For National Release

JFBW would like to commend the Chicago Tribune's Teddy Greenstein for his continuing coverage of the Bruce Wolf firing fiasco. TGreens mentions the JFBW Blog in today's Trib. You can read the story here.

Server traffic has been a little slow today as a result of all of the new readers. JFBW has received a ton of reader mail, all supportive of Bruce. Although we enjoy receiving email, please feel free to leave your comments on this page for all to read. If you want to send us an email, let us know if we can reprint it on the JFBW Blog.

Updating an earlier post, we are still awaiting word from Bruce Wolf's agent. It is JFBW's sincere hope that he is unavailable due to his negotiation of a new deal for Bruce. I smell bidding war!

Awaiting Word

JFBW has reached out to Bruce Wolf's agent, Joel Weisman, asking for an official comment. DEVELOPING...

The People's Champ

Robert Feder continues his Pulitzer-level coverage of the sacking of Bruce Wolf. In today's Sun Times, he reprints notes from fans (and enemies) of Bruce. You can read Feder's column here. Clearly, viewer sentiment backs Bruce.

The authors of JFBW ride for the Sun Times, but our man Teddy Greenstein came through with the Tribune's investigation into this matter. His column can be found by clicking this link. TGreens suggests that Bruce's firing was motivated by Channel 32's interest in cost cutting. If that is the case, you would think that they would have looked at some of the fungible, non-spectacular talent on staff (e.g., Corey "Don't Call Me Bobby" McPherrin, the only Chicago sportscaster giving Jack Nicholson's Joker a run for his money in the perpetual grin department).

Although neither Bruce nor WFLD have discussed this matter publicly, one thing is clear: new WFLD news director Andrew Finlayson is emerging as the villain here. If TGreens' money motive turns out to be true, it would not square with the "we need to spend more money to make better newscasts" attitude Finlayson originally brought to WFLD.

Sun Times Covers Brucegate

Robert Feder's column in today's Sun Times covered WFLD's cowardice. You can read his article by following this link.

St. Valentine's Day Massacre

This blog is dedicated to Chicago sports broadcast legend Bruce Wolf. Bruce was unceremoniously dumped by the management at WFLD-TV Fox Channel 32 on February 14 after 18 years of lighting up the Chicago airwaves. WFLD management has refused to comment on why Bruce was fired. One theory is that he was actually talented and entertaining, two attributes which do not fit into typical newscasts (yes, I am talking to you Larry Potash). Until we get some real answers from WFLD, feel free to leave your thoughts in the comment section of this blog.