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 […]
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Digging in at Hot Doug’s
First off, I want to Wisch everyone a Happy Fourth of July. Have a great one. Secondly, here’s today’s Wisch List newspaper column from the Kankakee Daily Journal … Digging in at Hot Doug’s The WISCH LIST July 4, 2009 At precisely 9:30 a.m. last Saturday morning, Darren Cahr parked his SUV at a quiet […]
Chicago aldermen kick the Bucket (Boys)
This week’s Wisch List newspaper column from the Kankakee Daily Journal … Chicago aldermen kick the Bucket (Boys) The WISCH LIST June 13, 2009 I swung down to Michigan Avenue last Saturday afternoon in the hopes of chatting up a Bucket Boy. But I couldn’t find any. Chicago’s summertime staples – known as “Bucket Boys” […]
Weber a bright spot in dark week for U of I
For seven years both during and after college, I was a sports writer. So I figured now that I’m back in the newspaper game, I might as prove my sportswriting chops early — and defend my the coach that U of I is lucky to have (even some people may never see it). And with […]
Misheard Lyrics: Yellow Ledbetter
Ever wonder what the heck Eddie Vedder is saying in Pearl Jam’s unintelligible ballad “Yellow Ledbetter”? Well, wonder no more. But just remember one thing: Potato Wave.