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May 15, 2000 · Three cheers for Royko!"—Norman Mailer "Powerful, punchy, amazingly contemporary."—Neil A. Grauer, Cleveland Plain Dealer "This crackling collection of his own favorite columns as well as those beloved by his fans reminds us just how much we miss the gruff, compassionate voice of Mike Royko."—Jane Sumner, Dallas Morning News "A marvelous ...
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Sep 29, 2021 · First published on April 16, 1975: Columnist Mike Royko shares his take on the Bears’ threat to move to Arlington Heights — and then Mayor Richard J. Daley’s counterthreat.
Apr 19, 2022 · Mike Royko is standing second from right in the back row, to the left of Billy Goat owner Sam Sianis. Mike Royko at bat for the Daily News team. The columnist was an avid 16-inch softball player.
Mike Royko. With a Foreword by Studs Terkel. With the incisive pen of a newspaperman and the compassionate soul of a poet, Mike Royko was a Chicago institution who became, in Jimmy Breslin’s words, “the best journalist of his time.”. Culled from 7500 columns and spanning four decades, from his early days to his last dispatch, the writings ...
Oct 14, 2020 · It started innocently enough, when Royko wrote a 1982 column in the Sun-Times “claiming” that the greatest rib sauce in the world was created in 1449 in Warsaw by his ancestor, Aunt Willie Mae ...
Dec 22, 2018 · The column ran annually at Christmas time in the Daily News and then the Sun-Times for about 25 years. We are now, by the way, running a “Classic Royko” column online once a week. Mary and Joe ...
Mar 31, 2024 · Mike Royko wrote this column in 1979, recalling his first time seeing the Cubs play, which also was his first home opener and his first time at Wrigley Field. By Mike Royko [month] [day], [year ...
