My Friday, Nov. 8, column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) It’s not just a new season for the Fighting Illini basketball team. It’s a different world. A year ago, with Illinois fans down in the dumps over football and basketball programs that had devolved into twin disasters, John Groce managed to flip the Illini’s fortunes. […]
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Taking the temperature of Chicago’s sports teams
This weekend’s Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky The Chicago Cubs have a new boss (same as the old boss?). Derrick Rose is back (sort of). The Bears still have groin groans (but someone’s got their back). The White […]
It’s Time For The NFL To Ban Hazing
Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Back during the summer of 2005, I started work as a rookie Metro reporter at the Chicago Tribune. And about a month into my tenure, I was hazed. No, not in the ways you might imagine. I wasn’t duct taped to a buttress atop the Tribune Tower. My […]
The Cubs Can Trade Castro – But Not To The Cardinals
Tuesday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) The Cubs still don’t have a manager. They apparently might not have Jeff Samardzija for much longer. And rumor also has it that the organization could part ways with Starlin Castro some time soon, too. Personally, I’m not terribly worked up about any of that. While the team’s […]
Holidays Happen Early During November in Chicago
This weekend’s Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky Now that you’ve recovered from your Halloween sugar coma – or perhaps are still caught up in the throes of it – it’s time to start planning for your Thanksgiving turkey […]
Rose Getting Better, But He’s Already More Interesting
Friday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) I’ve criticized him for his questionable SAT test score. I’ve felt bad for him when he missed free throws late in the NCAA Championship game. And I’ve been pumped for him when the Bulls won the top pick in his draft. I’ve cheered him when he earned an […]
Illini’s Beckman Needs A Win To Create Any Believers
Tuesday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) As an Illini football season ticket holder, I received an email survey from the University of Illinois Athletics Department on Monday afternoon. My alma mater wanted to know about my expectations and overall experience at Illini games, and asked me to provide numerical ratings for a series of […]
Graves, Ghosts and Chicago’s most famous cemeteries
From the Saturday, Oct. 26, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky Over the decades, Chicago has been home to a lot of people. So it serves to notice that the city would be home to a lot of graveyards, too. Although, earlier […]
For Ozzie Guillen, It’s Manager Or Bust
My Saturday, Oct. 26, column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) My, what a difference five years can make. Back in 2008 before the first-place Chicago White Sox (the what?) took on the first-place Chicago Cubs (the who?) during a highly anticipated interleague series on the North Side, Sox manager Ozzie Guillen set venerable Wrigley Field […]
Groce Can Make Big Splash With Curie’s Alexander
My Friday, Oct. 25, column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) There may be plenty of fish in the sea, but when it comes to the pool of high school basketball recruits, there simply aren’t many 6-foot-8, 225-pound marlins out swimming around in the waters. Cliff Alexander, however, would fit that gill, er, bill. And beginning […]