Monday Morning Cubbin’ Down

Monday Morning Cubbin’ Down

If you didn’t hear the news, my weekly Cubs’ column on The Athletic is no more. But that doesn’t mean the Monday morning fun has to stop. You know, I didn’t get a chance to name my column over there, and now that you’ve seen the name of...
Marquee is here – Did you miss anything?

Marquee is here – Did you miss anything?

At 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 22 as promised–even though nobody asked for it–the Cubs launched their team owned (mostly) and operated TV network.  They’ve been supposedly planning for this network for nine years and have been dreaming about it even...
Everything’s for sale

Everything’s for sale

I’m not going to pretend to be angered by the Cubs’ decision to paint the Wrigley Field marquee purple for this weekend’s epic tilt between a couple of middle of the road Big Ten football teams. I will say that it looks dumb, and that Northwestern...