DITKA PULLING FOR AN OLD QB–AND AN OLD RIVAL
Mike Ditka is taking some joy in the success of the Indianapolis Colts, as well as the once-reviled Green Bay Packers, during these NFL playoffs. The former Bears coach, now...
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LOCAL TV, RADIO STATIONS PLAN SPECIAL COVERAGE
Several Chicago-area radio and TV stations are planning special programming around Northwestern's first trip to the Rose Bowl since 1949, starting at 5 a.m. Friday with the last four games...
A STERN WARNING ON WEARING PURPLE HAPPILY HEEDED
When Craig Sager interviewed NBA Commissioner David Stern at the McDonald's Open in October, Stern chided the Turner Sports reporter about his loud sports jackets--especially the purple one he wears...
WMAQ WORKS TO GET OUT OF NU’S DOGHOUSE
WMAQ-Ch. 5 officials were working Thursday to rebuild the station's relations with Northwestern after an incident earlier this week left the two sides at odds over a feature on the...
TYSON BROADCAST A KO IN RATINGS, BUT NOT COVERAGE
While Fox's "Saturday Night Fights" debut, featuring the Mike Tyson-Buster Mathis Jr. waltz, was a ratings success for the network, it wasn't exciting to watch. And it wasn't very pretty....
WMVP BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH BROWN, TELANDER
Despite their spat earlier this week, WMVP-AM 1000 host Peter Brown and contributor Rick Telander both are still working at the station--but not together, according to programming vice president Greg...
SPORTSCHANNEL PAYING TRIBUTE TO NU WITH 22-HOUR MARATHON
It's time to stock up on VCR tapes, all you Northwestern fans. SportsChannel, with the cooperation of Creative Sports, ABC-TV and WBBM Radio, plans a "Northwestern Bowl Bound" marathon starting...
MADDEN MAKES SURE AFL GETS TLC ON HBO
John Madden has gone on to fame and fortune since coaching the Oakland Raiders in the waning days of the old American Football League. And now he feels he owes...
DOWN-HOME BRADSHAW HAS THE LAST LAUGH
When Terry Bradshaw was leading his Pittsburgh Steelers to four Super Bowl championships, there was one overblown bit of gossip the star quarterback couldn't overcome. He was so dumb, said...
THE 25 GREATEST TV CHARACTERS OF ALL TIME
More so than their counterparts in movies or books or theater, the great TV characters become our intimates. It isn't because they are any more vivid or compelling--it's because they're...