The Cubs in the World Series? In 2012 this can only mean something nefarious is afoot. Will Ferdinand “Bull” Schmidt make it to the men’s room in time to save the day?
"We got our asses kicked yesterday." Monday morning at a diner in the suburbs, the words spiral over from the next table. The men have been talking about work, and at first I think they mean on the job site. But of course by "we" they
This past Sunday my father-in-law turned 71. He used to be (and quite possibly I will get this wrong) a Formula Four racer and has always had a thing for cars. In planning for this birthday, he found a Groupon for an exotic-car driving experience at the Autobahn Country Club
Yesterday I mentioned a pub in Brooklyn called Mooney's, which sadly no longer exists. It was on Flatbush Avenue near Park Place, right around the corner from the apartment where I lived from 1995 to 2001. My 30th birthday party there was a very memorable occasion, but thinking
Golfers in the rain with travel mugs of coffee, like this is their job.
Okay, I have to come clean somewhere, so you just got voted my confessor. Lucky you. So █████ and I started playing Wednesday nights in a pub trivia league late last spring. It's a uniform game that takes place in different bars not just all over Chicago but in
Batter up! My pulpy new short story, "The Visitors at Wriggly Field," is now online as part of the Pulps series at ChicagoIn2012.org. It's probably my first sports story, and may well be my last, so I hope you enjoy it. (The illustration is by
It's not hard to understand why I got so caught up yesterday in the drama of the U.S. Open. Rocco Mediate is in his 40s, he's damn good at what he does, and he's had a little success in his twenty years in
I'm happy to discover that you can watch the U.S. Open playoff live online at: http://www.usopen.com (And Rocco just made a hell of a tee shot on the third hole.) This means I don't have to run back and forth between the
I wish Tiger Woods no ill, but I'm rooting for Rocco Mediate today in the extra playoff round of the U.S. Open. Even with Tiger hurting from his knee surgery, you still have to figure Rocco as the underdog. Can you imagine being practically over the hill
I took it easy last night, no running out into the insanity that is the Irish pub scene in Astoria to drive out the snakes. It was just the dog and I, █████ having stayed over with a friend in Brooklyn to get a quick start on the half-marathon they'
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