All along, I have been against the Chicago 2016 Olympic bid. It was too expensive especially considering how that money could be used for schools and infrastructure; no Olympiad other than Los Angeles in 1980 has ever finished in the black; and I don’t want to deal with the traffic and congestion that we will […]

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The Milton Bradley era on the North Side of Chicago is over. The controversial outfielder was suspended for the rest of the season after he was quoted in a local newspaper criticizing the organization for “negativity.” And while this is a two week, 12 game suspension, I would bet my house that Bradley will be […]

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While I was away (the annual Toronto International Film Festival trip – which I will recount on this page soon), the Bears opened their season at Lambeau Field. I came back to my friend’s place after a film with 8 minutes left in the fourth quarter. The Bears were down 13-12 with the ball deep […]

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For a very long time, I have marveled at the business acumen of the NBA. Commissioner David Stern has earned his multimillion dollar pay check by avoiding the labor problems that have plagued the NHL and Major League Baseball. I should amend the previous statement; the NBA has been able to avoid labor strife with […]

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I did a rant a few months ago about how so many people, especially African-Americans have their feelings hurt, go to their cars or nearby homes, get arms and come back and shoot somebody. The latest to make the news involved an incident at an adult baseball game. One team had won the first game […]

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A few years ago, I told some University of Illinois alumni friends of mine that the then-recently-hired head football coach Ron Zook was a bad choice. He had taken a powerhouse program at Florida and ran it into the ground. He was a long shot for any big time coaching vacancy, which I guess explains […]

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Every so often, there is a newcomer in tennis that electrifies the sport. Sometimes, the new person has a long illustrious career; sometimes, they never attain the greatness they exhibited in their first appearance on the national stage. And where else is a better stage than the U.S. Open in Flushing, Queens, especially for an […]

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