Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) We don’t know which teams the Chicago Bears will beat this season, but we do know that throughout it they’ll be running plays to the beat of a different drummer. Namely, Marc Trestman. On Sunday, Chicago Tribune columnist David Haugh wrote a piece about the first man not […]
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Time for Bourbonnais to tackle big ideas for Bears Camp
This weekend’s Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky With the season opener just two weeks away, most Bears fans are wondering if Marc Trestman is actually an NFL coach or just a CFL coach posing as one and whether […]
Champaign The ‘Worst Town’ In The Big Ten? I Say No
Friday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) I was offended on Thursday. Pat Forde labeled Illinois as “the worst” in the Big Ten. Now, the Yahoo! Sports college football expert wasn’t talking about Illinois’ college football team (that I wouldn’t argue about). Nor was he talking about the university itself (that I would). Rather, Forde […]
Cubs & Sox Within Striking Distance Of (Bad) History
Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) The Cubs are making their move. You know, back to the basement. As of Thursday morning, the Lovable Losers were back to their less-than-lovable ways, having dropped eight of their last 10 games to fall a half-game behind the Brewers and into dead last in the NL Central. […]
Fenway & Wrigley – A Tale Of Two Renovations
Wednesday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Last year, Fenway Park celebrated its 100th birthday. Come next year, Wrigley Field will do the same. In Boston, Fenway capped its century mark with the completion of a 10-year, $285 million renovation of the majors’ oldest ballpark. Soon, a $500 million overhaul is set to begin at […]
Chicago’s colorful contributions to the English language
My Aug. 17 Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky A couple of weeks ago on Twitter, Big Ten Network anchor Mike Hall started a #GreatChicagoAccentWords hashtag that evoked responses such as “Sox,” “Cicero” and “Comiskey,” as well as “Sausage,” […]
New visions for Lake Shore Drive are forming in Chicago
My Aug. 10 Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky You can have the rest of the roads in the country. I’ll take Lake Shore Drive. Although, five decades ago, that’s just what Chicago tried to do – take Lake […]
If Wrigley Survived Lights, I’ll Survive A Jumbotron
My Aug. 8 column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) In my dresser drawer there sits a yellow T-shirt that shouts “SUPPORT DAY BASEBALL” in bold red letters on its front side, while its back sports the equally loud message: “NO LIGHTS IN WRIGLEY FIELD.” The shirt – a throwback honoring the “purists” who campaigned during […]
Coaching, Not Admission Standards, Is Illini’s Primary Problem
My Aug. 6 column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Stanford does it. So does Michigan. Notre Dame, Wisconsin and Vanderbilt do it, too. Heck, even Northwestern has figured it out. Those schools – each ranked higher than Illinois in the 2013 National University Rankings by U.S. News & World Report – all managed to overcome […]
Chicago’s summer saves fun (and warmth?) for August
My Saturday, Aug. 3, Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky July is over. Thank goodness. Despite one sweltering stretch, this past month was one of the coolest that I can ever recall in Illinois. And while I’ve often referred […]