Saturday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Manny Acta. Rick Renteria. A.J. Hinch. A.J. Hinch? If the names of the rumored candidates for the Chicago Cubs’ managerial opening don’t excite you now that the glamour pick, Yankees skipper Joe Girardi, has opted to stay in NYC, well, you’re hardly alone. But are you really surprised? […]
Monthly Archives: October 2013
Cubs Could Use More Stars, But Sosa Can Stay Home
Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Well, Joe Girardi doesn’t want to come back to Wrigley Field. But, hey, Sammy Sosa does. No, not as manager. (I don’t think.) Although, with the dearth of big league talent that the Cubs currently have on their big league roster, Sosa could probably lose just as many […]
Picking ‘Naming Rights’ For Big Ten Coaches
Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) What’s in a name? Forget that. What’s in a job title? At Northwestern University, it’s $16 million bucks apparently. Last Friday, Crain’s Chicago Business columnist Danny Ecker reported that NU trustee Christopher Combe and his wife Courtney have plunked down a cool $16 mil as a gift to […]
For Girardi to leave Big Apple, Cubs job lacks appeal
From the Saturday, Oct. 5, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … Seeking their fourth manager in four seasons, the Chicago Cubs have a sales job on their hands this fall. But is what they’re selling something that anyone actually wants to buy into, or is it nothing more […]
Seeing Red In Illini’s First Big Ten Trip To Nebraska
Friday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) In June 2010, I was walking to my gym in Chicago when I spotted a vanity plate on a BMW parked in the lot outside. It read: “CHI TWN” – on a Nebraska plate. A moment later, the car’s owner – a Chicagoan now living in Omaha – […]
Illini Short On Expectations, Long On Experience
Today’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Last season was a pleasant surprise. Next season looks to be promising. But what exactly would you call this season for the University of Illinois basketball team? A mystery, I suppose. Although, by March, I still suspect that the Illini’s 2013-14 campaign could turn out to be a […]
Stability – Not Sveum – Is Cubs’ Biggest Problem
Tuesday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) On Monday when explaining the reasons behind his dismissal of Dale Sveum as manager of the Chicago Cubs, team president Theo Epstein spoke of youth. And then he spoke of love. But he didn’t mention romance, which is of course AWOL at Wrigley Field after 197 soul-crushing losses […]
Chicago’s Central Standard offers a great time to dine
From the Saturday, Sept. 29, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky I love the Central Time Zone. Prime time starts at 7. The nightly news comes on at 10. NFL games kick off at noon. Perfect. To me, the timing of our […]