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Hardcover, 264, 2005
They play for love. They play for money. On soggy softball fields. And in front of the ivy at Wrigley. And wherever they play, the Chicago Sun-Times photo staff is there. For 75 years, photographers from the Daily Times, the Sun, the Daily News and the Sun-Times have shoved to the front row to capture the cigar-smoke atmosphere and Cracker Jack feel of sports. Once there, they take direct, in-your-face photos that show what it takes to be a champion and how it feels to lose. Here’s your chance to sneak into the dressing room or look down from the rafters of the city’s arenas. And here’s your chance to relive Chicago’s sports memories. Were you there when the Bears intercepted five passes in the 1963 championship game? Were you there when the Blackhawks won their first regular-season crown, or when Michael Jordan took off from the free-throw line in the slam-dunk contest before the 1988 All-Star Game? The Sun-Times was, and now you can be, too. This is the first major photo book that documents Chicago’s first love-sports. Real Chicago Sports contains over 375 duotone photos from the 1930s to today, including the magical 2005 Chicago White Sox season.
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