With the Blackhawks cruising through the regular season and another playoff appearance all but wrapped up one can’t help but question whether Chicago is one of the best Hockey towns in the USA. The Bears, Cubs, Sox and Bulls are all underachieving, the one team that many casual and even veteran Chicago sports fans turned [...]
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Hidden Gem: Murphy’s Red Hots
Hello fellow Chicago style hot dog enthusiast, I would like to spread the word on a place that fellow Average Chicagoan Co-Founder Jon Pirc and I really enjoy, Murphy’s Red Hots at 1211 W Belmont Ave. In a case of complete coincidence, we stopped into Murphy’s due to the always beautiful Vienna Beef sign glowing [...]
A Crime of Opportunity
As a user of the CTA, have you ever stopped and thought about how much you spend on transit weekly or even monthly? In these times, I’m sure you have. I graduated from Columbia College Chicago in 2007; during my time there I was provided a CTA U-Pass, a master key to all that is [...]
Chicago’s Ultimate View
Hello my fellow Average Chicagoans, I hope you are keeping up on the great perspective we have provided so far on the Entertainment Scene in Chicago. On that note, I wanted to give a critique of the Will… sorry, Sears Tower Sky Deck. Waiting in line you got the sense that it may take half [...]
Live from the 25th Annual Cubs Convention: Maddux Introduced As Assistant “To” The General Manager
CHICAGO- Tom Ricketts and family kicked off the 25th Annual Chicago Cubs Convention by throwing out the first pitches during the opening ceremonies. The fans packed into the Grand Ballroom cheered when the Ricketts family were first introduced. The ball that Tom Ricketts threw actually almost hit Ronnie Woo-Woo in the head. Ronnie later commented [...]
Chicago Fun Facts
All too often we as Chicagoans forget the great history of our fine city. We look at New York and Los Angeles and somehow feel inferior due to our lack of contribution to American history. Some of these facts should help you regain your national pride and help you remember that Chicago truly is America’s [...]
Chicago Sports Years In Review: July-December 2009
July: Cubs: Aramis Ramirez continues to carry the Cubs with a .348 average going into August at 54-47. Lilly proves to be one of Hendry’s finer moves; Lilly leads the club in all categories but strikeouts. White Sox: Mark Buherle was getting into a rhythm and on July 23rd he joined a very prestigious club, [...]
Chicago Sports Years In Review: January-June 2009
Let’s face it fellow Chicagoans, 2009 was not a great sports year for our beloved. Read below for the year in Chicago sports as we saw it in 2009. January: Cubs: Just another cold, dark winter for players and fans to reflect on what went wrong, the funny thing is that one year later we’re [...]
Chicago Bears Week In Review: Vikings @ Bears
What I Predicted: Week 16: vs. Minnesota (Monday Night Football) AP and the Vikings get their revenge late in the season in a meaningful game in Chicago as Favre plays well enough to win and AP dominates as usual. Vikings take it 28 to 24. What Happened: Bears 36, Vikings 30 This magical Monday night [...]