White Sox and Blackhawks to Cross-Brand

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The Wil Cordero Memorial Linkpunch, Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Published 4/8/2008 by Camp Tiger Claw at Walkoff Walk
... our favorite baseball links we've come across. Harry Kalas calls Norris Hopper, "Dennis Hopper," then his color guy stutters in disbelief. I listened to this about a dozen times. Philadelphia Will Do Talking sports with Vanilla Ice at Northeastern University, in the New York Times. I'm dizzy. Bats- NYT White Sox and Blackhawks to cross brand. Kudos to the new Wirtzes for actually, you know, promoting a a hockey team. Biz of Baseball College Baseball Rankings. How bout them Noles at #2? Everyone ...

Blackhawks Moving to WGN-AM (720)
Published 4/30/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Hockey :: The Business of Sports Network
... have a new radio home next season. The team will be broadcast on WGN-AM (720). As reported by the Chicago Sun-Times: "'We're going to have a press conference, and that's likely what it'll be about,'' general manager Dale Tallon said when asked to confirm the change. WSCR-AM (670) has carried Hawks games since the 2000-01 season. The Blackhawks have been aggressively upgrading broadcasting and other activities such as cross-branding with the MLB Chicago White Sox.   ...

Blackhawks have the best looking hockey jersey in baseball, too
Published 9/17/2008 by Greg Wyshynski at Puck Daddy
Our love for the Chicago Blackhawks' classic hockey sweater is well-established and unwavering. So it's almost unfair that the Blackhawks' special "baseball-style" jerseys they've worn during events at Chicago White Sox games this season are, quite frankly, better looking than half of the NHL's current sweaters. Pimp, right? Chicago Blackhawks Night at U.S. Cellular Field (H/T to Icethetics) was held last week, featuring Patrick Sharp's rather remarkable ceremonial first pitch in which he shot the baseball with his stick into Mark Buehrle's glove. This came after Brian Campbell's earlier ...