The proof is in the …

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Taking a few swings at Braun, Cubs and White Sox

This weekend’s Wisch List column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky As the calendar winds down on July, Major League Baseball finds itself standing at a PED crossroads – yet again – following the season-ending suspension of Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun and the ongoing […]

Could The Midwest Become ‘Blackhawks Country’?

Saturday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) With two Stanley Cup championships in four years, Chicago has been transformed into a Blackhawks city. But could the Midwest actually be transformed into “Blackhawks Country”? This week, Chicago’s NHL franchise announced that it will be taking its title-winning show on the road later this summer when it […]

3 New Things You Should Know About Navigating Chicago

Last weekend’s Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … By Dave Wischnowsky The WISCH LIST Getting around Chicago is always an adventure. This past Wednesday, for example, while riding the CTA Red Line my train stopped cold in the subway deep below street level. The conductor […]

Illini AD Shouldn’t Be Investing Time In Debating Zook

Last Thursday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Things Illini Nation learned this past week: 1) Ron Zook now works for a bank, and 2) Mike Thomas is willing to invest time in rebutting him. The former may be strange, particularly for a football coach who sometimes couldn’t count his team’s scores, let alone beans. […]

French Market culinary experience is a world apart

This weekend’s Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … Two hundred and twenty-four years ago this weekend, the people of Paris, fed up with their nation’s monarchy, famously rose up and stormed the Bastille, marking the flashpoint of the French Revolution. In the process, they also […]