2010 Stanley Cup Champions 3rd Annual Blackhawks Convention

Chicagoans are die hard sports fans, win or lose, but it’s even more sweet when we national championships! The day after the Hawks took home the Stanley Cup I posted the pics of me hitting the town with the team, sharing the cup w/chicago and celebrating an excellent season…I received over 250,000 hits that morning, how crazy is that?!? (click here to see them!)

In keeping with the celebration and gearing up for next season I wanted to share (as I always do) some of my badges to the 3rd Annual Blackhawks Convention this weekend! From July 30th to August 1st at the Chicago Hilton you can hang out with players, Hawks alum, enjoy Q& A sessions, try your luck at interactive games, and just revel in all the Blackhawks glory! Check out my facebook page to see how you can win them today!

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duncan keith at nascar & vince vaughn at wild west comedy tour!

First, my buddy Duncan Keith, star defenseman for the Blackhawks will serve as Grand Marshal of the LifeLock.com 400 NASCAR Spring Cup Series this Saturday, July 10th at the Chicagoland Speedway. You can check out the Keith and a little NASCAR by visiting www.chicagolandspeedway.com.

Vince Vaughn is in town shooting a new Ron Howard and Brian Grazer flick this summer,  just released that he’s bringing his Wild West Comedy Tour to Chicago for one night along with fellow comedian Kevin James. You can see them Friday, July 23rd at Park West Theatre — read more for all info…

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my chicago ribs day w/ buddy andrew Zimmern from travel channel’s “Bizarre Foods!” in honor of 4th of july!

That seems like such a random title I know, but I have a personal ribfest every july 4^th and I thought this would be the perfect video to share to kick it all off! This video is truly hilarious & fun for me- probably because its part ribs, part chicago, and part a super fun, talented & entertaining friend of mine visiting town, andrew Zimmern… enjoy!

Andrew basically called me a couple weeks ago when landed in Chicago to film at Uncle John’s Barbecue on the southside, to help him eat!!! We tackled Uncle John’s, a vast menu of rib tips, hot links, spare ribs and more! pit master Mark Sevier was smoking it up over a variety of woods including, oak, elm and mulberry… and I pounded it all… I think even Andrew was impressed!

Speaking of, how cool is his show?? Traveling all around the world to try bizarre foods!?!?! My dream job.  And Interestingly to note, many people who follow me on twitter and facebook, asked me when I was joining andrew on set, why ribs are a “bizarre food?”  to me that’s the coolest thing about the show, being in over 70 countries, there are bound to be people out there that think our normal food, is bizarre!  Just as we think a lot of what he eats, is absolutely mind blowing… btw, if you haven’t watched the show, you are severely missing out! you can catch the episode of the chicago shoot above in the fall, and more on andrew and the show on http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Bizarre_Foods.

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Comcast Sportsnet Interview : Blackhawks, Piven Theatre Workshop Benefit & Lookingglass Theatre’s Madhatter’s Ball

it’s always a pleasure to chat and catch up with my buddy david kaplan on comcast sportsnet – we covered all things chicago but more importantly, our hometown champs – the chicago blackhawks (you have to see these stanley cup pictures, they’re a riot!) – the annual piven theatre workshop benefit i host with jeremy piven every year (you can check me out on the set of entourage by clicking here) and lookingglass theatre’s madhatter’s ball which was a blast last night!

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