Today’s column from the Kankakee Daily Journal and The (Ottawa, Ill.) Times … Cubs lore? It’s only ‘Natural’ in Room 509 The WISCH LIST April 10, 2010 Baseball, perhaps more than any other sport, is a game of numbers. From 60 feet, 6 inches and .406, to 61 and 755 (I don’t recognize other home […]
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Wisconsin boy’s memory has Packers fans Bearing Down
Today’s column from the Kankakee Daily Journal and The (Ottawa, Ill.) Times … Wisconsin boy’s memory has Packers fans Bearing Down The WISCH LIST April 3, 2010 The city of Burlington, Wis., sits about 70 miles closer to Soldier Field than it does Lambeau Field. But make no mistake about it, the Racine County town […]
Chicago’s other March Madness
Today’s Wisch List column from the Kankakee Daily Journal and The (Ottawa, Ill.) Times … Chicago’s other March Madness The WISCH LIST March 27, 2010 Way back in 1970, when my dad was a budding 24-year-old distance-running junkie, he started logging every mile he ran inside spiral notebooks that he then stored in a nightstand […]
Happy ‘Homecoming’: Wisch List returns to its roots
Last May, the Wisch List returned to print in the pages of my hometown area newspaper, the Kankakee Daily Journal. And, today, the Wisch List returns to its own roots, appearing for the first time in the pages of The Times in Ottawa, Ill., where I originally launched the column almost eight years ago on […]
Irish eyes on Chicago: What you might not know
Today’s Wisch List column from the Kankakee Daily Journal … Irish eyes on Chicago: What you might not know The WISCH LIST March 13, 2010 In August of 1993, I was in Colorado visiting family, and Harrison Ford was in Chicago avoiding capture. On the big screen, that is. That summer, the blockbuster flick, “The […]
Expansion? The Big Ten Dozen’t need it
Today’s Wisch List column from the Kankakee Daily Journal … Expansion? The Big Ten Dozen’t need it The WISCH LIST March 6, 2010 Just outside Chicago, not far off the Kennedy Expressway and within buzzing distance of O’Hare Airport, sits a nondescript two-story brick building neighbored by a cluster of modest homes and the machine […]
In Kankakee, Olympic connections multiply
Saturday’s Wisch List column from the Kankakee Daily Journal … In Kankakee, Olympic connections multiply The WISCH LIST Feb. 27, 2010 Sure, Olympic gold medalists Shaun White, Lindsey Vonn and Bode Miller might be able to criss-cross snowscapes quicker than an avalanche. But how fast can they multiply? “One girl in my class, she did […]
So, yah, maybe those Chicago winters aren’t so bad
Today’s Wisch List column from the Kankakee Daily Journal … So, yah, maybe those Chicago winters aren’t so bad The WISCH LIST Feb. 20, 2010 I’m an Illinois boy, born and raised. So, when it comes to surviving – and, heck, even thriving – in wintry weather conditions, I consider myself to be a pretty […]
Find the love, Illini fans
Today’s Wisch List column from the Kankakee Daily Journal … Find the love, Illini fans The WISCH LIST Feb. 13, 2010 I spent this past week in North Carolina, where tobacco fields, merciless traffic laws and college basketball are king. Now, I don’t smoke. And while in the Tar Heel State, I kept my driving […]
Camp: LOST
LOST is fantastic. But might it have worked even better as a campy 1967 Sci-Fi TV series? Make like the Smoke Monster, and you be the judge.