Author Archives: Dave

My Aug. 2 column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Northern Illinois is busy pumping up its star QB as a Heisman Trophy candidate. Northwestern is basking in the glow of a No. 22 ranking in the USA Today preseason coaches poll. And over in South Bend, Notre Dame is even higher up the college football […]

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Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) The Baseball Hall of Fame held its annual induction ceremony this past weekend. But if you happened to miss it, well, you didn’t miss much. That’s because no one got in. No one living at least, as for the first time since 1965, there wasn’t a single breathing […]

This weekend’s Wisch List column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky As the calendar winds down on July, Major League Baseball finds itself standing at a PED crossroads – yet again – following the season-ending suspension of Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun and the ongoing […]

Saturday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) With two Stanley Cup championships in four years, Chicago has been transformed into a Blackhawks city. But could the Midwest actually be transformed into “Blackhawks Country”? This week, Chicago’s NHL franchise announced that it will be taking its title-winning show on the road later this summer when it […]

Thursday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) There hasn’t been a forfeit in Major League Baseball since 1995. But maybe there should be more of them in the future. A lot more, if that’s what it takes to actually rid baseball of the PED problems that continue to plague the sport and cast suspicion on […]

Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) When it comes to championships, the New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs don’t have a whole lot in common. But when it comes to mascots? Well, they do. That’s because neither franchise has one. The Dodgers and Angels don’t either, making the Cubs among only four Major League […]

Last weekend’s Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … By Dave Wischnowsky The WISCH LIST Getting around Chicago is always an adventure. This past Wednesday, for example, while riding the CTA Red Line my train stopped cold in the subway deep below street level. The conductor […]

Last Thursday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Things Illini Nation learned this past week: 1) Ron Zook now works for a bank, and 2) Mike Thomas is willing to invest time in rebutting him. The former may be strange, particularly for a football coach who sometimes couldn’t count his team’s scores, let alone beans. […]

Last Tuesday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Much like the NBA’s Slam Dunk Contest, we’ve already seen the best that the MLB Home Run Derby has to offer. The event is both tired and, at three hours long, tiring. As a result, it’s in desperate need of some juice. No, not that kind. (Although, […]