This past weekend, I took the Indignant Family to the Northwestern – Illinois football game at Wrigley Field. NU did a great job, getting the city to close Sheffield Ave. for “Wildcat Way,” a bunch of tents with food, drink, and sponsors who were giving out seat cushions and little banners. Once we got in, […]

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With Northwestern taking a beating at Wrigley Field, all eyes turned to the start of the basketball season where NU is trying to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history (the only top level school never to make an appearance. But, the Tribune reported on one huge piece of unfinished business. […]

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Usually, owners don’t fire coaches who are under big money contracts, but Minnesota Vikings’ owner Zygi Wilf had seen enough after the team’s 31-3 loss to rival Green Bay on Sunday. The Vikings fired Brad Childress today with defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier serving as interim head coach for the remainder of the season. The Vikings […]

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Speaking of last straws, it appears that Tennessee Titans’ quarterback Vince Young may be on the same road out of town that Brad Childress just met. Young heard scattered boos in the first half of the 19-16 overtime loss to Washington yesterday and appeared to wave to the fans to invite more derision. In the […]

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I somehow knew that putting the “best minds” of the Big Ten Conference, Northwestern, Illinois, and the Cubs/Wrigley Field, there would be a monumental screw-up and I was right. Tomorrow, Northwestern plays Illinois in the “Allstate Wrigleyville Classic,” historic because this will be the first game played at Wrigley Field since the Bears left for […]

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I used to ask whether sports team owners in Chicago had a contest – who could be the most hated individual in town? For many years, it was quite a horse race: we had the late “Dollar” Bill Wirtz who almost singlehandedly killed hockey in an original six city with cheapness, shortsightedness and mismanagement; Jerry […]

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I don’t watch very much television, and certainly no network nighttime programming. (My television viewing consists of sports when I can wrestle the remote away from the kids. I have seen more of Dora The Explorer and Pixar movies than anyone my age should.) As such, I avoided the “Desperate Housewives” phenomenon from a couple […]

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