WGN Morning Memo – WGN Radio
Here’s what happened. What’s happening. And what’s going to happen:
“It’s pretty much a done deal…It’s just a matter now of compensation and writing the press release.” — Boston Herald sports columnist Steve Buckley who reports Theo Espstein is on the verge of joining the Cubs. He spoke with Greg Jarrett/Dave Eanet this morning on WGN Radio
Note: Reports have Epstein agreeing to 5-year deal worth close to $20M to join the Cubs.
Bears should trade Cutler (Tribune)
Sun-Times’ Joe Cowley continues his rant against Sox’ Kenny Williams: “It’s like Williams has to prove he’s so much smarter than everyone else that common sense must take a back seat and keep its mouth shut…Now it’s revealed that after more than a year of trying to rid himself of Guillen, Konerko was one of his managerial candidates. Really? That’s a no-longer-fit-to-lead moment.”
National TV ratings not good for Rosie O’Donnell’s new Chicago-based show (NY Times)
“I don’t get it. Something else is up…” — Chuck Todd, NBC News White House correspondent on The Greg Jarrett Show this morning, baffled why Bill Daley put himself in a lame-duck position by announcing he won’t return as Pres. Obama’s Chief-of-Staff once the election is over
Zorn: “The first step to another Great Compression has to be a Great Awakening about what’s really going on.”
Kass on Chicago mob nicknames
Rosenthal on Occupy movement: “…And if this is what coalesces for a group of out-of-town bankers, one can only imagine what will greet the visiting world leaders when they’re in Chicago for the G-8 and NATO summits, set for May.”
Mexican cartels & the $1.5M plot: Details of Iran’s’ plan to kill Saudi Ambassador in D.C. (Daily Mail)
Japan to offer 10,000 free trips to ‘foreigners’ (Telegraph)
Review of newiPhone 4s: “Sometimes, as we all know, looks can be deceiving. While Apple’s latest iPhone doesn’t look different, and may not be the kind of blockbuster people expect from the late Steve Jobs’s company, it thinks different, to quote one of Apple’s old ad slogans. Inside its familiar-looking body there lurks a nascent artificial-intelligence system that has to be tried to be believed.” (Mossberg/WSJ)
Vid of Chynna Phillips’ elimination/reaction last night on DWTS
..and DWTS recap (NY Daily News)
NTSB releases Midway surveillance vid from this past April of Southwest Airline jet skidding off runway (Daily Mail)
Video of NYC ‘subway surfer’ riding outside the train (NY Daily News)
Chile’s Rescued Miners Face Major Struggles a Year Later (NY Times)
LeBron considering joining the NFL? (Cleveland Plain-Dealer)
46% of us nationwide have already started our Christmas shopping (Sun-Times)