Category Archives: General

LeBane, your reckoning is coming …

Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) He can be a knucklehead on the basepaths, his glove isn’t exactly a golden one and he’s never met a pitch that he didn’t like. OK, love. But, despite the chinks in his armor, Starlin Castro’s impending seven-year, $60 million contract extension not only makes a lot of […]

Talked a little Cubs, a little White Sox, a little Bears and a little Illini football on Monday evening with my guys Lon Tay and Jeremy Werner on the “Tay and Jay Show” in Champaign. You can listen to the Connect-FM 93.5/95.3 podcast here.

Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Down in Bourbonnais, Training Camp isn’t quite what it used to be. But I’m still glad that the Chicago Bears are down there amongst their fans, rather than hidden away from the masses on their Halas Hall compound. And here’s to hoping that things stay that way for […]

Today’s Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … Warships drop anchor in Chicago during Navy Week The WISCH LIST When you think of the Navy, you might think of Annapolis. Or perhaps San Diego comes to mind. Or maybe it’s Jacksonville, Fla., Pearl Harbor or Norfolk, […]

Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Earlier this season, longtime Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood called it a career at the age of 35 after compiling an 86-75 record, 1,582 strikeouts – and 16 trips to the disabled list during his 14 injury-riddled seasons. Meanwhile, out in Rhode Island, a 31-year-old Mark Prior is still […]

Tuesday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Yes, it would have cost a pretty penny. Yes, its construction would have provoked a pileup of headaches. And, yes, it would have surely come with its share of corruption and graft. This is Chicago, after all. But in spite of all the cons involved in hosting an […]

This weekend’s Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … On Jan. 25, 1947, four days after suffering a stroke, Al Capone died from cardiac arrest at the relatively tender age of 48. I find it amazing, however, that he lived even that long, although not because […]

Saturday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Come 2013, the Illini are coming to town. Get used to it, Chicago, because it’s going to be happening often – and not just for football games. At least, that’s my strong suspicion as the University of Illinois forges ahead behind the captainship of athletic director Mike Thomas, […]

Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) The Cubs are caught up in another tailspin – this time, eight straight losses and counting. They’re 22 games out of first place with 53 left to play. And at 43-66, they have a great shot at losing 100 games for the first time since Lyndon Johnson was […]