Author Archives: Dave

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 […]

From the Saturday, Oct. 24, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … So, Marty McFly was wrong. But so much about this Chicago Cubs season was so right. When it began, I was just hoping to see the team post an above-.500 record. That’s it. So, never in my […]

From the Saturday, October 17, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky I’ve been to a Rose Bowl. I’ve been to a Final Four. I’ve even been to Games 6 and 7 of a National League Championship Series at Wrigley Field. But I’ve […]

From the Saturday, Oct. 10, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … By Dave Wischnowsky The WISCH LIST For fans of the Chicago Cubs, October has never been the kindest of months. The tricks usually start weeks before Halloween – and then we never end up getting any treats. […]

There are few things more fun than talking Cubs playoff baseball and Illini football victories. Neither happen very often. Tonight, I got the chance to do both with the guys at Illini Drive on WPGU-107.1, which also happened to be my favorite campus music station when I was a student at Illinois. To listen to […]

From the Saturday, Sept. 19, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky Your kids have probably already motored about the Museum of Science & Industry. Odds are they’ve pressed their faces up against the glass at Shedd Aquarium to watch the underwater wildlife. […]

From the Saturday, Sept. 26, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … By Dave Wischnowsky The WISCH LIST It’s not October yet. But we can see it from here. And for Chicago Cubs fans, there’s nothing more tantalizing than the thought of seeing the ivy turn red at Wrigley […]

Legendary Champaign News-Gazette sports columnist Loren Tate believes that embattled Illinois athletic director Mike Thomas is the best option to make the Illini’s next football coaching hire. I disagree. And this past weekend on Saturday SportsTalk on WDWS 1400 in Champaign, we butted helmets about our differences of opinion on that topic, while also sharing […]

From the Saturday, Sept. 5, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … By Dave Wischnowsky The WISCH LIST The Illini football season was supposed to have kicked off last night. But, really, the action started last week when Illinois’ embattled athletic director Mike Thomas booted embattled head coach Tim Beckman […]