Like many kids, Christmas used to be my favorite day of the year. Growing up in a small rural town in Illinois, with two government employees as parents, Christmas was the one day of the year that I knew I’d get the stuff tha...
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The Wise Guy is our media columnist. He majors in Jon Gruden with his signature Positively Gruden column, and has a minor in quarterback appearance.
Welcome to another rendition of Positively Gruden, where I break down the top cheers, compliments, and commendations from America’s favorite fawning former coach. On a night when the Bears finally got around to retiring Mike Ditka’s #89 jersey, the ...
While basking in my Bears euphoria during the second half of their beat down against the Seahawks on Sunday, I made an offhand comment that seemed quite obvious at the time but is apparently quite contrarian: I would rather have Jay Cutler than Ma...
Welcome to another rendition of “Positively Gruden,” where I chronicle the top praise, plaudits, and pontifications from America’s favorite fawning former coach. This week’s Ravens-Lions clash featured one of the most dominating performance in t...
After months of intense negotiations, The Wise Guy is happy to report that The Football Girl has agreed to end her lockout of my services and, well, let me back into the office. Contract terms are undisclosed, but let’s just say I’m earning well ove...
Welcome to another rendition of “Positively Gruden,” where I chronicle the top cheers, compliments, and commendations from America’s favorite fawning former coach. During last night’s 49ers-Falcons game, we most likely said farewell to an Americ...
It’s time for another version of The Wise Guy Media Watch, where I chronicle the most notable weekly developments in the world of NFL media coverage. This week, we have the official release of Fox’s broadcasting line-up, more addi...
One of the best things about Week 1 of the NFL is knowing that, even after an exhausting slate of Sunday games, there’s still two more games waiting for us on Monday night. The only thing that would make it better is if Jon G...
Welcome to the inaugural 2014 edition of “Positively Gruden,” where we break down the top praise, plaudits, and pontifications from America’s favorite fawning former coach. For those of you new to this column, who may be asking, “what interestin...
We can finally declare the NFL season upon us, because Jon Gruden is back to serve up his weekly course of positivity, hyperbole, and absurdity! This is the first time we at "Positively Gruden" attempted to chronicle a preseason game and, initially, I w...