Steve Nidetz

A young woman was standing at a North Side "L" station on a recent Friday morning when a man identifying himself as "Turd" came up and offered her $103 if...

Ted Shaker has gotten Sports Illustrated Television off to a roaring start. After producing a couple of syndicated specials and a series of features on "ABC's Wide World of Sports,"...

In a game of musical chairs Tuesday in the WGN-AM 720 news department, Tom Peterson was named news director, while Dave Ellsworth, who had held that title, was switched to...

The new era dawned Sunday as Fox Sports began its coverage of the National Football League. A new era, courtesy of MTV, CBS and Rupert Murdoch's pocketbook, where nearly every...

Steve Dahl made a surprise appearance on former sidekick Garry Meier's last show Friday on WLUP-FM 97.9. The encounter sounded awkward at best. Armed with a photo of their first...

There have been rule changes and player changes and even uniform changes, if you count those 75th anniversary togs they're going to wear. But the biggest change in the National...

Practice is over. Now the real season starts for Fox Sports. Gone from Soldier Field are veterans Pat Summerall and John Madden. In their place for Sunday's Bears-Buccaneers telecast will...

In a rare piece of sensible television programming, local NBC affiliate WMAQ-Ch. 5 will pre-empt its "Married . . . with Children" reruns one night next week for a news...

Just like their pro football brethern, Fox Broadcasting's fledgling sports department was geared up for Saturday night's preseason finale in Chicago. Not only were producer Bob Stenner and director Sandy...

With the end of "Arsenio" reruns rapidly approaching and the arrival of CBS' new Tom Snyder show not due until January, WBBM-Ch. 2 has begun juggling its lineup for the...