Category Archives: General

My Jan. 25 column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) When it comes to the glory days of Northwestern basketball, there’s a lot more daze than there is glory. The Wildcats have never made an NCAA Tournament. The last time they had a winning record in the Big Ten was back in 1968 – when Chris […]

My Jan. 24 column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Greg Maddux certainly was an Atlanta Brave. And he definitely was a Chicago Cub. He also was a Los Angeles Dodger and a San Diego Padre, albeit briefly. But when he’s inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this summer, Maddux won’t be any of them […]

My Jan. 18 column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) In January 2013, the University of Illinois basketball team saw a promising nonconference campaign devolve into a potential disaster with a flurry of Big Ten setbacks that included deflating losses to Wisconsin, Northwestern and Purdue. Sound familiar? It should, of course, since one year later we’re […]

From the Saturday, Jan. 18, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky It was within easy driving distance of California’s Hermosa Beach that he launched his mouse-eared empire. But for Walt Disney, the Hermosa neighborhood of Chicago is where he began his remarkable […]

My Jan. 17 column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) When it comes to using the playbook for “How To Introduce a Mascot,” the Chicago Cubs hardly could have dropped the ball much worse this week. I think even Steve Bartman would agree about that. But in spite of a fallout from Clark the Cub’s radioactive […]

My Jan. 14 column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) For fans of the Chicago Cubs, the hits just keep on coming. Problem is, yet again, not a one of them is happening on the field. On Monday afternoon, the Less-and-Less Lovable Losers dealt their latest sucker punch to the belly of their less-and-less loving fan […]

This weekend’s Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky Having combined for a record-setting 195 losses, the Cubs and White Sox didn’t exactly make 2013 the best year ever for their fans. Thankfully, 2014 is off to a better start. […]

Friday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Come July, Greg Maddux will enter the Hall of Fame with an Atlanta Braves cap emblazoned on his plaque. And that’s absolutely as it should be. But are you absolutely sure that’s also his preference? I’m not. In fact, it’s long been my suspicion that if truly given […]

My Jan. 8 column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Buckle up, Illini fans. And, well, Bucky up, too. Because, remember, this isn’t going to be a smooth ride. Did you think that it was? “You have to have amnesia,” Illinois basketball coach John Groce said late Wednesday night after his squad was humbled defensively, offensively […]

My Jan. 7 column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) I grew up in Bourbonnais, which at 55 miles is far enough away from Chicago to not really be considered suburbia, yet close enough to the city’s southern border that you might think that it was White Sox Country. It wasn’t. No, just like most of […]