Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Yes, it’s been 104 years since the Cubs last won a World Series and it’s been 67 years since they even played in a Fall Classic. But it simply isn’t true that the North Siders never snap any streaks at Wrigley Field. Heck, the Cubs did so just […]
Monthly Archives: March 2013
The One Thing I Don’t Want For Illinois This Postseason
Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Want to stir up an orange-and-blue hornet’s nest? Write a column about Bruce Weber. I did that on Wednesday when I took a deeper look at the controversial comments that the former Illini basketball coach made last week on ESPN radio, referring to his tenure at Illinois as […]
Was Weber’s 9-Year Run Really The ‘Best’ At Illinois?
Wednesday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Bruce Weber isn’t on the sidelines in Champaign any longer. But that hardly means the guy can’t still stir up the Illini faithful. Last Wednesday, the University of Illinois’ former basketball coach was on ESPN radio to talk hoops with hosts Scott Van Pelt and Ryen Russillo. The […]
Enjoy the best of Emerald Isle in Chicago
This weekend’s Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky From coast to coast, many American cities take St. Patrick’s Day seriously. But perhaps nowhere does the festive holiday make a splash in quite the same way as it does in […]
U. of I. Needs To Release Results Of Students’ Chief Vote
Friday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Is Chief Illiniwek a moot point? Well, despite more than 12,000 students turning out this week to vote on a referendum about the former University of Illinois symbol, the school seems to be trying to turn their opinions about the Chief into one. Thanks to something called “Moot […]
Illini Season Already A Success? It’s Looking Like It
Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) By the end of that ugly Big Ten basketball tilt in Iowa City on Tuesday night, the only thing more plentiful among the Illini than missed shots was their disappointment. John Groce was disappointed. “I’m disappointed in the way we came out both halves, especially with older guys […]
The Worm turns … a page
More surprising than Dennis Rodman reading Kim Jong Un's manifesto: Dennis Rodman reading. — Dave Wischnowsky (@wischlist) March 5, 2013
MLB Needs To Institute ‘Zero Tolerance’ PED Testing
Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) I love Major League Baseball. But Major League Baseball is wearing me out. Every time we think the sport has made significant headway in its war against performance-enhancing drugs, a Ryan Braun or an Alex Rodriguez rears his duplicitous head. Again. And then we’re back to questioning everybody. […]
Construction sending Chicago to ‘L’ and back
Today’s Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky When Chicago’s iconic rapid transit system – colloquially known as the “L” – was first unveiled to the public in June 1892, a reporter for the Chicago Tribune noted how useful the […]
Happy 50th Birthday, Assembly Hall
Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Last month, Michael Jordan celebrated his 50th birthday. Saturday, the University of Illinois’ Assembly Hall celebrates its 50th birthday. And, once upon a time, I mistakenly celebrated the former while celebrating inside the latter. It was March 1992, and I was a sophomore at Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School. […]