Football 24/7
Forgive my confusion on this last
day of February. The Bulls are tanking,
the Blackhawks are “contending” for the last playoff spot in the NHL, and
spring training is in full swing. You’d
think that spring dreams would get their due in the Tribune sports’ section,
but No. It’s Bears, Bears, Bears, even
with their 2018 season nearly two months over and their 2019 opener six months
off.
Just take a look at the front
page, 80 percent of which is given over to a story and illustration on the need
for a kicker who can kick. (If you need
to ask, you don’t follow sports). Page
two is all football, with a column about the NFL combine and a story on the
latest travails of former Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel. Page three?
Why, there are stories on the Bears’ ground game; a combine press
conference featuring GM Ryan Pace and head coach Matt Nagy; and the “pressing
need” at nickel cornerback. You can find
news of the White Sox on page eight.
Financially speaking, the Tribune
is trying desperately not to circle the drain into bankruptcy, so everyone
there—not at Tribune Tower because last year the paper moved out of its home of
nearly a century—must be betting the Bears will keep them to solvent. That, or there’s some kind of football virus
going around the sports’ department.
That could explain why I haven’t
seen anything about Toni Harris, the young woman to become the first female skill-position
player to earn a college scholarship; a safety in high school, Harris will be
attending Central Methodist University in Fayette, Missouri. The problem for the Tribune is she’s not a
nickel back, I guess.
No comments:
Post a Comment