October 11, 2021: How to Fan
If you spent any time on Twitter over the past day, and if you follow Chicago sports, then you saw the whole White Sox fan question John Cusack, very pubic Cubs fan, about his fandom at the Sox game on … Continued
September 29, 2021: Changing Lines
OK, enough about the Bears for a second. Let’s change lines and talk about the Blackhawks who just jumped over the boards back into our lives. The return of the Blackhawks this year is a bit more special. Yes, fans … Continued
August 30, 2021: The Hate Files XLIX
10 months… 10 months since the last Hate File. That’s about how long I’ve been waiting to get the cards back that I sent to PSA; maybe now that I’m writing another Hate File, I’ll finally get those back… This … Continued
August 22, 2021: Reflection Time
It’s that time of year. It happens more than that, but on two specific days per year, I take some time to reflect: New Year’s Day and my birthday. It ain’t New Years, so… yeah, reflection time, Chicago sports style. … Continued
August 13, 2021: Tony O
Chicago lost another legend this past week, and this time it wasn’t to a trade… it was something a bit worse… death. Tony Esposito, or Tony O as he is affectionately known by, passed away at the age of 78 … Continued
August 3, 2021: MOS
Here is MOS thus far. MOS stands for My Olympic Summary. I know, not as cool as the ROC, or Russian Olympic Committee. They had to do that to separate “Russia” because of the doping that goes on there? Regardless, … Continued
July 26, 2021: Hammer Time
Niklas Hjalmarsson, better known as Hammer, retired earlier today. As we paid tribute to Brent Seabrook, and most recently Duncan Keith, here is another guy, another member of the core, another defenseman on 3 Stanley Cup winning teams that deserves … Continued
July 24, 2021: Tokyo 2020
Does anybody else think it’s weird watching the Olympics with everything saying Tokyo 2020? I understand that’s when these games were originally supposed to take place, and maybe all that stuff was already made/printed, but… it’s 2021. And I’m guessing … Continued
July 20, 2021: Breaking It Up
OK, let’s break up the monotony that has recently been covering the day to day life of a Cubs fan; it hasn’t been easy lately… it’s not going to get easier any time soon… Bears season coming soon type stuff… … Continued
July 12, 2021: Best Hawks Defenseman Ever?
I got the news at 2:07pm on Monday via group text from my brother: Keith gone to Oilers. My response: Wow. My next question on the text was: Best defenseman ever in a Hawks uniform, no? Well, it’s a good … Continued