Monthly Archives: November 2015

From the Saturday, Nov. 28, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky In the spirit of the best Thanksgiving movie ever made, there are no faster ways to cross the country than planes, no more scenic ways to see the country than trains, […]

Fun afternoon talking sports and social media at Illini Center with a great Social Media Week Chicago panel, including (from left to right) Ed Sherman, myself, Steve Raquel, Sahadev Sharma and Justin Breen.

It’s not every day that you talk baseball, leadership and college football with Walter Payton’s son … on live television. But Monday was one of those days when I joined host Jarrett Payton on CLTV Sports Feed to discuss Chicago Cubs phenom Kris Bryant unanimously winning the National League Rookie of the Year award, what […]

From the Saturday, Nov. 14, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky You deserve better, Illini fans. Now, after years of watching University of Illinois football teams get kicked all over the gridiron, turning your heart from orange-and-blue to black-and-blue, I understand that […]

From the Saturday, Nov. 7, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky When it comes to the pecking order of America’s holidays, I’ve long thought that Thanksgiving gets something of a short shrift. Sure, we embrace Turkey Day and all its gravy-laden gluttony […]

From the Saturday, Oct. 31, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST  By Dave Wischnowsky When it comes to nightspots in Chicago, the city sure has a lot of haunts. I mean that literally. From the North Side to the South Side and from the West […]