Brooks Barnes of the NEW YORK TIMES has a story today on why the flagging fortunes of the local sports media in your life is about to take the final leg down.

(ESPN: Closing In On The Perfect Corporate Monolith)
Barnes reports that in less than three months, the Chicago-centric ESPN website has 23% more visitors […]

You never really know what’s going to happen on the 17th at Edgewood Tahoe when the American Century Celebrity Championship is in town. The fairway runs right along the lake, which means anyone with a boat can anchor right off the beach and watch for free. Many hop off their boats and watch up close, […]

So, Derek Jeter, what are your hopes? What are your dreams? Oh, it’s moving into that freaking gigantic house you bought this winter? Oh good, we can make that happen.

(That’s no moon parking garage…)
The statue-immobile gritty shortstop is building one of the largest mansions we’ve ever seen, a grand display of opulence to put […]

I used to describe the Arena Football League as like playing football in your garage, only withouth the danger of running into sharp tools. But now the league — already on ice for the 2009 season — is in danger of crashing and burning completely. What is football without giant nets to bounce your errant […]

Pity upon the world outside America and Western Europe that we think they’re lawless, brutish savages. After all, as a general rule, the only time they make the news is if A) the Olympics are going on or, more likely, B) something has exploded or broken and a whole lot of people just died.

(”This is […]

Some people might think that Chicago Cubs fans feel deprived. Despite a robust payroll and high expectations, the team is wallowing in mediocrity, mired in second place behind the St. Louis Cardinals. Then, of course, there’s the whole 100-years-and-counting thing. Fans of another team might be morose or angry.

But why be so upset when mediocrity […]

Sigh. Just 24 hours ago, the idea of Tom Watson winning the British Open and Lance Armstrong winning the Tour de France didn’t seem all that far-fetched. In fact, we were all starting to believe that it all had to happen. Why would they come this far just to fail in the end?

Much has been […]