Cheryl Raye-Stout
The Cubs and White Sox play their first games today. WBEZ sports contributor Cheryl Raye Stout talks about whether this is gonna be the year for either Chicago team. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporters: Cianna Greaves and Cheryl Raye Stout
WBEZ’s sports contributor Cheryl Raye Stout joined Lisa Labuz to talk about her predictions and analysis of the Bears’ draft moves.
A bobsledder from Chicago’s Morgan Park neighborhood. A figure skater from Carpentersville. A hockey player from Lake Forest. Those are just 3 of the 14 Chicago-area athletes representing the U.S. in the upcoming Olympic games. WBEZ sports contributor Cheryl Raye Stout joins us to talk about some of the local folks going for the gold in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
The Cubs are back in Chicago after earning a split against the Indians in Cleveland. The first World Series game at Wrigley Field in 71 years is Friday night. WBEZ’s Sports contributor Cheryl Raye-Stout was in Cleveland covering the team, and she joins me this morning to look forward to an exciting weekend of baseball.
The man known as “Sweet Swinging Billy Williams” is one of the greatest Cubs ever. The Baseball Hall of Fame calls him one of the greatest players ever. Williams recently with WBEZ’s sports contributor Cheryl Raye-Stout about this year’s team, and what it would mean to all the past Cubs if this current crop could win it all.
The man known as “Sweet Swinging Billy Williams” is one of the greatest Cubs ever. The Baseball Hall of Fame calls him one of the greatest players ever. Williams recently with WBEZ’s sports contributor Cheryl Raye-Stout about this year’s team, and what it would mean to all the past Cubs if this current crop could win it all.
Mets outfielder Curtis Granderson has never played for the Cubs or the White Sox, but the 13-year MLB veteran has always had a close relationship with Chicago. He was born in Blue Island, went to Thornton Fractional South High School in Lansing and attended college at UIC. Granderson even lives here during the off-season. When he returned to town for the Mets series against the Cubs, the guy they call “The Grandy Man” talked with WBEZ sports contributor Cheryl Raye-Stout about his work with kids and how he’s able to translate his love for the game to young people.
Curtis Granderson has been in the big leagues for 13 years. Alberto Almora Jr. hasn’t even been in “The Show” for 13 weeks, but he arrived from the minors with incredibly high expectations. Cubs leadership expect he’ll be one of the core members of this team competing for championships for years to come. WBEZ sports contributor Cheryl Raye-Stout talked with Almora about everything from the fact that he’ll soon be a first-time father to the long process of getting to the majors after being drafted right out of high school.
After 8 years, Chicago’s-own Derrick Rose is leaving the Bulls. The team Wednesday traded its franchise player to the New York Knicks. WBEZ sports contributor Cheryl Raye-Stout has been on the sidelines -- and in the training rooms -- for every step and misstep of Rose’s career and gives some insight into the trade.
Chicago’s new D-League team, The Windy City Bulls, are making northwest suburban Hoffman Estates its home base. The Sears Centre is right off the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) at Route 59, in the heart of commuter country, home to the target demographic for the new franchise: young families. And the Bulls are putting the full force of the franchises uber-successful marketing machine behind the new endeavor.
President Barack Obama was quick to note that after a 50-year drought, the Hawks have won three championships since he took office.