Category: Sports
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Chicago No Limits Fishing
We recorded this video with friends Ken and Kathy Carwell in Three Lakes, Wisconsin. Chicago No Limits Fishing creates opportunities for persons with disabilities to explore the world of fishing in the Chicago area. Organizer Ken Carwell shares his passion for fishing and his journey into the world of disability. Chicago No Limits Fishing purchased…
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LWF Mount of Olives Sports Field
What was once a dusty, rocky, dirt field is now a state-of-the-art soccer pitch with artificial turf and lights that normally stay on late into the night as community clubs and neighborhood children practice and play on the field. LWF Jerusalem purposely held this video for release on July 7th, to coincide with the beginning…
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Golf Time
My good buddy Jim Quattrocki cut this fun bit together. It was a lovely day at Big Run in Lemont, Illinois with JIm, Darren Harrison and his cousin Julie.
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Colorado Zip Line
Went on my first zip line at Lutheran Valley Retreat near Divide, Colorado last week while on a shoot with Bethesda Lutheran Communities. The campers were zipping down the mountain, so I needed a shot from their perspective. It’s like a ski lift in wild reverse!
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“I must be in the front row…”
So, my daughter, Emily gets Connor and I $20 Bulls tickets in the nose bleeds. At half time, a guy with a walkie-talkie taps me on the shoulder and asks if we want to sit courtside? “Sure!” So, off we go to watch Bulls get pounded in seats with a ticket price of $950 each!…
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Steve Goodman: A Dying Cubs Fan’s Last Request
Of course, I had nothing to do with this recording. I just spotted it on YouTube. But, with the winter wind blowing sub-zero across the Mid-West, it seemed like a good time to think of warmer days when pitchers and catchers will report in Arizona and the Cubs will launch into another season. Here’s to…
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Cricket a Wicket in Chicago Suburbs
On a Sunday afternoon in Bolingbrook, Illinois, we enjoyed a Cricket exhibition between teams representing India and Pakistan. An estimated crowd of 1,500 fans gathered Indian Chase Meadows Park, to watch a short (five hour) 20/20 match. Chicago is making a bid for the 2016 Olympics and organizers of this event hope that Cricket becomes…
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Green Bay Packers Home Movie Footage from 1960’s
My dad, John Floyd Frakes shot this footage in the mid-1960s at Milwaukee County Stadium. If you can identify the other team, we would love to know who it is. Dad thinks he shot this somewhere between 1965 and 1967. Many Packer greats are clearly visible including Jerry Kramer, Paul Hourning, Willie Wood and others.…
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1958 World Series Braves vs. Yankees
Tuesday, October 14, 1958, the Milwaukee Braves took on the New York Yankees in game six of the World Series at County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Two future Hall-Of-Famers, Whitey Ford and Warren Spahn, were the starting pitchers. My father (John Floyd Frakes) got his hands on tickets and a press pass. He worked in…