Kolsky

Matt Kolsky (please feel free to call him Kolsky) is the contributing editor of the Chicago Sports Review and the editor-in-chief of Serious Sports News Network. You can hear Kolsky live on Chicago's kookiest and most fun sports radio show, The Morning Break, on Fridays (from 10-Noon on WSBC 1240 AM). As you can see, he's very busy, but you can also send him email via serioussportsnewsnetwork@gmail.com, and it's entirely possible that he'll respond.

Recent Posts By Kolsky

Bulls Moving Forward

Merry halfway to Christmas, Chicago. Meet your present – Derrick Rose. In all likelihood this is the best present anyone has ever received for Jesus' half birthday. He's going to be a star – you can book it now. I could go further into that, but someone already has, and he's probably done more research than me, so let's move on. Which [read more...]

WS stands for White Sox and World Series – Coincidence?

The baseball season is 70 games old, which makes it about 43.2% complete, give or take 0.009% or so. That also makes it time to obnoxiously and prematurely speculate about who is primed and ready for the World Series. Yes, a month before the Midsummer Classic even happens, we erstwhile members of the sports media have to sit down at our [read more...]

My Coach Vinny

I'm in danger of being labeled a Chicago Bulls "yes-man." I was okay with the Doug Collins hire – though I famously warned all of you that deals are not done until they're done, and I want credit for that, dammit – and now I'm okay with the Bulls (officially) hiring Vinny Del Negro instead. In fact, I'm better than okay. I [read more...]

Kenny "Stay Out of White Sox Business" Williams vs. Ozzie "The Vicious Venezuelan" Guillen – EliteXC's next ratings-grabber?

Sorry Ozzie, but the Wizard of Oz is already taken and your "I never cared to learn English particularly well" accent makes it hard to forget where you come from. That said, I'm on your side in this thing – outside of my possibly insensitive headline. Let's backtrack a little, so we can start at the beginning. I think that's usually [read more...]

Dig on Doug, Dude

Let me begin with a caveat – Doug Collins is not (yet) the head coach of the Chicago Bulls. Sure, I'm a realist. I know these stories saying that "the deal is in place" don't come from nowhere; I'm prepared to accept that Bulls GM John Paxson and the excitable Mr. Collins have an agreement in principle, and that in all [read more...]

The HGH Lie

With the Rick Ankiel/Troy Glaus news breaking on Friday, you're going to be hearing the following tired phrase an awful lot over the next few days: "There is no test for HGH." You're being lied to.I know - it's hard to believe. The sports media, lying? No! The major American sports leagues misleading the public? Who woulda thunk it?! But [read more...]

A Heart-Warming Holiday Story

Having spent the month of November gathering nuts and insulating my tree trunk against the coming cold, I feel like I owe you a lot, my dear reader. I fully expect to be capable of delivering on that debt, particularly since I'll now be boarded up inside this tree trunk - which, thank God, has wireless internet - for [read more...]

A little self-pub never killed anybody....

Just in case you're reading this and you don't know me on a deeply personal level, I thought I'd give you a quick update on my real life. You know, as opposed to my eLife...Basically I'm trying to be a jerk who gets paid to talk about sports on the radio. I mean, I'm not particularly trying to be a [read more...]

THIS IS NOT A POST

Every now and then, I come across a piece of news that I feel compelled to comment on, or interpret in various ways, subsequently linking you back to the original piece for your own edification. Today I was shown something that I can't help but share with you, loyal reader, and yet I don't believe there is anything I can [read more...]

Passing of The Buck

In March, I posted briefly (very, very briefly) on the passing of Kirby Puckett, and I included a photograph of his Hall of Fame plaque. I would very, very much like to include a similar photo in this post, but alas I cannot; when the Hall of Fame convened a special committee to induct Negro Leaguers, Buck O'Neil fell one [read more...]