“He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again” – Hamlet Act I Scene II The sports world was shocked yesterday when word came out that Chicago Blackhawks Owner W. Rockwell “Rocky” Wirtz died suddenly, reportedly of a heart attack. We Blackhawk will always revere him […]

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If it seems that all I write about is Northwestern and Pat Fitzgerald, and that is certainly true. Perfectly understandable considering that I am an NU alum, have had football season tickets since the 1996 Rose Bowl, live approximately 3 miles from Dyche Stadium, I mean Ryan Field, drive past it to go to doctor […]

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Well, I was wrong. I expected Northwestern to suspend Fitzgerald, not fire him, but the hazing scandal, an interview by ABC7 Chicago with a former player (face obscured) who said that hazing occurred and there were stories about racism. Reportedly, Fitzgerald told African-American players with dreadlocks cut them while not forcing white players to cut […]

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I admit to being rather loyal to Northwestern, especially sportswriters who came out of the prestigious Medill School of Journalism. Some have been friends like Bill Jauss, Rick Telander, Willie Weinbaum, Kevin Blackistone, or Michael Wilbon. Some I’ve only met like Christine Brennan, and J.A. Adonde. There’s one however whom I’ve never met and don’t […]

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Sometimes, it is tough to be a Northwestern sports fan. On the one hand, we like to think of the programs as clean (at least no NCAA violations), but we must realize that the nature of college athletics has always been dirty, and student athletes are subject to many more temptations than ever= before, but […]

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I can never feel good about someone being let go. I have lost jobs several times over the years, and it is never fun. By the same token, it could be easy to be happy when sports broadcasters that you don’t like get canned, but even if I don’t like someone’s style or mode of […]

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After months of discussion, the pain of people who work, live, even be tourists downtown, we have finally reached the weekend of the inaugural NASCAR Chicago race. It will be different from normal NASCAR as this will wind through Grant Park like an F1 race instead of just going around an oval. The tickets are […]

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