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Clients in the News – 11/18/2015
Chicago Cubs: The Cubs have their sights set on launching their own network by 2020: "The Chicago Cubs have a date in mind for their next step toward major market domination - launching their own regional sports network.Crane Kenney, the Cubs' president of business operations, told Chicago radio station WSCR that the club will launch its own network
Clients in the News – 11/17/2015
Chicago Cubs: Major League Baseball named Kris Bryant the 2015 National League Rookie of the Year yesterday. Bryant won unanimously, receiving all 30 first-place votes. He is the first Cub to win the ROY Award since Geovany Soto in 2008. "Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant was a unanimous pick for National League Rookie of the Year
Clients in the News – 11/11/15
Chicago Cubs: CBS Radio 670 'The Score' will be the new home to Cubs radio: "Cubs fans will soon hear all 162 of their favorite baseball team’s regular-season games on Chicago’s longest running all-sports radio station. CBS RADIO’s WSCR-AM 670 The Score and the Chicago Cubs announced Wednesday the station has been named as the team’s new
Clients in the News – 11/9/2015
Neil Bluhm: Rush Street Gaming chairman, Neil Bluhm, asserts to Mass. Gaming Officials that a Brockton casino will bring jobs, revenue:“There is significant cost to the commonwealth if we don’t get a license,” said Neil Bluhm, chairman of Chicago-based Rush Street Gaming. “If you don’t, you’re crushing Brockton and taking a big gamble.”Mass Gaming & Entertainment,
Clients in the News – 11/2/15
Chicago Cubs: The Cubs have been named the favorite to win the World Series in 2016: "The day after the Kansas City Royals were crowned world champions, the Cubs have been listed as World Series favorites for the 2016 season.Bovada Tweeted out updated 2016 World Series odds and pegs the Cubs as 11/1 favorites to win it all
Clients in the News – 10/29/15
Navistar: Forbes explains how Navistar's advanced truck diagnostics are keeping fleets on the road, and companies in business: Jessie Flemings gushes, seriously gushes, with enthusiasm about Navistar and its International Trucks. He’s not a salesman, and not an employee. He’s Service Manager at Royal Trucking Company in West Point, Mississippi, the guy in charge of maintaining Royal’s
Clients in the News – 10/28/15
Universal Technical Institute: "Local Job Seekers Urged to Consider Auto Tech"When looking for careers with promising futures, industry officials are encouraging job-seekers to consider the field of automotive technology.To address what is being a “skills gap” in the industry, with too few qualified candidates available for the number of technician jobs available, new classes are starting
Clients in the News – 10/26/15
Chicago Cubs: From start to finish, there is no denying that the the 2015 Chicago Cubs were something special: "It was the year Chairman Tom Ricketts wore shorts and flip-flops to a game in Pittsburgh after Bryant and Rizzo dumped Gatorade on his head during a magazine photo shoot, and the year his faith in Epstein's plan was
Clients in the News – 10/22/15
Tom Ricketts: Chicago Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts joins his team following Wednesday night's loss in thanking the Cubs dedicated fans, and celebrating an incredible run: An 85-year-old Cubs fan thought 2015 might be the year his team would win it all. Aaron Wolf has been waiting on that moment for decades.He was in the stands for Game
Clients in the News – 10/20/15
Chicago Cubs: All eyes on Wrigley: "With the Cubs advancing in the playoffs for the first time in 12 years and igniting hope that — at long last — a World Series title is in reach, the Friendly Confines are getting a rare moment on a big stage. The NL Championship Series shifts to Chicago for games 3
Clients in the News – 10/20/15
Chicago Cubs: Even down 2-0, this Cubs team has reminded us over and over that they are too young and talented to think about the past, or sweat the present:If the Cubs lose this series, it isn't about pressure, it's about matchups and the randomness of clutch hitting in small sample sizes. The Mets have elite, hard-throwing
Clients in the News – 10/19/15
Rivers Casino: With Daily Fantasy Sports under increasing scutiny across the country, Illinois begins to consider regulating the industry:"Tom Swoik, executive director of the Illinois Casino Gaming Association, said the organization is not currently involved in any negotiations over the issue. Unlike Nevada, Illinois doesn't allow sports betting at its casinos.But, said Swoik, "We're watching to
Clients in the News – 10/14/15
