On Saturday, October 13, while on a trip out in San Francisco, I popped the question to my girlfriend Debbie Harvey. Remarkably, she said yes. 😉 Much thanks to all our friends and family who have wished us well in the days since. And also very cool of Chicagoland Radio and Media this past Monday […]
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Wrigley Field Should Be On Deck For The Bears
Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Come November, Wrigleyville is usually pretty dead. It’s usually pretty dead in October too, mind you. But that’s for different reasons. However, the powers that be on the North Side of Chicago (aka Tom Ricketts & Theo Epstein) want to change that – and not just by putting […]
With new riverwalk proposal, Chicago still thinking big
The Saturday, Oct. 20, Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky It’s known as the city of Big Shoulders, but if nothing else, Chicago is also a city of big ideas. From the tip of Navy Pier to the top […]
Analyze This, Cubs Fans: How About Kruk As Color Man?
Today’s CBS Chicago column … (CBS) When it comes to replacing Bob Brenly in the TV booth, the Chicago Cubs don’t just need a color man for 2013. They need a colorful man. Very colorful. After all, for the Lovable Losers, next season has the looks of another lean one – and, by this point, […]
The Secret – And Sham – To Tim Beckman’s Success
Thursday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Down in Champaign, where these days things are far more blue than orange, the Fighting Illini football team is a woeful 2-5 in head coach Tim Beckman’s first season. Meanwhile, 335 miles away in northwestern Ohio, the Toledo Rockets are flying high at 6-1 in their first season […]
DePaul Wants Hoops Back In City – But What About Campus?
Tuesday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) So, big-time college basketball looks to finally be coming back to the Windy City. Or, at least, DePaul basketball is. But no matter how you view the caliber of Blue Demons hoops, the fact is, if reports of DePaul returning to play its games in Chicago — following […]
At Wrigley, losses and ticket prices don’t add up
This weekend’s Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky Come October, the usual refrain on the North Side of Chicago is “Wait ’til next year.” But here in 2012, as Cubs fans stand ankle deep in the ashes of a […]
‘D-Will’ Could Show A New Way For Illini Recruiting
Saturday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Dusting off the orange-and-blue almanac, one can find that since 1957 with George Bon Salle and Harv Schmidt, a total of 56 players from the University of Illinois have had their names called in the NBA Draft. Some of them have been flops (such as Frank Williams). Others […]
Behold, The History Of Chicago Baseball Attendance
Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) In Chicago, another baseball season is in the books. And so are the attendance figures. Down on the South Side – not unlike Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster and Area 51 – U.S. Cellular Field continues to be a mystery as the ballpark once again this season served […]
Illini Football Fans Deserve Better – And Need To Believe It
Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Last December, while rooting about for a successor to Ron Zook, the ever-daffy football coach that he had just fired, University of Illinois athletic director Mike Thomas took to the Internet to address Illini Nation. “As our search for a new head football coach moves forward, I have […]