filling out a bracket

21 MAR 2013 — On Brian Urlacher’s departure from the Bears

21 MAR 2013 — NCAA Tournament Stories: Bobby Simmons, DePaul*

21 MAR 2013 — NCAA Tournament Stories: Khara Smith, DePaul*

28 MAR 2013 — NCAA Tournament Stories: Scoonie Penn, Ohio State*

Interviewing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Friday April 19, 2013, at the Renaissance Hotel in Chicago. One of the highlights of my career!

4 APR 2013 — Blackhawks fans show off their jerseys*

7 APR 2013 — NCAA Tournament Stories: an American watches the NCAA tourney in Bogota*

8 APR 2013 — NCAA Tournament Stories: Ruth Riley, Notre Dame*

9 APR 2013 — Bearing Down with… Joe Anderson*

17 APR 2013 — On those stupid balloons and noisemakers that supposedly distract NBA players into missing free throws

19 APR 2013 — On The Ice with… Andrew Shaw, Patrick Kane, Bryan Bickell*

22 APR 2013 — An interview with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*

26 APR 2013 — Muhsin Muhammad interview: talking about adoptions*

26 APR 2013 — Muhsin Muhammad interview: talking about competing in football, wiffle ball, and skee-ball*

26 APR 2013 — The best and worst of Jerry Angelo’s Bears drafts

29 APR 2013 — Bulls-Nets Game 4 column: Get Nate Robinson a cape

3 MAY 2013 — The “Should he or shouldn’t he?” Derrick Rose debate, with Jason “Nillz” Azul, Christopher Cason, Bryan Crawford, and Doug Thonus

3 MAY 2013 — It Happened in the NHL Playoffs: Blackawks-Wild Game 1, as told by Hawks fan Scott King*

8 MAY 2013 — On Blackhawks fans attending practice… for free

8 MAY 2013 — On the Blackhawks’ take on Hawks fans attending practice*

8 MAY 2013 — Bulls-Heat Game 1 column: Why not the Bulls?

9 MAY 2013 — On why we need the Heat to appreciate the Bulls

10 MAY 2013 — Six more reasons to tease the Heat

13 MAY 2013 — It Happened in the NHL Playoffs: Blackawks-Wild Game 5, as told by Hawks fan Desirae Kirchmeier*

14 MAY 2013 —  I mean, how much more short-handed can the Bulls get? 

15 MAY 2013 —  The Three Kinds of Heat Fans

16 MAY 2013 — A thank you note to the 2013 Bulls

17 MAY 2013 — On a pair of Blackhawks fans who adopt homeless & abused dogs and name them after members of the Hawks (photo gallery: Meet the Blackhawks Dogs!) 

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~ by readjack on April 4, 2012.