Overview

Good columnists bring thoughtfulness to the topics of the day. They don’t flip and flop like an unattended fire hose. They believe what they write. Rick Telander brings a preacher’s passion to the injustice he sees in college sports and to the looming disaster that is the concussion debate in football. He very much looks out for the little man. This collection of columns highlights some of Telander's best work in his nearly 20 years at the Sun-Times, from his eight-part series on Murray Park, to lighter pieces, such as his column on a Cubs fan who suffered through more than 100 years of futility.