About 30 minutes apart on Tuesday night, Chicago Blackhawks All Star forward Patrick Kane suffered a fractured clavicle that required surgery and will sideline him for up to 12 weeks. As the news of the severity of Kane’s injury, the radio was reporting that Chicago Bulls snakebit guard Derrick Rose once again had a torn […]

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How big a dope does Alex Rodriguez believe we fans are? With the start of spring training on Friday, A-Rod star issued a formal apology on Twitter to the fans for everything about the Biogenesis situation. In the handwritten letter, Rodriguez expresses remorse and regret for what happened: “I take full responsibility for the mistakes […]

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As I’ve gotten older and I have learned to despise winter, I needed a goal to get through the winter. I needed a fixed point to count down to help me get through the lost winter days and nights. I know that Chicago weather is unpredictable and it could be cold until June (or July […]

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There are local Chicago sportswriters that I read religiously (Rick Telander, and a few others come to mind); there are some that I generally avoid like the plague (Rick Morrissey is on that list) and there are those who I occasionally read, but aren’t on either of the extreme lists. Of the three catagories, David […]

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We who have played sports, even on a playground know that sport teaches you teamwork, determination, and (hopefully) good sportsmanship. These are all life skills that kids need to learn and ones that you use for a lifetime. Unfortunately, organized sports all too often teach our kids a lesson in the real world: hypocrisy, rules […]

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It is ironic if not apropos that on the day that local heroes, the Jackie Robinson West Little League team was stripped of its U.S. Little League title; the world lost a man who bent and broke NCAA rules all the time. Former UNLV Men’s Basketball Coach Jerry “The Shark” Tarkanian died in Las Vegas […]

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It is the common impression that college football and basketball coaches are well paid scoundrels, pimps to young men (and some women) who have talent and want to play professionally. So, the poster boy for underhanded football coaches has to be Bobby Petrino. Surely you remember Petrino, he was the Head Coach of the Atlanta […]

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