Sun-Times
When the Cubs launched Marquee Sports Network five years ago, I pushed for them to air a package of games on WGN. It would’ve been a wonderful gesture, an acknowledgement that without WGN, there is no Marquee. And for viewers of a certain age – such as myself – it would’ve kept a link to a bygone era of television.
Sadly, it never happened. But another network is scratching that nostalgic itch. When NBC begins an 11-year rights deal with the NBA this fall, it will send viewers on a time warp to the 1990s, when the network also owned the rights and Michael Jordan’s Bulls owned the league.