Phil Rosenthal

Phil Rosenthal is a former reporter and columnist for the Chicago Tribune.

An ad for Marquee Sports Network on Thursday, April 1, 2021 on opening day at Wrigley Field.

Column: If the Cubs, White Sox and other MLB teams can play in full ballparks, why should fans tolerate empty seats in TV and radio booths?

June 8, 2021 at 8:52 p.m.

During Sunday night's Chicago Cubs-St. Louis Cardinals game, it's a safe bet ESPN's Álex Rodríguez and Matt Vasgersian will speak reverentially about Wrigley Field. They all do. They will talk...

David Kaplan to be inducted in the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame with Curtis Granderson, Mike Shanahan and the late Rube Foster

June 8, 2021 at 3:02 a.m.

WMVP-AM 1000's David Kaplan will be among those inducted in the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame, the charitable organization announced Friday. Other members of the Hall's Class of 2021, set...

A cyclist rides past Principal Park, home to the Triple-A Iowa Cubs on June 25, 2020.

Marquee Sports Network adds Elise Menaker as an analyst for its Triple-A Iowa Cubs telecasts

June 7, 2021 at 6:52 p.m.

Elise Menaker will join play-by-play announcer Alex Cohen as an analyst on Marquee Sports Network's remaining schedule of Triple-A Iowa Cubs telecasts this season, the network announced Monday. Menaker, who...

Chicago White Sox radio announcer Len Kasper.

Len Kasper launches a Chicago White Sox podcast with Jason Benetti — and is now broadcasting road games on the radio in person rather than remotely

June 7, 2021 at 12:00 p.m.

"Sox Degrees," the terrific podcast Len Kasper and fellow Chicago White Sox announcer Jason Benetti are launching Monday, isn't meant to be newsy. The irony is Kasper shared what some...

Chicago White Sox announcer Jason Benetti is set to call Olympic baseball this summer for NBC.

Jason Benetti is set to call Olympic baseball for NBC this summer, the latest broadcasting gig for the Chicago White Sox announcer

June 3, 2021 at 9:54 p.m.

Team USA isn't yet assured it will be part of this summer's Tokyo Olympics baseball tournament, but Chicago White Sox TV voice Jason Benetti is. NBC has named Benetti its...

Chicago Cubs broadcaster Jon "Boog" Sciambi sings "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the seventh-inning stretch Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at Wrigley Field.

MLB introduces Lou Gehrig Day at Wrigley Field and elsewhere. ‘It’s super-personal for me,’ Chicago Cubs announcer Boog Sciambi says.

June 2, 2021 at 9:33 p.m.

The first time Lou Gehrig drew notice at Wrigley Field, he was playing for New York's High School of Commerce and had just turned 17. Dubbed "the Babe Ruth of...

The fully vaccinated section is filled with more Chicago White Sox fans to see the Kansas City Royals at Guaranteed Rate Field on May 16, 2021.

Chicago White Sox are offering COVID-19 shots Friday and Saturday, promising the vaccine’s benefits and $25 ballpark gift cards — plus Tim Anderson bobbleheads

May 27, 2021 at 10:05 p.m.

The Chicago White Sox are staging a beer and shot promotion this week. Or a hot dog and shot. Or a hat and ... well, you get the idea. The...

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Trevor Williams delivers during the first inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in Pittsburgh.

Trevor Williams shakes off a string of subpar starts with 6 strong innings in the Chicago Cubs’ 4-1 win: ‘Loved his tempo, his aggressiveness, first-pitch strikes’

May 27, 2021 at 1:15 p.m.

Chicago Cubs starter Trevor Williams was reintroduced to something Wednesday night in Pittsburgh that he hadn't seen in a while — action in the sixth inning. Coming off four consecutive...

Umpire Joe West before the Chicago White Sox play the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, at Guaranteed Rate Field. West broke Bill Klem's all-time record with his 5,376th game umpired.

No longer calling Joe West ‘a joke,’ Hawk Harrelson heaps praise on the record-breaking umpire: ‘Do you realize how big a thing this is?’

May 26, 2021 at 4:49 a.m.

"I know one thing," Hawk Harrelson told reporters before Tuesday's Chicago White Sox-St. Louis Cardinals game. "If I had to have one umpire behind the plate in ... the seventh...

Members of the Chicago Cubs celebrate a 12-3 victory as St. Louis Cardinals' Edmundo Sosa walks off the field following on May 21, 2021.

ESPN, please send Álex Rodríguez and Matt Vasgersian back to the ballpark. Winners and losers from the ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ broadcast of Chicago Cubs-St. Louis Cardinals.

May 24, 2021 at 6:59 p.m.

ESPN's Matt Vasgersian had a decent excuse for misjudging fly balls during Sunday's Chicago Cubs-St. Louis Cardinals game, what with being more than 1,000 miles from Busch Stadium. Vasgersian and...

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