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Chick Hearn may have been from Chicago but he is notable for his work in Los Angeles with the Los Angeles Lakers. Should this article still be part of WikiProject Chicago? Somehow, I doubt it, so I removed it. IF someone can provide reasons for including that banner, go for it. :-) -- Gmatsuda (talk) 10:45, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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OK...I'll remove the category. Thanks. -- Gmatsuda (talk) 09:56, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hector

The article links "Since Hector was a pup" to the original Trojan hero. Was that Chick's intent? I would think "pup" refers to a dog such as Hector_the_Bulldog. Randall Bart Talk 18:41, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

1. Jeff ##

The article should include Chicks radio show in Peoria Illinois called the Corn Report and he called Bradley U. games....I will never forget the game he called on radio in Peoria when Bradley U. then with Frank Sylvestor a 5.6 guard beat UCLA. I cannot remember the year but Chick was very popular then before he went to Califonis....in fact that is part of the reason Jerry Buss wanted Chick to call the games. I met Jerry Buss and he told me that himself...you may want to research this some more and add these facts as they are representative of the true story of Chicks life and are what led to him being the icon he was.(Busnetwork 21:56, 23 October 2013 (UTC)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Busnetwork (talk • contribs) 21:48, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry...for the unsigned....signature on the preceding article comment Busnetwork 21:58, 23 October 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Busnetwork (talk • contribs)

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Chickisms -- add "Sky Hook"?

Didn't Chick coin the term "Sky Hook"? There's currently no reference to that in Chickisms. JohnH~enwiki (talk) 01:22, 4 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Zeke from Cabin Creek

Where is his nickname for Jerry West? 184.96.224.229 (talk) 18:43, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion for a small change (to the entry for "No harm, no foul")

In the ["bullet (•)"] entry for "No harm, no foul" in the "Chickisms" section, (of the "Latest revision as of 06:44, 2 January 2025" version of this article) there are two parenthetical "comments".

I am not suggesting any changes to the first parenthetical comment, which says

(no blood, no ambulance, no stitches)

; however, I think there is some room for improvement in [the second word of] the second parenthetical comment, which currently says

(More adjectives means the non-call was more questionable.)

. Is "no blood" an adjective? It is a two-word phrase, which can (and does) play somewhat of an adjectival role in certain contexts (in certain 'Chickisms', to be specific!); but, typically, a phrase like "no blood" -- since it contains more than one word -- is called something else (such as, an "adjectival phrase"), while we usually call something an "adjective" only when it is a single word that is acting in an adjectival role. (right?)

One might even 'refer' to (for example)

the SERP ["search engine results page"]
https://www.google.com/search?q=the+role+of+an+adjective+in+a+sentence
(QUOTE from [the "Search Labs | AI Overview" section of] that SERP:

"An adjective is a word that [...]")

in order to ~~provide~~ see some convincing evidence that this is true, as a general rule (at least, in the opinion of 'google' ... or perhaps it is more like: "in the opinion of ... some AI robot at google"?).

How about this?

In my opinion, it would be better to say [something like]

More "no [...]" phrases

or even just

More "no" phrases

instead of "More adjectives [...]".

Any comments? -- Mike Schwartz (talk) 16:58, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]