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Ditka Diaries

BetRivers Network

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Athlete, Coach, Legend: Iron Mike Ditka has held all those titles. BetRivers Network takes an intimate look at the life and career of Mike Ditka in the Ditka Diaries. Danny Parkins hosts this chronicle of a life that started in a small steel town and ended up on the biggest stages of the country.
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The Silver King's War

Michael G. Sievers

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"The Silver King's War" is a podcast series of World War II plays (The Silver King, Marauder Men, Serviceman and Who Is Della) based on true events about a young man, Stanley Silverfield, who joins the United States Army Air Corps to serve his country as a Martin Marauder B-26 Bombardier flying in the 9th Air Force. Stanley wrote letters to his family throughout World War II from January 1943 to October 1945. An exploration of his war letters, “Dearest Ones,” follows the four plays. The seri ...
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When you have absolutely nothing else to listen to on your phone, get a full preview and break down of the 1st Annual Progrum Password Tournament Draft. Criticisms, a mock draft and bold predictions for the greatest draft in KFAN history.بقلم PowerTripBets PowerTripQuotes
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Send us a text This bonus episode is the conclusion of The Silver King's War podcast series. Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer & creator of The Silver King's War, talks about his family's history and twelve years of research & writing to build the podcast. Throughout the series listeners asked about Stanley's life after his Second World War.…
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Send us a text This episode is scene five of The Sievers, the third play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's summer 1960 on Gregg Road. During a spectacular & busy season of Glencoe Beach visits and little league games, Stanley & Shirley share difficult, important news with Michael & Cindy. The family is leaving Northbrook for Rockford,…
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Send us a text As The Silverfields of Northbrook and the entire podcast series reaches its conclusion later this month, this bonus episode offers a brief, final review of Stanley Silverfield's life as the Silver King during his Second World War. Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer & creator of The Silver King's War reviews his father's story a…
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Send us a text This episode is scene four in The Sievers, the third play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's early winter 1960 on Gregg Road. A heavy snow storm has hit the cul-de-sac as Stanley prepares to make sales calls. First, however, he calls Northbrook's city hall to have a public works crew clear the snow from the driveway's ed…
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Send us a text This episode is the third scene in The Sievers, the final play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's early June 1959. Michael Silverfield visits Chicago and joins his uncle, Norman Gordon and almost-cousin Scott Fleischman, for a memorable Friday night Standard Club Father & Son event, including a White Sox game against the…
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Send us a text This episode is the second scene in The Sievers, the third play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. Michael Silverfield played five seasons in the Northbrook Little League: two in the minors, three in the big time. His pitching hero was Sandy Koufax, a Jewish lefty with a lethal fastball. The April 13, 1964, Sports Illustrated…
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Send us a text This episode is the first scene of The Sievers, the third play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's summer 1959. Cindy Silverfield is the family's Beautiful Swimmer, a powerful child churning through Lake Michigan's white cap curls. She's eight, a happy sun princess who loves the Glencoe Beach excursions. Michael G. Siever…
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Send us a text This episode introduces The Sievers, the final play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. This is the family's last glorious summer on Gregg Road. Stanley accepts a large new sales territory for Bailey's Beauty Supplies in northern Illinois. The family moves to Rockford, Illinois, and on October 7, 1960, and becomes the Sievers.…
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Send us a text This episode follows the conclusion of Wrigley Days, the second play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy, with a special reading by the young narrator, Michael Silverfield. Thirty years after the Bears won the 1963 NFL Championship, beating the New York Giants & Quarterback Y.A. Tittle, 14-10, the team fired its head coach, Mik…
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Send us a text This episode is the final scene in Wrigley Days, the second play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's November 1959. The Bailey & Gordon families have Bears' season tickets. Norman Gordon invites Stanley & Michael Silverfield to join his group for the Packers v. Bears game at Wrigley Field. It's Vince Lombardi's first year…
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Send us a text This episode is the fourth scene in Wrigley Days, the second play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's fall 1958. The World Series is over and the Gregg Road footballers are preparing for a weekend game in the Levy's backyard. Much of the conversation throughout every contest was about the Monsters of the Midway, the might…
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Send us a text This episode is Scene three in Wrigley Days, the second play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's late summer 1958. Cindy Silverfield, 7, visits Aunt Phyllis Gordon (Shirley's older sister) in Chicago as they shop for just the right Hula Hoop. Aunt Phyllis buys Cindy a bright blue hoop and they ride the Sheridan Road bus n…
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Send us a text This episode is the second scene in Wrigley Days, the second play of The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. Each summer, Michael & Cindy enjoyed a family day with the Bernsteins & Gordons at their respective country clubs, Green Acres and Bryn Mawr. The clubs represented prosperity & opportunity for Jewish families who were excluded…
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Send us a text This episode is the first scene in Wrigley Days, the second play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's summer 1956. The family visits Glencoe Beach, a short drive east from Gregg Road over the Edens Expressway to Lake Michigan's edge. Each summer throughout the Silverfields' Northbrook years, the family owns a public beach …
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Send us a text This episode is the introduction to Wrigley Days, the second play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. Chicago's Wrigley Field, an iconic sports venue, was home to the Silverfield's favorite teams, the Cubs and Bears, the Monsters of the Midway. Those were the years of Ernie Banks and Billy Williams, Mike Ditka, Dick Butkus and…
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Send us a text This episode is scene five in The Suburbs, the first play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's spring 1956. Stanley has a new job selling wholesale beauty supplies for his uncles, Abe & Joe Bailey, owners of Bailey's Beauty Supplies in Chicago. Abe Bailey is married to Sara Belle's sister, Rose. The Silverfields, excited a…
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Send us a text This episode is scene four in the first play, The Suburbs, in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's late summer 1955. The family has moved from Chicago's lake front to Northbrook, a growing north shore suburb. The Silverfields have met the Krauss family. Now they meet their one-house-over neighbors: Kal, Jeanne, Frank (Skip) &…
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Send us a text This episode is scene three in the first play, The Suburbs, in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's early summer 1955. The family has moved from Chicago's lake front to Northbrook, a growing north shore suburb. The Silverfields meet their new, immediate neighbors: Hyman, Frances, Jimmy, Elaine & Stanton Krauss. The families s…
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Send us a Text Message. This episode is scene two in The Suburbs, the first play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. The family prepares to leave Chicago as they visit their new Northbrook home. It's summer 1955. They tour their Gregg Road home with amazement and joy. Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer & creator of The Silver King's Wa…
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Send us a text This episode is the opening scene of The Suburbs, the first play in the The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer & creator of The Silver King's War, introduces the scene as he reflects on the family's fun-filled suburban life from 1955 to 1960. Contact us: thesilverkingswar@gmail.com Please rev…
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Send us a text This episode introduces The Silverfields of Northbrook, a trilogy of plays about the Silver King's family from 1955 to 1960 in the burgeoning suburbs north of Chicago. The plays: 1)The Suburbs, 2) Wrigley Days and 3) The Sievers, follow Stanley, Shirley, Michael & Cindy Silverfield through their lives in a new home & neighborhood on …
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