Jan 19, 2004 | Andy
Enervated by an attack of unrelived nostalgia (which, as Abbie Hoffman so acutely noted, is a mild form of depression); life can be a daunting thing. When all you’ve ever asked from life has already happened, struck and sparked and burped and faded, some 27...
Jan 16, 2004 | Andy
When Albert Einstein said that, he wasn’t referring to the raft of numbers, figures and statistics that report, and sometimes distort, modern day sports. But he might have been. With this in mind, it’s just about mid-point of the NBA season, so it’s...
Jan 16, 2004 | Andy
This weekend at the Chicago Hilton and Towers manic throngs of Cubs fans will gather for the annual Cubs Convention. What started out as a marketing gimmick to make a few bucks has turned into a huge gathering and the unofficial kickoff to the new baseball season....
Jan 15, 2004 | Andy
So, Andy’s already disenchanted with Real World-San Diego, and since this is one of the few shows My Baby’s Mamma (MBM) and I both enjoy during the college basketball season, rest assured that I’ll be there every Bazooka Joe step of the way…...
Jan 15, 2004 | Andy
Because I’m a rational, calm, thoughtful human I was going to hold my judgement on new Bears’ head coach Lovie Smith until he’d actually conducted a practice, or maybe even (gasp!) coached a game. But something changed my mind this morning. Doughnut...
Jan 14, 2004 | Andy
Proving they have no concept of what a news cycle is, the Bears named Lovie Smith to coach their football team at five o’clock on a Tuesday night. Sheer brilliance. Again. And to think, Jerry Angelo had done such a smart thing just two days ago. Consider this....
