{"id":10329,"date":"2016-02-03T18:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T00:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=10329"},"modified":"2016-02-03T18:09:15","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T00:09:15","slug":"buffone-rapoport-olczyk-win-ring-lardner-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/02\/03\/buffone-rapoport-olczyk-win-ring-lardner-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffone, Rapoport, Olczyk win Ring Lardner Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10330\" style=\"width: 862px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/02\/03\/buffone-rapoport-olczyk-win-ring-lardner-awards\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10330\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10330\" alt=\"Doug Buffone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Doug-Buffone.jpg\" width=\"852\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Doug-Buffone.jpg 852w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Doug-Buffone-300x175.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Doug-Buffone-150x87.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Doug-Buffone-400x233.jpg 400w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Doug-Buffone-800x467.jpg 800w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Doug-Buffone-200x116.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/a> Doug Buffone<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Doug Buffone, the former Chicago Bears linebacker who became a beloved broadcaster for <a href=\"http:\/\/chicago.cbslocal.com\/station\/670-the-score\/\" target=\"_blank\">WSCR AM 670, <\/a>will be honored posthumously this spring with a Ring Lardner Award for Excellence in Sports Journalism.<\/p>\n<p>Also named recipients of the prestigious award Wednesday were veteran sportswriter Ron Rapoport and Chicago Blackhawks announcer Eddie Olczyk.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10331\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ron-Rapoport.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10331\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10331\" alt=\"Ron Rapoport\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ron-Rapoport-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ron-Rapoport-150x150.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ron-Rapoport-57x57.jpg 57w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ron-Rapoport-72x72.jpg 72w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ron-Rapoport-114x114.jpg 114w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ron-Rapoport-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10331\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ron Rapoport<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The awards will be presented April 4 at Union League Club of Chicago, 65 West Jackson Boulevard. Proceeds\u00a0from the event will benefit the Union League Boys &amp; Girls Clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Following his legendary career with the Bears, Buffone turned to sports broadcasting, most notably on the CBS Radio sports\/talk station. His longtime partnership with former Bears teammate Ed O'Bradovich after every game became \u201cmust-listen radio\u201d for Bears fans on The Score. Buffone died last April at 70.<\/p>\n<p>Rapoport, prolific sportswriter and author, was sports columnist for the <a href=\"http:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\" target=\"_blank\">Sun-Times<\/a> and the Los Angeles Daily News and sports commentator for NPR\u2019s \"Weekend Edition Saturday.\"<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10333\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Eddie-Olczyk.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10333\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10333\" alt=\"Eddie Olczyk\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Eddie-Olczyk-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Eddie-Olczyk-150x150.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Eddie-Olczyk-57x57.jpg 57w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Eddie-Olczyk-72x72.jpg 72w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Eddie-Olczyk-114x114.jpg 114w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Eddie-Olczyk-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eddie Olczyk<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Olczyk, a center in the National Hockey League for 16 seasons, is in his 10th season as color analyst for Blackhawks hockey on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csnchicago.com\" target=\"_blank\">Comcast SportsNet Chicago<\/a> and Tribune Media <a href=\"http:\/\/wgntv.com \" target=\"_blank\">WGN-Channel 9.<\/a> He also is the lead hockey analyst for the NHL on NBC.<\/p>\n<p>The awards, founded in 2002 by the Chicago Athletic Association, honor broadcasters and writers who \u201cexemplify the wit and warmth of Ring Lardner\u2019s writing.\u201d A world famous sportswriter, humorist and satirist, Lardner wrote for The Sporting News, the Saturday Evening Post and the Chicago Tribune\u2019s \u201cIn the Wake of the News\u201d column.<\/p>\n<p>For tickets call (312) 765-0405 or see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulbgc.org\/events\/ring-lardner-awards-dinner-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">ulbgc.org\/events\/ring-lardner-awards-dinner-2016\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doug Buffone, the former Chicago Bears linebacker who became a beloved broadcaster for WSCR AM 670, will be honored posthumously this spring with a Ring Lardner Award for Excellence in Sports Journalism. Also named recipients of the prestigious award Wednesday were veteran sportswriter Ron Rapoport and Chicago Blackhawks announcer Eddie Olczyk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10329"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10329"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10338,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10329\/revisions\/10338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}