Long time readers already know that I’m no fan of professional sports’ commissioners. They are mostly odious little lawyers with one thought on their minds: maximize revenues for the franchise owners. Other then that, they punish the players for discretions on and off the field, often treating the players like little children at best, like […]

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There’s nothing more important to the NFL owners and Commissioner Roger Goodell than the television ratings. It is the great driver behind the multi-billion dollars printing press called professional football. More than ticket sales, more than jerseys and beers and parking, the television networks rule the roost. So, lots of people are concerned that ratings […]

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A couple of weeks ago, I was going to write this piece, but then the Bears up and won a game for the first time all season, beating the just as hapless Detroit Lions. But that win gave fans here in Chicago a glimpse of hope where there had been none before. Unfortunately, the Bears […]

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If there’s one thing that Chicago Bulls and Chicago white Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf values, it’s loyalty. Players coaches, and front office staff have gotten/retained jobs because they were “good team players.” Of course, when the player underperforms, or the team doesn’t play well for the coach, or the GM makes a number of bad […]

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I was unable to watch last Saturday’s game between Northwestern and Iowa, but I did listen to the radio as I ran around doing errands. I didn’t expect much, the Cats have looked bad up to now, especially on offense where Coordinator Mick McCall continues to steal NU’s money at again the offense is predicated […]

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For the entirety of his seven year tenure as starting quarterback of the Chicago Bears, I have been a supporter of Jay Cutler. When the Bears got him from the Denver Broncos, I thought he had the big arm and gunslinger mentality to be a superstar. Mediocre years, bad offensive lines, injuries, I, like most […]

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Summer is officially over. We’ve had Labor Day; the Autumnal Equinox came and went. Football is in full swing; baseball is winding down, especially for the non-playoff teams. Fall is a time of winding down, the respite before winter descends. Start packing up the summer stuff, get the winter stuff out. Transitions, and not all […]

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