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...enter the hall in his rookie year of eligibility. But "Stretch" always started fast. The San Francisco Giant first baseman was a Rookie of the Year in 1959. Second in this year's voting, four votes below the 319 needed, was Billy Williams, hard-hitting outfielder for the Chicago Cubs. But Yankee Slugger Roger Maris, whose 61 homers in 1961 broke Babe Ruth's immortal record, died last month while ballots were being cast and came in fifth with...
...Rondine (The Swallow) may be finding a perch in the major opera houses. La Rondine (pronounced Ron-dee-nay) is not yet a repertory staple. But in 1984 the New York City Opera staged a bubbly version that revealed the many charms of the seductive score. Now in Chicago, the renascent Lyric Opera is proving that treated with respect, the little bird can soar...
...Lyric is setting an example for companies all over America. And not just fiscal: the Metropolitan Opera, for example, has not performed La Rondine since 1936. "It's love that generates all this," says Krainik, taking in her opera company, the Chicago River and the Lake Michigan shore with one expansive gesture. "We're here to put on beautiful music." And so they do. --By Michael Walsh
COVER: A beefy huddle brightens football's season and Chicago's winter...
After covering the past 16 Super Bowls, Sport Writer Tom Callahan qualifies as an expert on America's football classic. To get a unique perspective on these near mythic contests, as well as round out his cover stories on the mighty Chicago Bears as they head into Super Bowl XX against the New England Patriots, Callahan compiled vignettes on 19 former participants, one from each game. For some, Super Sunday has receded in memory as just another day on the job; for others, it has made the rest of life anticlimactic. Taken together, says Callahan, their tales convey "a feeling...