This weekend’s Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky Are the Chicago Bears simply halfway through the season, or are they already halfway to the Super Bowl? Well, time will tell. In fact, the next two weeks just might do […]
Monthly Archives: November 2012
My Plea To Illini Fans During Basketball Season
Thursday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) The days are dark in Champaign right now. And it has nothing to do with the time change. At the University of Illinois, the football program is caught up in a tailspin so severe that an ETA on its actual crash landing remains unavailable. As a result, the […]
Wisch List on the air … in Champaign
Is there any hope for Illinois football this season — or next? What are the hopes for Illinois basketball in 2012-13? Are the Cubs completely hopeless with the pitching staff they have (or don’t have). And how hopeful should we be about the Bears this year, are they really as good as they’ve looked. I […]
Eight Star Athletes Who Became Politicians
Today’s CBS Chicago column … (CBS) The American presidency is no stranger to American sports. Gerald Ford played center and linebacker for the University of Michigan. George H.W. Bush was a first baseman at Yale. And Richard Nixon… well, he liked to bowl. As gifted as those men might have been at their respective sports […]
Elect for holiday fun in Chicago this November
Saturday’s Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky Come Tuesday when you step up to the voting booth, you’ll have the option of turning to the left or turning to the right. But in Chicago this November, you don’t have […]
Is The Country’s Best College Football Player At … NIU?
Saturday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Forget Tuscaloosa and Baton Rouge? Never mind Eugene and Gainesville? And don’t bother searching Columbus or South Bend? Perhaps. Because, if you’re looking for the best college football player in the country, you might not need to look very far. He could be in DeKalb. Really. “I have […]
Is This Northwestern’s Best Team Since The Rose Bowl?
Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) I can remember Sept. 2, 1995, like … Well, not like it was yesterday, but I can certainly remember it. That afternoon, I was sitting with a pack of buddies in the Block I student section at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, having just started my sophomore year at […]