sportswriting

  • Fine Dining

    With the Stanley Cup Finals between the Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers heating up and the series returning to Chicago tied at two games apiece, it’s only natural that as a reporter, my thoughts turn to one thing.
    The pregame meal at the United Center.

  • A Girl’s Best Friend is her Blog

    One of the best things about writing a daily blog is you can pour out your heart, express your frustrations, confess your weaknesses and occasionally, when you’re in the mood, embarrass your family.
     

    You can talk about your son’s piano lessons, your daughter’s new bed and your sister’s old boyfriend, and not get fired.
     

    “Just, whatever you do, can you leave me out of it?” my daughter Amanda begged tonight as I ran a made-up quote by her. “I think you need to keep your personal and professional lives separate.”
     

  • Ah, Home Again

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    Sorry. You go away for seven weeks and the first day back is exhausting. Even if the first day back only lasts for about two hours.  And I don’t even know if “back” is the right word. But I am going to start writing for ESPNChicago.com, I did venture into the White Sox clubhouse today with an actual working credential and I did experience once again the singular wonder of listening to Sox manager Ozzie Guillen up close and in person.

    I never realized how much I missed that.

  • No Comment, No Problem

    Once, when I was covering the Chicago Bulls, Scottie Pippen decided to boycott the media.

    It took several weeks for anybody to notice.

    It wasn’t that Scottie didn’t speak to us before that. He did. But we recognized those who were especially quotable and those, like Scottie, who were somewhat deficient.

    I bring this up because much has been made by what two NBA players have not said over the last few days.

    LeBron James has drawn much criticism after he walked off the court without congratulating his opponents following his Cleveland team’s loss to Orlando in the Eastern Conference Finals on Saturday night. He was taken to task further for not speaking to reporters after the game.

  • My Dream Job and Men of Religious Persuasion

    The dream job.

    More than once over the last few weeks, I have been told that I had that. And I’m not always sure how to take it.

    I suggested to a female sportswriter friend that it seemed like it was maybe sexist. As in, “You should be grateful for having a job so seemingly great, being a woman and all.” I asked her if she thought male sportswriters were told the same thing.