Daily Dose: A fairly big weekend

Nothing says football like a toupee wearing, gap-toothed, fat, gay rocker lip synching on national TV, now does it? While you were watching Elton John, Destiny’s Child, Toby Keith, Roxie Roker’s kid and Mary J. Blige suck their way through the Super Bowl...

NFL Preview: AFC Scouting Reports

The NFL season starts tonight and you didn’t think we’d forget, did you? We’ve reassembled our crack staff of scouts and they’ll give you a rundown of all 32 teams. We start in the American Football Conference (you know, the one that CBS...

Daily Dose: How am I going to blame this one on Bako?

You didn’t think it could happen. You didn’t think I could blame a 6-0 loss on Paul Bako. Well, guess what? I’ll find a way. It might take me until the end of this column, but I’ll come up with a way to pin this on Gabor Paul Bako II....

Daily Dose: Damnit, I’ll tell you when it’s time to panic…

I dread losses like last night for two reasons. Number one, they royally suck. Number two, I end up cast in the Kevin Spacey role in The Negotiator the next day trying to talk this little corner of Cubdom in from off the ledge. You know what? I’ll tell you when...

Daily Dose: Who doesn’t enjoy a nice nap?

Depending on just how petulant you think the 2004 edition of the Baby Bears is, the Cubs either got a four day “time out” or a four day nap. Either way there was a 50-50 chance that they’d come back and either be a) rested and ready or b) crankier...