News from Chicago

They're getting to the point where some of the suburban dailies are looking just as appealing as the Trib. Daily Herald and NW Herald are looking pretty good lately.

 

I believe that Steve Franklin is the brother of Baltimore Sun executive editor Tim Franklin.

 

False. Neither one covers any of Chicago's pro teams on the road (with few exceptions). The only advantage either has is preps.

 

Skip is a tremendous loss...

 

Actually, the Daily Herald covers the vast majority of the game's of Chicago's pro teams on the road. I've been on the Cubs beat since 1998, and I've missed a grand total of about 10 road games, and at five of those, we hired a local writer to cover them. We cover most of the White Sox' road schedule, and more than half, probably two-thirds of Bulls and Blackhawks road games. We've cut back a bit in recent years but the statement above is the one that's false.

 

Hence the "with few exceptions" caveat I added. I'm well aware you cover the Cubs on the road, Bruce. I read your paper daily for more than a decade when I still lived in the area. I'm sure you know better than I do regarding the Bulls and Hawks, but it seemed like I saw an AP byline a lot more often than I saw one for McGraw or Sassone when they were on the road. Perhaps it's changed since I left the area.

EDIT: Upon further reflection, I suppose I used the wrong adjective when I said rarely. But it can't possibly be argued that the Daily Herald covers the Chicago pro scene more in-depth than the Trib. Therefore, unless you're really into preps, I can't see what appeal the DH would have over the Trib. The Sun-Times ... that's a different story. Hell, I think they used AP for some Hawks home games in recent years. That paper hasn't been the same since Conrad Black and the audit.

 

When I would talk to Ed Hinton in a past life, his quote/possible slight paraphrase to me about covering Daytona: Give me Skip Myslenski and Rich Biebrich, and we will be just fine. I don't need Orlando's 10 golf writers asking me what a restrictor plate is.

Now, in a span of less than a year, none works at Tribune anymore.

 

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(The sound of Sam Zell, Randy Michaels and Lee Abrams shrugging. They're not running a newspaper museum, damnit!)

 

It's gotten so bad that I don't wanna click on the journalism topics anymore.

You know this is coming. You know there's more.

Fuck.

 

Skip ruled. Long live Mt. Nakiska and the NCAA convention in Nashville...

_ an old sharer of the foxholes of the business

 

Ain't that the truth.

 

As a young prep writer, I'm sorry to see Temkin and Sutton go. I have enjoyed reading Temkin's columns each week as he is one of my influences in this biz.