Yanks Spending Money -- The American Way

Bruce Tenenbaum, 11.05.2009

Writer, actor and radio host

Read the sports pages today and you'll find a whole lot of jealous Yankee haters moaning and whining about the Yankees' payroll. But business is the business of America.

Home Field Disadvantage

Ted Goeglein, 10.22.2009

Writer living in Chicago

The Cubs' old pile of bricks stinks of inebriated resignation. It's time for Wrigley Field to be gutted of the past and rebuilt for the future.

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Len Berman, 10.07.2009

Emmy Award-winning Sportscaster

If you have a friend in Detroit, give him/her a "hug." If the economy and the Lions aren't bad enough, the Tigers became the first team in history to blow a 3 game lead with 4 games to play.

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Len Berman, 09.21.2009

Emmy Award-winning Sportscaster

The Jets go out and do something they've never done before, beat Tom Brady in the Meadowlands. For the first time, in a long time, it's not the "same old Jets." Cool.

Wild Thing: You Make Animal Control's Phone Ring

Mari Gallagher, 09.28.2009

Animals are very intelligent but, like humans, they get swept away from time to time by emotions and ignore logic.

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Len Berman, 09.24.2009

Emmy Award-winning Sportscaster

The video screens at the new Cowboys Stadium are the 8th wonder of the world. They are 60 yards long and stretch from 20-yard line to 20-yard line. Cost? $40-million.

ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball: Time for a Call to the Bullpen

Brett Ashley McKenzie, 07.02.2009

Contributing Writer

Chicago Cubs' Sunday night ball games consist of irrelevant drivel and unabashed self-love by ESPN "Sunday Night Baseball" commentators Jon Miller and Joe Morgan.

Bevy of "Bushisms" for Backtracking Barack

Dave Astor, 06.18.2009

Award-winning columnist for The Montclair (N.J.) Times

George W. Bush said: "I'm the decider, and I decide what is best." Barack Obama says: "I'm the decider, and I decide what is best to undecide from wh...

On Underdogs

Nancy Lublin, 05.17.2009

CEO, DoSomething.org

I love an underdog. No, I don't necessarily mean the cartoon. I mean like David, as in Goliath, or the Bears, as in The Bad News Bears. (Yes, that mig...

The New Yankee Stadium Needs the Old "Voice of God"

Tony Sachs, 05.07.2009

Pop music know-it-all, spirits enthusiast, baseball obsessive, bon vivant

Now, more than ever, Yankees fans need Bob Sheppard's golden voice to make us feel at home in our new home.

Prisoner of Cubs

Ted Goeglein, 03.28.2009

Writer living in Chicago

Like smoking, being a Cubs fan means committing oneself to something that starts out hot, burns out at the midpoint, and turns to ashes at the end.

Car sales, 2008; even worse than we thought

Steve Parker, 02.06.2009

Journalist/Broadcaster covering the auto industry and auto racing for 35 years.

Monday brought three conference calls, each about an hour, with executives from each of the Detroit Three announcing, dissecting and, most of all, spi...

Cubs Pursuing Bush Shoe-Thrower; 'Do You Think He's A Lefty?' Asks Curious Hendry

The Heckler, 01.16.2009

The Cubs today announced their desire to sign the angry Iraqi journalist who heaved a pair of shoes at President Bush.

Detroit Drives to DC and Dr. Deming Invents Japan

Steve Parker, 01.06.2009

Journalist/Broadcaster covering the auto industry and auto racing for 35 years.

We've had enough threats from our sworn enemies -- we don't need them from Detroit executives. These CEOs and their boards of directors must go, whether by car or jet or skateboard, they must go.

In Honor of Obama: A Chicago-Hawaii Exchange Program

Brett Ashley McKenzie, 12.21.2008

Contributing Writer

The Chicago-Hawaii Cultural Exchange, in which citizens of the city of Big Shoulders can swap a year beside Lake Michigan for a year on the shores of Waikiki.

Mark Cuban's Cubs Pitch Hammered By SEC

Robert Reed, 12.18.2008

If Cuban weren't already out of the running to purchase the Cubs before, he sure is now. The SEC action will overshadow any Cuban-charged effort to buy the team.

Harold and Barack: Emotional Wisdom From 1983

Paul Engleman, 11.08.2008

The 1983 Chicago mayoral election has one obvious similarity to this year's presidential race. With only a few weeks left, there is a real possibility that something which until recently seemed unthinkable will happen: An African-American could be elected president.

This Was Our Year

Brett Ashley McKenzie, 11.06.2008

Contributing Writer

You can lose Game One and still come back. You can lose Game Two and still come back. But not if you play to lose. Not if those "Not again" fears drown out the optimism.

From One Cubs Fan to the Masses

Alden Loury, 11.01.2008

Publisher of The Chicago Reporter

While it's a bit unfair to blame Bartman for the Cubs' failure to reach the World Series in 2003, that display was indicative of what's wrong with today's so-called sports fans.

Are Most Chicago Sports Fans This Easy to Get Along With?

Greg Boose, 10.31.2008

Chicago humor writer

I quickly scanned the Chicago Fire fans. Not one T-shirt with a swear word emblazoned on its front. Not one drunk being carried off by security. Not one middle finger saluting a passersby.

Forget Hockey: Where Does Sarah Palin Stand on Baseball?

Karen Stabiner, 10.24.2008

If Westbrook Pegler were alive today, would he join in when we sing "God Bless America" in a ballpark, or would he mutter nasty asides about the religious beliefs of its esteemed composer?