This weekend’s Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky For my money, there’s no better month of the year in Chicago than September. The average temperature is a comfy 75. Along the lakefront, summer’s warmth still lingers while the crispness […]
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Groce Getting Close With Elite Recruits Bodes Well For UI
Saturday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Back in July, after Simeon superstar Jabari Parker left the Illinois of his Top 10 list of potential college pitstops, I wrote that when it comes to basketball recruiting, second place truly is the first loser. And it is. But, hey, that doesn’t mean you always have to […]
Would Fans Want Sammy Sosa Back At Wrigley?
Thursday’s CBS Chicago column … (CBS) It’s almost 4,000 miles from Wrigley Field to Piccadilly Circle, but this morning, via email, I asked my transplanted Cubs fan buddy currently living across the pond in London if he would like to see Sammy Sosa make a return to Wrigley Field. My friend’s answer was “No,” before […]
Wisch List on the Air: The State of the Illini
When it comes to radio, nothing makes for a better listen than a healthy dose of debate. And there was plenty of that today when I got the chance to join my guys on the Tay & Jay Show on Champaign’s ESPN-CU 93.5/95.3 to discuss my recent CBS Chicago Column, “The Truth About Illlinois Football,” […]
The Truth About Illinois Football
Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Every so often on the campus of the University of Illinois, seemingly no matter the coach or the era, you’ll see T-shirts pop up bearing the slogan, “Champaign: A Drinking Town with a Football Problem.” Sadly enough for Illini fans, that adage, as tongue in cheek as it […]
It’s Early, But Louisiana Tech Could Make Or Break Illini
Saturday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) When it comes to University of Illinois football, I’ve had a mantra ever since I walked off campus with my diploma in hand way back in May of 1998. And that’s been my vow that I wouldn’t be fully back on board with the Illini program until it […]
The Bears could benefit from new blood at the very top
This weekend’s Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky The Chicago Bears are mess. Or, they simply had a bad week. The sky is falling at Halas Hall. Or, the media just needed some controversy to fill 10 days of […]
Wisch List on the air … in Champaign
Spent a few minutes yesterday evening on 93.5/95.3 ESPN-CU Radio in Champaign catching up with my buddies Lon Tay and Jeremy Werner on the “Tay & Jay Show.” We talked Illini basketball recruiting (I like Kendrick Nunn and the direction John Groce has his program pointing and Illini football (I’m sweating the team’s Saturday night […]
With 100 Losses, Cubs Would Be History In The Making
Thursday’s column from CBS Chicago … Ponder this about the championship success – or, you know, total lack thereof – experienced by the Chicago Cubs: The last year in which they won a World Series, the Ottoman Empire still existed. Yeah, really. It was via Twitter that I learned that sobering fact today, and it […]
Wisnosky 2012
From the New Yorker … for some reason.