In all walks of life, there’s always someone who believes that they can do the job better. Add the Internet, and everyone is suddenly an authority, a critic, and a leader. Also unfortunately, everyone has an opinion, just as everyone has an asshole. One of the places where ego is at its most unbound is […]

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Wisconsin is a weird place. Known for cheese, Joe McCarthy, Paul Ryan, Scott Walker, and of course, the Green Bay Packers. Since the Bears and Packers in effect started the National Football League, along with the physical proximity, has made the rivalry between the teams and especially their fans one of the most intense. Packer […]

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I never got the opportunity to chime in on the next “Fight of The Century” Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. UFC Champion Conor McGregor. As you know, I’m not a fan of mixed martial arts, I never watch it but it is hard not to know about McGregor. He has gone 49-0 in the caged ring, […]

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This is a big week for the National Hockey League – the expansion draft for the new Vegas Golden Knights is announced tonight, the salary cap has been announced, the Awards from last year are also broadcast tonight, and finally, the amateur draft is this weekend, here in Chicago. Here are some briefs: • There […]

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I should know better than to get into Facebook arguments. I got into some in the past and then, I stopped. A simple, one sentence answer to a question led me into a very dark place. The post was from Pro Football Weekly asking whether or not the fact that quarterback Colin Kaepernick was still […]

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My old friend, knowledgeable sports pundit and fan, (and formerly the best bartender on the face of the Earth) Pete Machacek posted a list that I find interesting enough to comment on, both here and on Facebook: your favorite Major League Baseball players at each position. Don’t have to be the best, just your favorites. […]

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Chicago Sun-Times reporter Mary Mitchell, who mostly writes on local black issues, wrote an article printed today about how the Chicago Cubs’ “super fan” Ronnie “Woo Woo” Wickers was thrown out of the park on April 19th. Long time readers know that when I was an Andy Frain usher at Wrigley Field, there was no […]

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