Wisch: Just Say 'Yes' To FieldTurf
In a perfect world – with perfect weather – the Bears should play all their games on natural grass. But this world isn't perfect, and it's time for the Bears to install FieldTurf at Soldier Field.
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In a perfect world – with perfect weather – the Bears should play all their games on natural grass. But this world isn't perfect, and it's time for the Bears to install FieldTurf at Soldier Field.
Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said last week that college football is the No. 2 sports in America behind only the NFL. Is he correct?
Baseball watchers everywhere are trying to figure out exactly what it was that the Chicago Cubs were up to last weekend at the MLB trade deadline.
Considering NU's recent behavior under Phillips' purple reign, his paintbrush is still threatening to make Chicago go blind.
In case you haven't been paying much attention to the Cubs this season Quade has a curious way of calling almost every guy on his team by a name that they weren't born with.
If the Cubs trade Zambrano and still have to pay the majority of his freight – as was rumored in the proposed deal with the Yankees – then how does that help the Cubs?
Former Illinois tennis coach and current Austrailian Open Tournament Director Craig Tiley is a legitimate candidate to become U of I's new athletic director.
Bourbonnais is known statewide as the "Summer Home of the Chicago Bears" having played host to the team's training camp every year since 2002.
For both the Cubs' Mike Quade and the White Sox's Ozzie Guillen, I think their time in the Windy City is up.
Derek Jeter stole all the headlines in pursuit of career hit 3,000. Meanwhile, no one is noticing that Jim Thome is nearing an even rarer feat.
In the Age of Social Media, is it even possible to keep yourself from learning the outcome of a sporting event if you don't want to learn it until later on?
A year ago, Carlos Marmol was virtually un-hittable. Now he's Mel Rojas. And the mighty struggles of the Cubs' once mighty closer seems to have everyone asking questions.
Hitting a baseball is hard. I know, because I stunk at it.
Prince Fielder is only 27 years old, currently tied for the NL lead in RBI and was just christened as MVP of the 2011 All-Star Game. He's also a free agent-to-be, wants a megabucks deal and measures in at 5-foot-11, 275 pounds.
Well, the All-Star Game is done. And, in case you stopped paying attention around Mother's Day...or Tax Day, the Chicago Cubs are, too.
Major League Baseball has a problem. Let's call it the "Some-Star" Game. On Sunday, MLB announced that 16 All-Stars won't be playing in Tuesday's game, including 13 of the 68 originally chosen.
The White Sox are caught up in an offensive tailspin and their fans are fed up with Greg Walker. The Cubs are hopelessly tangled in a second straight lost season and their fans are unimpressed with Rudy Jaramillo.
The University of Illinois is on the clock. But it's Bruce Weber and Ron Zook who can hear theirs ticking. At about 5 p.m. this evening Illinois will be without an official athletic director for the first time since 1992.
Adam Dunn looks awful. Alfonso Soriano feels awful for him. And then there are White Sox and Cubs fans.
On Tuesday night, Adam Dunn went 0-for-4 (with two strikeouts). On Monday night, he went 0-for-4 (with three strikeouts). And on Sunday afternoon, he was 0-for-3 (with two more strikeouts).
During the summertime, there are two things that I love. One is the greatest city on Earth. And the other is the worst baseball team on the planet.
As the Cubs continue to crumble into dust – and oblivion – some people this week are trying to demonize Carlos Zambrano for speaking his mind. Others, meanwhile, seem ready to canonize him for speaking the truth.
The NFL is embroiled in a lockout. And its players are ticked. The NBA might be headed toward a lockout. And its players will be ticked. The NCAA, meanwhile, is not headed toward a lockout. After all, it doesn't pay its players.
So, LeBron James is better than Michael Jordan. (If you ask Scottie Pippen … or, well, asked him last week.) But Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain are better than either of them. (If you ask Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)
On Tuesday night Chicago Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster plopped himself down in the interview room at Wrigley Field and told the pack of assembled reporters, "not a fan in Chicago cares what I have to say right now."
