Nov 2, 2009 | Andy
Our pals over at Wax Paper Beer Cup occasionally read Bruce Levine’s ESPNChicago.com blog, and I’m thankful they do it, so I don’t have to. As we all know, Crane Kenney spends most of his media schmoozing time letting Bruce and the Orangutan take...
Nov 1, 2009 | Andy
I missed the debacle last week in Cincinnati as I was on a train from Newport News, Virginia to Washington DC at the time. When I got to DC I found some WiFi and checked the score and just kind of stared at it. How the hell do you lose to the Bengals by five...
Oct 30, 2009 | Andy
The Chicago Cubs had a press conference today at Wrigley Field to introduce the new family of millionaires who now own the team. They are led by one of the brothers, Thomas Theodore “Beaver” Ricketts, who will function as the chairman of the Ricketts...
Oct 29, 2009 | Andy
I leave the state for a little more than a week and look at what happens? The Bears lose a game to the Bengals (THE BENGALS?) by five touchdowns. Steve Phillips gets fired from ESPN for having sex with something straight out of the Shire. The Cubs finally are...
Oct 18, 2009 | Andy
Doesn’t it feel like the Bears haven’t played in a month? I guess, when you factor in that they last played Detroit, they haven’t played a real NFL team in close to that long. There’s good TV, there’s bad TV and there’s whatever...
Oct 9, 2009 | Andy
When James Loney was a kid growing up in Houston he would stand in his back yard holding an old aluminum bat and pretend he was up with two outs in the bottom of the ninth of a playoff game. He could hear the crowd roaring in the background, he’d throw a rock...