Friday, April 26, 2024

The Real Deal: 1-on-1 with Derrick Rose

In this interview, Rose compares the college game to the NBA, talks about his progress, and reveals the one thing he doesn't think he's going to get in his rookie season.

Five Hours at the Bar With Wood: Gone country at Houndstooth

To paraphrase a wise comedic sage of our time: You might be a redneck bar if ...

Five Hours at the Bar With Wood: Double trouble at The Stretch and Roadhouse...

We did a double dip of 5 Hours this month, hitting up The Stretch (3485 N. Clark) and capping the night off with a trip down the street to Roadhouse 66 (3330 N. Clark). As expected, 5 Hours turned into 6, 7, until they all just kinda blended together. Go figure.

Loco Rob column: Survival of the crankiest

Recent celebrated heroes include trapped-and-released miners, frills-deprived luxury cruise patrons and wedding-dress-destroyed-in-a-bridal-shop-fire-suffering brides-to-be.

A great real-life interview with Ron Santo from 2004

Back in 2004, The Heckler had a great conversation with Cubs legend Ron Santo. Here's the transcript.

Loco Rob column Yo soy no Ron Santo

I approached Ron Santo while exuberantly saying that I was with The Heckler. He looked at me like I was crazy.

Loco Rob column: Cubs Band Aid approach isn’t brain surgery

The Cubs' only farm system is the repeat process of sending one of their own down to Iowa for rehab assignments.