Feb 10, 2022 | Bears, Featured, NFL, Oral Histories, Remember This Crap
The Bears have had quite a few job searches since George Halas hired Mike Ditka over pudding and a wet nap in 1982, and the guys look at every candidate from all of them. Some of them you won’t believe they bothered to talk to, others you’ll be mad that...
Jun 15, 2018 | Cubs, Featured, MLB, Oral Histories
The 2016 Cubs created a new generation of Cubs legends with guys you will never forget for all the best reasons. But lost in the glow of a world’s championship are the Cubs who paved the way. The greats who toiled in the obscurity of losing. Those who should...
Mar 6, 2018 | Bears, Featured, NFL, Oral Histories
Bears fans booed. Mike Glennon wept. John Fox looked confused. John Lynch’s CTE subsided just long enough for him to act smug and get kudos from the sycophantic NFL media. And that was just when they found out that Chris Berman wasn’t going to host the...
Feb 14, 2018 | Cubs, Featured, MLB, Oral Histories
There’s really no better way to get the inside story on something than to do in-depth interviews with the people involved and let them tell their story in the form of an oral history. A crucial part of that is to let the event breathe, and age, so you can give...
Jan 14, 2016 | Cubs, Featured, MLB, Oral Histories
Nobody does oral histories quite like we do, and that’s especially true here. Â We’ve gotten so good at this, that we’re doing an oral history of the 2016 Cubs Convention before it even happens. CRANE KENNEY, President of the Shit That Doesn’t...
Dec 23, 2015 | Cubs, Featured, MLB, Oral Histories
We’re coming up on the anniversary of the worst trade in Cubs history. Â It’s a true testament to how good the 2015 Cubs were that they could win 97 games, and advance two rounds through the playoffs, despite being gutted just a few months before. After...