Last Friday afternoon, my pal Michael Carpenter — filling in for my other pals, Jeremy Werner and Lon Tay — had me on as a guest for ESPN Radio’s Tay & J Show in Champaign-Urbana to talk Cubs baseball, Illini basketball and football and U2 (yep, U2). Quick roundup: So far my expectations have been exceeded […]
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Olympic-sized questions still loom over Chicago
From the Saturday, Sept. 25, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky Come next summer, while Brazil is strutting its scantily-clad stuff down in Rio during a steamy Carnival-themed Opening Ceremony for the 2016 Summer Games, Chicago will find itself sitting out in […]
Summertime scorecard: Some winners, some losers
From the Saturday, July 18, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky Some of today’s sports figures deserve greater recognition (Lou Henson) and some don’t (Pete Rose). Some local sports executives are worthy of big kudos (Theo Epstein) and some aren’t (Mike Thomas). […]
Chatting Cubs with ‘Wrigleyville Nation’
Last week was a wild one for the Chicago Cubs. And on Sunday night, the guys at the “Wrigleyville Nation” Podcast invited me on as a guest to chat about the week that was against the division rival Cardinals and crosstown rival White Sox. The pair can rival each other as the Cubs’ archrivals. Also during […]
Chicago’s July still delivering a bang
From the Saturday, July 11, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … By Dave Wischnowsky The WISCH LIST The Independence Day hoopla is through, but Chicago still has plenty of fireworks left for the remainder of July – and not just because the Cubs and White Sox are tangling […]
Chicago’s Union Station can be more Grand (Central)
From the Saturday, July 4, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky There are train stations. And there are destinations. And then, in rare and wonderful instances, there are both. Last Saturday in New York City, my wife and I visited one of […]
A Decade in the City
Ten years ago today, I moved from Ottawa to Chicago and started work at the Tribune (yes, on the same day — that was a trick). Today, as I look back on this past decade, it’s been one filled with professional ups and professional downs, personal highs and personal lows, some things expected and many […]