Loading ...Tribune Co. CEO Sam Zell has come out recently and said he won’t hesitate to sell naming rights to Wrigley Field. While I understand the sports world has gone corporate and this is commonplace, I hope this doesn’t come to pass. When it comes to the Cubs, the Trib has had a reputation of being [...]
Wednesday, Feb. 27, I had two very special guests on the show, former Dallas Cowboys defensive back Clayton Holmes, and former Sports Illustrated and current ESPN.com writer Jeff Pearlman. Back in January, Pearlman chronicled the painfully sad saga of Holmes’ rise to stardom with the Cowboys in the 90s, and his subsequent fall into the depths of depair including [...]
Another tourney, another title for Tiger. This time, after surviving a first round scare from J.B. Holmes and a strong challenge from Aaron Baddeley on Friday, he finished off the Match Play championship by demolishing Stewart Cink, 8 & 7. I wrote a couple of weeks ago that Tiger would win the Grand Slam. I know, it wasn’t the boldest of predictions. [...]
Sports teams often play follow the leader. If one team wins a title playing a certain style, the rest of the league spends the offseason trying to convert their team to that style. But most general managers worry about their jobs instead of focusing on winning (which of course would almost guarantee their position), and so don’t [...]
Quick Quiz: Where Amazing Happens is the slogan for what? If you said congressional hearings, congratulations on a sense of humor. If you said the NBA, you’re actually correct. And The Association lived up to those words Wednesday night in a pair of games. The first and more hyped battle between the Lakers and the Suns, Kobe [...]
Kelvin Sampson’s Indiana Hoosiers knocked off in-state rival Purdue Tuesday night, 77-68. His team stopped the Boilermakers 11-game win streak. They improved to 22-4, 11-2 in the Big Ten, just a half-game off the conference lead. They are a lock to make the NCAA Tournament, and have a great shot at a high seed. He should be [...]
So I was worried about PFD, Post Football Depression. As it turns out, I only needed to wait two weeks for my funk to subside, thanks to a memorable weekend. It started with NBA All-Star Saturday, and an impressive performance by Jason Kapono in the 3-pt shootout. It was followed by one of the most [...]
The last two years, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was just spinning his wheels. This year, he’s getting comfortable in Victory Lane. Two races have been run, and Little E has won them both. His move to Hendrick Motorsports is already paying dividends, and as the Daytona 500 approaches, NASCAR’s most popular driver is making a lot of [...]
In Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, the chant for the fights in the gladiator arena was, “Two Men Enter, One Man Leaves.” OK, so it’s not a fight to the death on Capitol Hill Wednesday. But Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee will enter, and only one will leave with his reputation intact. And the other may be headed to [...]
A 1910 physics book asked the philosophical question, “When a tree falls in a lonely forest, and no animal is near by to hear it, does it make a sound?” This 2008 sports talk host wants to know, “If an All-Star Game is played and nobody watches, should the game even be played?” And yes, I’m talking [...]