From the Saturday, July 5, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky The fireworks may be over this July, but in Chicago the fun isn’t. And neither is the food. Or the music, for that matter. In fact, there’s perhaps no better month […]
Monthly Archives: July 2014
Chicago’s best baseball? This summer, it’s in Iowa
From the Saturday, June 28, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky It’s 332 miles from downtown Chicago to downtown Des Moines, but from the doldrums that is Chicago baseball this summer, it’s a world away – and a worthwhile road trip. Last […]
Bring The IHSA Basketball Tourney Back Home
My June 28 column from CBSChicago.com … (CBS) It’s been so long since the IHSA boys’ basketball state tournament left Champaign that when it was last held in town, the high school players in the Class of 2015 weren’t even born yet. Neither were those in the Class of 2014, for that matter. And that’s simply far […]