Feb 6, 2014 | Media Hacks
There have been a lot of pixels spilled about what’s going on in Sochi, Russia in the final hours before the Olympics officially start. Most of it is about how jacked up the hotel rooms and toilets are for the journalists who are arriving to cover the games....
Feb 4, 2014 | Cubs, Media Hacks
One of the perks of being a big time journalist like myself is that you get exclusive access to things that mere mortals don’t. Â I’m used to it, so I was unimpressed when the Cubs asked me to be one of the first to review their new movie “100 Years...
Dec 10, 2013 | Bears, Media Hacks
When Jay Cutler left his groin in a pile in DC several weeks ago, we all thought the season was over. Â Once again, an injury to the one competent Bears QB on the roster would fell the entire house of cards and we’d have months of terrible football to slog...
Dec 8, 2013 | Cubs, Media Hacks
Alert the affiliates because the winning WGN Radio Cubs color analyst audition “tape” has been submitted. Â Sure, the Cubs leaked that it was down to the underwhelming duo of Todd Hollandsworth and Ron Coomer for the job, but the fact that they got my...
Nov 7, 2013 | Media Hacks, MLB
There are a lot of fitness video programs out there. Â Some work, some don’t, but the ones that sell, sell because they get results and because they have a great pitchman. Take P90X for instance. Â After taking the summer off to drink beer, I’m back on...
Aug 29, 2013 | Cubs, Featured, Media Hacks
I’m sure I’ll be accused of basically sitting out another Cubs season only to post when someone (usually Al Yellon) writes something so dumb that I can’t let it go without comment. That’s pretty much completely true. So on Monday, when Al wrote...
