Author Archives: Dave

Today’s Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky When Chicago’s iconic rapid transit system – colloquially known as the “L” – was first unveiled to the public in June 1892, a reporter for the Chicago Tribune noted how useful the […]

Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Last month, Michael Jordan celebrated his 50th birthday. Saturday, the University of Illinois’ Assembly Hall celebrates its 50th birthday. And, once upon a time, I mistakenly celebrated the former while celebrating inside the latter. It was March 1992, and I was a sophomore at Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School. […]

Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Chicago is filled with all sorts of civic treasures. Down south, there’s the Museum of Science & Industry. Up north, there’s Wrigley Field. To the east, there’s Navy Pier. And over on the West Side? Well, there’s Derrick Rose, of course. With foundations buried deep in the Chicago […]

Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Jim Phillips expected more from Northwestern this season. I’m not sure why. But he did. “The program is going to be better. Bill has assured me of that,” NU’s athletic director vowed last spring while announcing head basketball coach Bill Carmody would return for a 13th season despite […]

My Wisch List column from the Feb. 23 editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee) and The Times (Ottawa) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky Eighteen years ago next month, Michael Jordan announced his return to the Chicago Bulls in the quickest – and briefest – way possible circa 1995. He sent out a fax […]

This past Saturday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) In 2006, when Indianapolis beat out Chicago for exclusive rights to host the Big Ten men’s basketball tournament from 2008-12, conference commissioner Jim Delany expressed his hope that a fixed location would help boost attendance for his league’s hoops extravaganza. “We’d like to have all sessions […]

Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) With the Chicago Bears entering the final year of their contract with Olivet Nazarene University, the summer of 2013 could be the last that the team spends in Bourbonnais for its annual training camp. But it won’t be if tourism officials in Kankakee County have any say about […]

Tuesday’s column from CBS Chicago … EVANSTON (CBS) They say you can’t go home again. Turns out, though, you can go back to college. I can prove it. After all, this past weekend, I spent 13 blissful hours being 19 years old again in spite of the fact that, ahem, I’m only three months shy […]

This weekend’s Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky In Chicago, the cheese stands alone. No, really. It actually does. You can find it by itself inside an unassuming brick warehouse on a nondescript street across from a lonely field […]

Saturday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) College football seems to just keep getting bigger. So, is it time for its regular season to grow, too? On Monday, Big Ten coaches and athletic directors met in Chicago to discuss the latest twists and turns of the conference. Afterward, commissioner Jim Delany indicated to reporters that […]