Dollars and sense is a column about Chicago sports media and business.
As a kid, I loved reading Larry King’s column in the Life section of USA Today. Who didn’t? Every writer older than 40 has written a column like it — either stealing the format or parodying it — so why not me? In honor of King, who passed away at the age of 87 on Saturday, here’s a Chicago sports business and media edition.
The Marquee Sports Network should really do a documentary on Kerry Wood’s 20-strikeout game. I’d watch it. … If the Blackhawks were smart, they’d introduce an alternate logo: a profile drawing of Rocky Wirtz’s visage. Get on it, Jaime Faulkner. … When the White Sox are eventually sold, what if a Theo Epstein-led group buys them? … The best media food in Chicago? It ain’t at Soldier Field, but the press box does have RC Cola. … I miss the press-box grill at Sox Park, even if the cook never…
