Lou Holtz was recently inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.  God knows he deserves it after raising at least four college programs from the deadpile or at least lethargy.  The latter group would include Notre Dame which was in a lethargic state before he came and has been close to it since.
But on [...]

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I am one of those kids who fell in love with baseball in the 1950’s.  You know green grass, ball park cathedrals, the smell of hot dogs and dad buying you your first glove so you could emulate your heroes.  Heroes like those memorialized in songs, heroes like The Mick, Willie and The Duke.
Of course [...]

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You can bet on anything for the Super Bowl.  That  would include the exact sequence of songs Bruce Springsteen will play at half time.  Since The Boss has a grand total of 12 minutes you can eliminate Rosalita.
As for the game the Pittsburgh Steelers are favored by seven points and the over/under is something like [...]

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As far as I know Indiana has never been in the forefront of anything. I am not saying we are all a bunch of rubes but we just don’t take the lead in anything. We do have one of the most liberal fireworks laws in the country. You can buy everything short [...]

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My colleague,Rick Carter, did a fine job in the post below laying out the peculiar ins and outs of the yearly interleague games between the two Chicago baseball teams.   And kudos to Cub fans on soundly winning round one over the weekend.
But this column is about the fans of the White Sox.  Last Wednesday I [...]

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   It’s a good week to be a baseball fan in the city of Chicago. The Cubs and White Sox will both be in first place when they square off Friday at Wrigley Field in their annual interleague series that would be emotionally charged even if the two teams were hopelessly mired in last place. [...]

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My wife was aghast when she found the six cases of beer hidden under a tarp in the back of our garage.Why six cases of beer, she asked. Because, I said, that is the weekly limit now at the local carry out, I will get six more cases next week. Huh, are you [...]

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I don’t listen to talk radio, left, right or sports. The only exception is occasionally our local sports talk show on WSBT Radio. It keeps me up to date on Notre Dame sports and the hosts have this quaint philosophy, they don’t holler at me.
But, hey I am an up to date [...]

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1. Gasoline this morning in my hometown hit $399.9 a gallon. Isn’t it about time they dropped the .9 on the price of a gallon.
2. So anyone willing to bet it won’t hit $5.00 a gallon this summer. Oops! Make that $499.9
3. When it does hit five bucks a gallon [...]

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I tried to explain to someone standing with me in the windy chill outside The Bradley Center in Milwaukee Monday why I drove nearly four hours to see Bruce Springsteen for the 66th time. I guess I didn’t do a good job because the woman kind of rolled her eyes and poked her boyfriend [...]

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