Longtime Chicago sportscaster George Ofman set to release

George Ofman started his broadcasting profession on telephones in 1977. On Tuesday, he’ll convey it complete circle. Ofman, who labored at Sports Phone earlier than turning into an anchor and reporter at The Score and WBBM-AM, will release his first podcast, “Tell me a Story I don’t Know.” Ofman interviews sports activities personalities with a Chicago connection. His objective is within the name, and he succeeds. “Every one of these people is great because when you start talking about history, the light goes on,” mentioned Ofman, who has secured sponsorships from Paulina Market and Vienna Beef. “Part of this is that every single person is genuine. They’re refreshingly candid. I’d like to pick some athletes, but that’s hard. Most

High faculty soccer: Longtime Glenbrook North trainer Sam Sam

When Bob Pieper used to be employed as Glenbrook North’s soccer trainer prior to the 1997 season, the primary name of congratulations he were given used to be from Harold “Sam” Samorian. It used to be a ways from the closing. Samorian, who died on Tuesday at 89, used to be partial to Glenbrook North soccer lengthy after he retired because the Spartans trainer. He additionally had probably the most eclectic resumes in Illinois prep sports activities historical past, achieving the state finals in 4 other sports activities as a participant, trainer and authentic. “He was there from the day I got the job,” mentioned Pieper, who led Glenbrook North to a program-record 120 wins over 19 seasons. “He used

John Garrido Sr., longtime Chicago cop, lifeless of COVID-19

Officer John Garrido Sr. used to name himself “one of dese ‘dese, dem and dose’ guys.” “He couldn’t pronounce the number three for the life of him,” stated his son John Garrido Jr., a Chicago police lieutenant. “It was once one, two, ‘tree.’ ’’ A drive-thru wake is deliberate Sunday for the Bridgeport local, 76, who died Nov. 25 of headaches from the coronavirus after 61 days hospitalized at AMITA Health Resurrection Medical Center. The virus was once “like playing whack-a-mole,” stated his son. As quickly as one scientific downside eased, some other popped up. Friends adopted Mr. Garrido’s tale thru his son’s Facebook updates.

Longtime Congregation BJBE Rabbi Mark Shapiro, who led

Rabbi Mark S. Shapiro, longtime chief of Congregation B’nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim in Glenview, used to be an eloquent orator and social justice chief who impressed a lot of his scholars to turn out to be non secular leaders themselves. Rabbi Shapiro, a Northbrook resident, died Aug. 28 at 85 of Parkinson’s illness. “One of the things he was most proud of is he had many, many, many students — upward of 30 or 40 — who decided to become rabbis and cantors and teachers and Jewish educators,” stated Steve Shapiro of Minneapolis, the eldest of Rabbi Shapiro’s 3 sons. “That was a legacy he was maybe more proud of than anything.” Rabbi Shapiro led Congregation B’nai Jehoshua Beth

Rev. Leon Finney, longtime energy participant in town politics,

The Rev. Leon Finney Jr., an established energy participant in Chicago politics, has died. Finney died Friday morning on the University of Chicago Medical Center after a “long-term illness,” N’DIGO writer Hermene Hartman, a detailed buddy, showed to the Chicago Sun-Times. Jerry Thomas, Finney’s publicist, additionally showed his demise. “Dr. Finney’s rich history with TWO (The Woodlawn Organization) and the Woodlawn area, along with Bishop (Arthur) Brazier (Apostolic Church of God), left a deep imprint in that area of all they sought to continue to try to develop it and fight for it,” mentioned the Rev. Michael Pfleger, senior pastor of St. Sabina Church. “Dr. Finney is one of the few pastors who still understood that justice was the DNA

Bruins Notes: Colin Miller Lets It Rip; Torey Krug Hopes To Be Longtime Bruin

by Zack Cox on Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 10:36PM 1,713 The Boston Bruins earned a much-needed victory in their first visit to the Garden State this season, breezing past the injury-ravaged New Jersey Devils 4-1 on Friday night. The game carried playoff implications — New Jersey held the first wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference entering Friday; Boston owned the second — and kicked off a five-game road trip for the Bruins, who will play 13 of their next 20 games away from TD Garden. Let...