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He Didn’t Make the Olympics—So He Used His Bike Racing Skills to Rob Banks Instead https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/February-2019/Bicycle-Bank-Robber-Tom-Justice/ 10 comments 19/1/2023 bicycling

Tom Justice was once a cyclist chasing Olympic gold. Then he began using his bike for a much different purpose: robbing banks. https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/february-2019/bicycle-bank-robber-tom-justice/ 3 comments 29/10/2021 bicycling

The Storyteller of the White Sox https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/october-2021/the-storyteller-of-the-white-sox/ 4 comments 15/9/2021 baseball

RIP Playboy, Unlikely Midwestern Symbol of Sexual Revolution. The magazine was notorious for publishing “second-tier fiction by first-rate writers.” http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/March-2020/RIP-Playboy/ 521 comments 27/3/2020 books

Bernie Sanders Lost Illinois, but He Changed Chicago - Many of his campaign promises have already become law here. http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/march-2020/bernie-sanders-lost-illinois-but-he-changed-chicago/ 22 comments 20/3/2020 politics

An Illinois Democrat Voted to Confirm Clarence Thomas. It Ended His Political Career | Chicago magazine http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/september-2018/an-illinois-democrat-voted-to-confirm-clarence-thomas-it-ended-his-political-career/ 3 comments 26/9/2018 politics

The number of people with food allergies has exploded in recent years. A dream team of Chicago researchers may have figured out why. http://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/september-2018/food-allergies/ 23 comments 14/8/2018 science

Martha Nussbaum on Fear, Protest, and Donald Trump http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/july-2018/q-a-martha-nussbaum-on-fear-protest-and-donald-trump/ 5 comments 11/7/2018 philosophy

Why Daniel Carcillo Is Suing the NHL | Chicago magazine http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/june-2018/q-a-daniel-carcillo-on-hockey-and-traumatic-brain-injuries/ 5 comments 28/6/2018 hockey

Football helmet of the future? http://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/january-2018/riddell-football-helmets-insite/ 32 comments 18/12/2017 nfl

It’s official: Red panda cubs pick Chicago to win World Series http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/october-2016/red-panda-cubs/ 41 comments 25/10/2016 baseball

The Night Disco Died - An Oral History of Disco Demolition - Chicago Magazine http://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/july-2016/the-night-disco-died/ 4 comments 7/7/2016 baseball

Feature story on experimental writer Jesse Ball - he teaches how to lucid dream & describes his new book http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/July-2016/Jesse-Ball/ 3 comments 27/6/2016 books

Hillary Clinton Got $280,000 for One Speech to Bruce Rauner’s Former Firm http://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/felsenthal-files/february-2016/hillary-clinton-speech-gtcr/ 260 comments 9/3/2016 politics

Remember in 1988 when Chicago legislators literally stopped the clock to save the White Sox (and use public funds to build a stadium?) http://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/the-312/december-2011/when-michael-madigan-and-big-jim-thompson-stopped-time-to-save-the-white-sox/ 23 comments 3/2/2016 baseball

Raised in a sharecropper’s cabin, trapped inside half a ton of flesh, this literate, companionable young man had dreamed of seeing the world. Aside from some carnival tours and one disastrous trip to New York, he never lived his dream. But in his short life, he found something else http://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/june-2001/heavy/ 6 comments 12/12/2015 indepthstories

It’s Good to Be Jimmy Butler [Profile] http://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/november-2015/jimmy-butler/ 17 comments 19/10/2015 nba

"Ernie Banks was a lonely tortured soul. He would look around at the Hall of Fame and see that he was the only one to not play in a World Series. This bothered him a lot. He went to see a therapist because of it" http://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/october-2015/ernie-banks/ 77 comments 24/9/2015 baseball

Martellus Bennett: "[The 2014 Bears] just sucked. Everybody sucked. Coaches, players, everybody." http://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/september-2015/martellus-bennett/ 150 comments 25/8/2015 nfl

Why Bicycle Licensing (Almost) Never Works http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/March-2015/Why-Bicycle-Licensing-Almost-Never-Works/ 3 comments 25/3/2015 bicycling

Who is Jose Abreu? He talks for the first time about defecting from Cuba, great story. http://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/april-2015/jose-abreu-chicago-white-sox/?utm_campaign=chimag+abreu+042315&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=sox+reddit 25 comments 23/3/2015 baseball

The Remarkable Rise and Fall of McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson http://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/march-2015/mcdonalds-don-thompson/ 7 comments 9/2/2015 business

What Happens When You Heckle Chicago Fans at a Blackhawks Game... (Great Article on Sportsmanship) http://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/february-2014/chum-for-a-day/ 35 comments 28/1/2014 hockey

10 Brutal Photos of Poor Jay Cutler Getting Sacked http://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/the-312/august-2013/cutler-sack/ 108 comments 5/9/2013 nfl

Is this article an accurate representation of most cycling clubs? http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/July-2013/Chicago-Cycling-Culture/ 5 comments 27/6/2013 bicycling

How Chicago Became a Hockey Town Again http://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/the-312/june-2013/how-chicago-became-a-hockey-town-again/ 29 comments 26/6/2013 hockey

Why Do Drivers Hate Cyclists? http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/The-312/March-2011/Why-Do-Drivers-Hate-Cyclists/ 20 comments 11/4/2012 bicycling

Chicago Baseball Preview: The Most Dismal Season in 30 Years? http://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/april-2012/baseball-preview-the-most-dismal-season-in-30-years/ 3 comments 21/3/2012 baseball

Baseball season could be the worst Chicago's seen since 1980 http://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/april-2012/baseball-preview-the-most-dismal-season-in-30-years/ 5 comments 20/3/2012 sports

Jan Schakowsky Blasts Republicans, Promotes Her Jobs Bill - "[her] legislation would put 2.2 million people to work right away—over two years—doing things that need to be done in our country." http://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/felsenthal-files/august-2011/jan-schakowsky-blasts-republicans-promotes-her-jobs-bill/ 5 comments 23/8/2011 reddit.com

In '93, while Hillary was being ineffectual in Washington, Obama registered 150,000 new black voters in Chicago http://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/january-1993/vote-of-confidence/ 7 comments 4/2/2008 politics

"The Shootout" - why is the author of Freakonomics being sued? http://www.chicagomag.com/me2/dirmod.asp?sid=ebeb021a0c2c4c039a4b5464164756b7&nm=fashion&type=pubpagi&mod=publications%3A%3Aarticle+title&mid=61bfc65300d24db58350c761094153a1&tier=4&id=47b61f0df3b247d6ab98038fb5ddeffa 30 comments 17/8/2006 reddit.com