Fun Friday: Heat Wave Edition

We’re having Wages of Fear weather in Chicago right now, so it’s hard to think of anything fun to do … More

Reading a Minor League Hockey Game

This past weekend I attended a minor league hockey game between the Chicago Wolves and the Rockford IceHogs at the … More

Like most Bears fans, I watched the Super Bowl with deep ambivalence. It’s inconceivable that I could root for the … More

I’ve never been a big hockey fan–I’ve always thought of it as one bag of laundry bashing into another bag … More

Like a good portion of the world, I will be watching the US-England World Cup match on Saturday. I’ll be … More

As you’re probably aware at this point, Chicago didn’t get the 2016 Olympics. The city was eliminated in the first … More

Most places on earth have more pressing matters to attend to than the Olympics, but Chicago will lose its reason … More

Chicago’s bid book for the 2016 Olympics has just been opened up for the public. The bid book is a … More

The Phillies won the World Series! I left the city eight years ago, and so much has changed, including the … More

The Olympics are finally over. Looking back, most of it seemed to consist of beach volleyball, swimming, and baton-dropping. I’m … More