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On Sports Illustrated, the LA Times, and why sports writing mattersThese are dark days for journalism, once considered the “Fourth Estate” of American democracy, so named because of journalism’s role in advocating for citizens, framing political and social issues, and holding the government to account on behalf of its people. These days, it seems there are two kind...

Dopey Chicago Sports Columnist Apologizes For Nonsensical Roquan Smith Take Roquan Smith, whose playbook was among the items stolen from his car last weekend, was the subject of Chicago Tribune grouch Steve Rosenbloom’s column this week, and boy did Rosenbloom produce a doozy....

Here Are The New Running Shoes Adidas Desperately Tried To Prevent You From SeeingThis morning, a warm and sunny day in Chicago, somebody at the Chicago Tribune noticed a commercial being filmed in the middle of the very busy downtown, replete with fake snow. Being that the Chicago Tribune is a newspaper that covers the goings on in Chicago, an assignment editor sent a photograph...

Actually, Hurricane Katrina Was Not Super Cool

If you squint hard enough at this nasty number from last week, in which the Chicago Tribune’s Kristen McQueary wrote glowingly of the great civic good Hurricane Katrina visited upon the city of New Orleans a decade ago and of her fervent desire for Chicago to meet a similar fate, you can almost inte...

<em>Chicago Tribune</em> Takes Back Its Post-Bombing Tribute To Boston

Remember the morning after the Boston Marathon bombings, when the Chicago Tribune dedicated the front page of its sports section to the city of Boston and its sports teams? That was a very sweet thing for the Tribune to do! But now, with the Bruins and Blackhawks facing each other in the Stanley Cup...

<em>Chicago Tribune</em> Sports Page Pays Tribute To Boston

Here is the front page of today's sports section....

Northwestern Has Fired Bill Carmody After 13 Years Of Decent-By-Northwestern-Standards Basketball

In 13 seasons as the head coach at Northwestern University, an alleged Big Ten basketball program, Bill Carmody’s signature moment might’ve been getting hired in the first place. And that, presumably, is why the school fired him today. Cracker-box facilities, lack of tradition, and academic pressure...

Ask A Notre Dame Beat Writer About The—Cough, Cough—Best Football Team In The Country

Brian Hamilton covers the Fighting Irish for the Chicago Tribune (in which capacity he is regularly abused by the most self-indulgent fanbase west of Massachusetts). Got some questions about the country's temporarily top-ranked team? Brian's in the discussion below....