Wisch: The Cubs Can Cripple The Cards, Without Signing Pujols
So, Albertageddon is upon us. Or upon St. Louis, at least.
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So, Albertageddon is upon us. Or upon St. Louis, at least.
Wait…there's trouble with Carlos Marmol? Well, you wouldn't think so considering that the Cubs' star closer avoided arbitration on Monday by agreeing to a three-year, $20 million deal that locks him up with the team through 2013.
So, maybe this Bruce Weber guy can coach a little, after all. And perhaps Illini basketball isn't dead just yet.
Well, tonight is it for Illinois basketball. At least, if you ask Mike Tisdale.
Mike Schlaak and his also had tickets to Super Bowl XLV in Dallas. "And it was the most ridiculous experience of my life," Schlaak said.
The NFL owners want an 18-game regular season. The NFL Players Association does not. And, as it turns out, most NFL fans apparently don't really want one, either.
So, Chicago wants a Super Bowl. Yeah, and Miami wants a Snow Day. After this week, which do you think is more likely?
The State of Illinois is caught in a blizzard. And the state of Illinois basketball is caught in a bind. So … which one digs itself out first?
It was a great season for the Chicago Bears, but a sad week for the family that owns the legendary NFL franchise – and not because it isn't able to root on Chicago's favorite team this weekend in Super Bowl XLV.
Over the past two years, I've questioned a lot of things about Jay Cutler. I still do. But I've never questioned his toughness.
Just like plenty of other Polish sausage-eating, Walter Payton-worshiping, Green Bay-loathing Windy City football fans, Mark Franzen doesn't just love the Chicago Bears.
To rush, or not to rush…Is that the question? Well, for Illinois basketball fans, the answer is: Only if the Fighting Illini topple No. 1 Ohio State from its lofty perch on Saturday in Champaign and make it one.
Caked in ice and covered by tundra that's at least as frozen as anything you'll find at Lambeau Field, there isn't a whole lot that becomes ripe in Illinois during January.
The football rivalry is in now its ninth decade. The baseball one is entering its 12th. On the gridiron, the adversaries haven't met in the postseason for 70 years. On the diamond, meanwhile, they haven't met in the playoffs for…well, ever.
There's snow on the ground. The temperatures in Chicago are about as high as a Packers fan's IQ (heh, heh, heh …).
Jay Cutler has a football game to play this weekend. And considering the guy's being paid a king's ransom to fire the pigskin around Soldier Field, I know what Chicago fans deserve from their star quarterback on the field – excellence.
Andrew Luck is dumb. Andrew Luck left millions on the table. Andrew Luck had the chance of a lifetime handed to him and he went and threw it straight out of bounds.
They were here in October. But let's be honest, you weren't really paying attention to Seattle three months ago when the Seahawks visited the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field.
OK, pencils up. It's Pop Quiz time. Question: What's more compelling, the NFL regular season or the NFL postseason?
Jim Harbaugh's not coming. And Pat Fitzgerald isn't either. But Les Miles still might be. Or maybe it'll be Brady Hoke, some mystery candidate or, hmm...
Death, Taxes and Northwestern. Some things just never change. And I'm wondering if they ever will.
During the past few weeks, the turf conditions at Soldier Field have seemingly been fired upon more than Michigan's defense in a New Year's Day bowl game.
Ponder this: If Ohio State hadn't tattooed an "L" on the Arkansas Razorbacks Tuesday night in the Sugar Bowl, Ron Zook would have been the 2010-11 Poster Boy for Big Ten Postseason Success.
I'm a sucker for bowl games. I love their tradition. I love their pageantry. And I love the nonstop slate of college football that they provide during the holidays.
Well, I'm back from the Texas Bowl and you can color me orange. And impressed.
