From the Saturday, Aug. 31, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST Illini Nation is restless. As the 2019 football season dawns in Champaign with Illinois’ opener against Akron (11 a.m., BTN), head coach Lovie Smith’s program has generated only nine wins in his first three […]
Category Archives: Sports
Wisch Lists are for New Year’s
From the Saturday, Dec. 29, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST Wish lists are for Christmas. But Wisch Lists? Well, just like every year, they’re for New Year’s. As you read today’s column, I’m with my wife out in Los Angeles for the first leg […]
Winter Meetings over, but Harper sweepstakes just heating up
From the Saturday, Dec. 15, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST With the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings winding down last Wednesday afternoon, uber-agent Scott Boras held court beneath a Christmas tree in Las Vegas to discuss the sweepstakes surrounding his prized client – Bryce Harper. […]
The key for the Cubs in 2019? It might be simple
From the Saturday, Oct. 13, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST On the second-to-last day of Major League Baseball’s regular season, the Chicago Cubs owned the best record in the National League. Three days later, their season was over. As much I wish the Cubs […]
The fix is in (progress) with Illini basketball
From the Saturday, March 10, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST Illini basketball needs a fix. Much of Illini Nation finds itself in a fix. And after dealing with both, well … could someone fix me a drink? Last week, first-year Illinois coach Brad Underwood […]
Baseball is back to bury our Winter of Discontent
From the Saturday, Feb. 17, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST The Bulls are bad. The Blackhawks are bad. Illini basketball is bad. Northwestern’s is too. At 22-5, Loyola’s hoops are looking good – but, let’s be honest, the Ramblers are hardly going to get […]
On Chief Illiniwek, Free Speech and Curious Decisions
From the Saturday, Feb. 3, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST To me, freedom of speech is a serious thing. But I also find it funny. Funny in how people can twist it. Funny in how some seem to feel it only applies to arguments […]
Never mind the Cubs, Sosa owes better to baseball
From the Saturday, Jan. 20, edition of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST I used to love Sammy Sosa. But these days? I don’t miss the guy. At all. And while many Cubs fans appear to want Sosa back in the organizational fold based on the social […]
How to make yourself at home at Wrigley
Before I head off to Wrigley Field — yep, again — for this afternoon’s Cubs-Indians ballgame, here’s today’s Wisch List newspaper column from the Kankakee Daily Journal … How to make yourself at home at Wrigley The WISCH LIST June 20, 2009 I don’t just die with the Chicago Cubs. I live with them. Like, […]
The Crunkest Gym in America
Forget Cameron Indoor. Never mind Phog Allen. And, sorry, “Orange Krush.” Because, whatever you do, don’t foul out of a basketball game in front of the “Dawg Pound” at North Carolina A&T … The Crunkest Gym in America.