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Sports marketing wasn’t even a thing when Nova Lanktree began arranging deals for Chicago’s elite athletes. Over the years, Nova became the gold standard for sports marketers with hundreds of clients — a Who’s Who of athletes — benefiting from her hustle, hard work and honesty. Now retired, she looks back at her 36-year career with WGN’s Steve Alexander.