Daily Dose: Face for radio (an open letter to Julie Swieca)

Dear Julie, I read today in John Jackson’s column about your departure from the Score that you have an out clause in your deal that allows you to go directly into TV, while there’s a waiting period before you’d be allowed to grace the Chicago radio...

Daily Dose: A bad night gone good

How long did it take us to miss Doug Altenberger? Oh, about three minutes. That’s how bad the ESPN Plus coverage of last night’s Illinois – Purdue game was. The color analyst was completely clueless, the play-by-play guy had no idea how many fouls...

Daily Dose: Thomas Jones? What, Blair Thomas wasn’t available?

The Score, ESPN 1000 and the sages at profootballtalk.com are all reporting that not long after the clock struck midnight last night, the Bears signed free agent running back Thomas Jones (Tampa Bay) and quarterback Jonathan Quinn (Kansas City). This is a change in...

Daily Dose: The Cubs Achilles’ heel? Oh, get a grip.

Take a step back from the ledge. Pour out your Drano cocktail. A pitcher with a sore leg after the first week of spring training is not exactly front page news. Unless he’s The Franchise, and then it IS front page news. The Cubs announced yesterday that Mark...

Daily Dose: Three more years!

On Friday the Cubs signed Kerry Wood to a three year deal, and then on Saturday they did the same with Derrek Lee. In both cases, the players took a “pay cut” in 2004 and will get that money back (and then some) in 2005 and 2006. This gives the 2004 Cubs a...