Tuesday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) From the get-go, the names fit like a small-sized helmet on an XL-sized head. Awkwardly. And now, it’s time for the Big Ten to send “Legends” and “Leaders” on their way. Mercifully. In perhaps the best sports news of 2013 thus far, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany on […]
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Bah.
There’s something fishy about Glenn’s Diner
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 all of Chicago, there’s nothing else quite like it. Heck, for that matter, you could probably eat your way around the globe and still not come across a place that’s […]
Illini Need To Keep Rebounding – In More Ways Than One
Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) The Fighting Illini are an imperfect basketball team. There are concerns about their ball-handling. Suddenly, there are concerns about their three-point shooting. And all season long, there have been concerns about their rebounding. But by holding their own on the boards against Top 10 foes Ohio State and […]
Champaign, Where Football Coaching Careers Go To Die
Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) ‘Twas the season for coaching changes. For a few schools, it still is. And for others, it still could be if the NFL ends up snatching their coveted football guru away from them. During the past month or so, nearly 30 colleges across the country have swapped out […]
Should The Bears Be Looking At Nick Saban?
Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) The question these days isn’t who are the Chicago Bears interviewing for their head coaching job. Rather, it’s who aren’t they? So far, the list of candidates for Lovie Smith’s old gig seems to stretch longer than a 4th-and-40 play. According to reports, general manager Phil Emery spent […]
Getting around Chicago is getting pricier in 2013
My Wisch List newspaper column from Saturday, Jan. 5, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky Lake Michigan and the Chicago River. The John Hancock Center and the Willis (or Sears) Tower. The Cubs and the White Sox. And, well, nickels and dimes. […]
NIU Seeking To Snap State’s ‘BCS’ Bowl Drought
Tuesday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Kirk Herbstreit might want to shoo them out of South Beach, but the Northern Illinois Huskies will nevertheless be playing in a BCS game tonight when they butt helmets with Florida State during the 2013 Orange Bowl. Most everyone knows that the matchup marks NIU’s first-ever appearance in […]
America loves Lovie …
… Illinois, meanwhile, does not.
Wisch Lists are for New Year’s
This weekend’s Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky Wish lists are for Christmas. But Wisch Lists? Well, they’re for New Year’s. And now that we’ve survived the Mayan Apocalypse without world’s end, I wanted to share with you my […]