Frank Main began his newspaper career in 1987 in Tulsa, Oklahoma and worked in Louisiana and Kentucky, covering local politics and crime. He was on the ground for Hurricanes Andrew and Katrina, the Bosnia conflict, the first Gulf War and the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in New York. In ‘11, Main, another reporter and a photographer won the Pulitzer Prize for their stories in the Sun-Times about a ‘no-snitch code’ among Chicago’s victims of gun violence. For that project, Main spent six months embedded with homicide detectives. He’s a graduate of Emory University and Northwestern’s graduate journalism program and teaches journalism at Loyola University.

Telander is the senior sports columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times. Hired in 1995 from Sports Illustrated, where he was a Senior Writer. After graduating from Northwestern, Telander was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in 1971. In 2004, he wrote a book about this experience Like a Rose, which was made into a short film by NFL Films. In the 80s, Telander was a Senior Writer at Sports Illustrated. He also has won nine Peter Lisagor awards for sports journalism. He is the author of eight books. Heaven Is A Playground, was named one of the Ten Best Sports Books of All Time by Playboy Magazine, and one of the 100 Best Sports Books by Sports Illustrated.

Born 1974 in Lombard, Illinois, upon his graduating from high school, he joined the US Marine Corps, serving as an Infantry Squad Leader in Okinawa and stateside. After a brief stint in Marketing and Sales in Boston, O’Toole returned home and joined The Chicago Police Department in 2000, reaching the rank of Sergeant. In that time, he has received over 300 citations for exemplary duty including Sergeant of the Year, the national ATF Award, the Latin American Police Association’s Officer of the Year, the department’s Blue Star Award (for being shot in the line of duty), and three awards for valor. O’Toole is currently the second most decorated officer in the Chicago Police Department.