Today’s column for CBS Chicago … (CBS) With no games scheduled until Monday, the Northwestern basketball team is taking a break this week. But here in the meantime, what I’m wondering is if the Northwestern basketball program will ever decide to break away from coach Bill Carmody. Or if the school will just let it […]
Monthly Archives: December 2012
The Fighting (And Winning) Illini!
Today’s column from ChicagoSide … It’s been more than 280 days since we’ve seen a snowfall in Chicago, perhaps because a torrential bad-luck weather system has been parked above Illini Nation the entire time. The Illinois football team went 2-10 this year, and last year’s basketball tam was an abysmal 17-15. After so much darkness, […]
Cutler’s Record Against Top Competition Isn’t Good Either
Tuesday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) In Chicago, the heat is cranking up on Lovie Smith, Jay Cutler and the rest of the Bad News Bears. But even as the team’s championship hopes fade away, support for the embattled coach and quarterback hasn’t cooled among some members of the fan base. Last week I […]
Find magnificent history just off the Mag Mile
Last week’s Wisch List newspaper column from the Saturday, Dec. 8, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky When the Newberry Library first opened its doors to the public on Sept. 6, 1887, Chicago was just six months removed from its 50th birthday. […]
With Hot Start, Groce Making Run At Illini History
Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Minnesota. The Chicago YMCA. Rose Polytechnic Institute. Minnesota again. The Evanston YMCA. Wisconsin. Millikin. Butler. DePaul. Wisconsin again. Houston. Arizona State. Furman. Louisville. North Carolina. … And Gonzaga? The initial 13 schools – or, well, Young Men’s Christian Associations – listed above are the teams that handed the […]
Lovie Smith’s Record Against Top Competition Is Not Good
Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Throughout Chicago, speculation has been flying fast and furious that last Sunday’s overtime meltdown against Seattle may have marked the beginning of the end for Lovie Smith’s tenure as head coach of the Bears. Whether or not that’s true remains to be seen. Smith does remain under contract […]
Bring The Big Ten Championship Game To Chicago
Tuesday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) The Big Ten Championship Game isn’t a very big deal. Not in Indianapolis, at least. So, how about bringing the thing to Chicago instead? This past Saturday night, the announced attendance at Lucas Oil Stadium for the Big Ten’s title tilt between Wisconsin and Nebraska was 41,620. That […]
’Tis the season to enjoy the holidays in Chicago
My Wisch List newspaper column from the Saturday, Dec. 1, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky Besides summertime, there’s really no better time in Chicago than Christmastime. Michigan Avenue is awash in twinkling lights. The windows at Macy’s on State Street are […]
Can Brandon Paul Pull An ‘Evan Turner’ This Season?
Saturday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) He’s three inches shorter, five pounds lighter and unlikely to be named National Player of the Year (or go No. 2 in the NBA Draft), but that doesn’t mean Brandon Paul can’t still pull an Evan Turner this season. And by that I mean, Paul has the talent […]
Illinois Football Has Problems Bigger Than Beckman
Last Thursday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) When the Chicago Cubs, coming off their 104th year of championship futility topped by 101-loss cherry, probably inspire more hope and interest than your football program does, you know you have a problem. But Mike Thomas decided to stick with Tim Beckman anyway. On Tuesday evening, the […]