Nothing good will come from baseball not being played this summer, and nothing good will come from the perception of greed that owners and players project through negotiations that will continue for the next week or two as the 2020 season hangs in the balance. Player agent Scott Boras has made a very handsome living […]
Nothing like billionaires arguing with millionaires to reveal how little any of them have in common with the rabble responsible for their wealth. We pay for tickets, buy beer and hotdogs, watch on TV, wear jerseys, and turn our kids into like-minded zealots for our favorite teams. We are the straw that stirs baseball’s economic drink, and […]
Harry Caray was the king of Chicago in 1991, so when a friend offered me a chance to have my three-year-old son meet him at Goose Island Brewery, I jumped at the chance. There were four things Ryan would watch on TV when he was little – Indiana University Basketball, Michael Jordan, car commercials, and […]
As an intern in the sports office at WGN Radio in Chicago, I worked with Chuck Swirsky, Randy Minkoff, Wayne Larivee, and Dwayne Staats. It was a great place to learn among broadcasters who have had long careers doing what they love. My hero in the sports broadcast business was Jack Brickhouse, with whom I probably […]
Every year beginning in 1968, Dad would take me out of school on a spring afternoon to go to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field. Back then, the Cubs only played day games, so that was the only way to see them during the week. Cubs owner Phil Wrigley mandated that 22,000 tickets went on […]
Who can and can’t watch Cubs baseball? No one knows. Fans thought that signing up for DirecTV or Hulu+ would allow then to catch Saturday’s spring training opener. For a variety of reasons, that didn’t happen for any of the Hulu+ subscribers and some of the DirecTV folks. Marquee still has no deal with YouTube TV, […]
Breakfast with Kent – Pacers blast Bucks; Butler strikes X; IU must win tonight; Cubs sign Kipnis
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Sometimes, it is decided that people need to be saved from their own inability to protect themselves. Such is the case at Wrigley Field where the Cubs will string protective netting beyond where the old bullpens used to be because people are seemingly incapable of shielding themselves from foul balls. According to a study by ESPN’s […]
There are almost as many ways to mourn as there are mourners. Some openly weep for a stranger. Others remain stoic for loved ones. Neither are right or wrong. Kobe Bryant’s unexpected death in a helicopter crash yesterday at the age of 41, along with eight others including Bryant’s daughter, has elicited a variety of […]
The Chicago Cubs announced tonight they are not tendering middle infielder Addison Russell a contract for the 2020 season. That’s good news for Cubs fans who didn’t want to be conflicted about cheering for a player who beat and terrorized his wife. Russell was terrible offensively in 2019 (.237/.308/.391) and continued his defensive regression, so even […]