Tom Ricketts: ICYMI: Comcast SportsNet's Kelly Crull asks Tom Ricketts how he feels about his ball club after Cubs clinch NLDS: “We’re going to go all the way,” Ricketts said. “These guys are young, playing focused, playing loose, executing. Joe’s got them playing the right way. It’s unbelievable.”Watch Complete Interview: Chicago Sun-Times, "Tom Ricketts says Cubs are 'going
Clients in the News – 10/14/2015
Tom Ricketts: CBS Chicago's Bruce Levine interviews Chicago Cubs chairman, Tom Ricketts, after the Cubs clinched the NLDS . This is the first time in the history of the franchise that the Cubs have clinched a post-season series at home: “You have seen every move we have made along the way,” Ricketts said. “It has always been about
Clients in the News – 10/13/15
Chicago Cubs: Fox Chicago talks Cubs prior to Tuesday nights NLDS Game 4. The Chicago Cubs enter Tuesday night's Game 4 just 27 outs away from a trip to the National League Championship Series: Watch Complete Video: Fox Chicago 32, "Cubs could clinch NLDS with win Tuesday night," October 13, 2015
Clients in the News – 10/12/2015
Chicago Cubs: Chicago Tribune columnist, Paul Sullivan, writes that Cubs fans will not need any extra motivation to get loud for tonight's showdown versus the Cardinals at Wrigley. The city is ready to explode: "And Busch Stadium's video board exhorted fans to "get loud," while Wrigley Field's video boards tell no one how or when to cheer, thanks
Clients in the News – 10/12/15
Chicago Cubs: Chicago Sun-Times sports reporter Rick Morrissey writes that Wrigley will be a zoo tonight, and this Cubs team can handle it: "Previous versions have said they didn’t care about the club’s sad history, then ended up staggering into the offseason with vacant eyes. This team doesn’t stress out. When the Cubs lost 4-0 to the
Clients in the News – 10/05/15
Chicago Cubs: Chicago Sun-Times writes that the Cubs put all the right pieces in place, and now, October baseball is here for the taking: "We do believe in a blueprint followed by many successful businesses, one in which leaders go out and recruit proven winners while grooming young talent from within. The best companies, whether selling soap or
Clients in the News – 10/03/2015
Tom Ricketts: Tom Ricketts is not satisfied with just a playoff berth. Though the Cubs have a had a sorry history, his measure of success is winning on the biggest stage: "The Cubs will end a regular season Sunday that felt more like a beginning, the National League wild-card play-in game looms Wednesday, and construction on the
Clients in the News – 10/02/2015
Rivers Casino: Illinois Casino Gaming Association executive director, Tom Swoik, asserts that adding hundreds of video slots in Illinois is not creating new gamblers, but rather, displacing more highly-taxable revenues: "We should be happy that Rep. Rita has such a firm belief in gambling, even if the evidence cited by pros in the business — especially Tom Swoik,
Clients in the News – 10/02/2015
Rivers Casino: Tom Swoik, exectutive director of the Illinois Casino Gaming Association, says gambling in Illinois has become far too saturated, and measures need to be taken to limit expansion. Casino Queen General Manager Jeff Watson was not available for comment. But the leader of the state’s casino association, Tom Swoik, said the proliferation of video gambling
Clients in the News – 10/01/15
Schiller DuCanto & Fleck: Illinois Supreme Court's denies appeal to hear frozen embryo case: "Szafranski’s attorney, Brian A. Schroeder of Schiller, DuCanto & Fleck LLP, said he was “stunned” by the latest decision and will file a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court.Schroeder seeks to establish a constitutional protection against what he considers forced procreation,
Clients in the News – 9/30/2015
Universal Technical Institute: Industry trade publication, Fleet Owner, highlights the proactive efforts employers are utilizing to close the skills gap by hosting technicain competitions and underwriting scholarships: "Ryder has also announced it has donated $20,000 to the Universal Technical Institute Foundation to help meet the urgent and growing demand for trained diesel technicians. The funds will support students who attend
Clients in the News – 9/29/15
Ricketts Family:ESPN the Magazine says the Ricketts family has emerged as the savior of the Chicago Cubs."No franchise in America better exemplifies the tension between baseball's business imperatives and its sentimental attachments than the Cubs, which has made transforming Wrigleyville a gargantuan task for Ricketts and his three siblings. But even that project seems small
Clients in the News – 9/28/2015
Tom Ricketts:According to Fortune's 40 Under 40 members, Chairman Ricketts is among most admired CEO's: "Noah Wintroub of JPMorgan Chase likes Chicago Cubs CEO Tom Ricketts."Read More: Fortune, "These two CEOs are the "Most Admired" among Fortune's 40 Under 40," September 28, 2015