Newspapers are dead

Hopefully fellow geezers JORR ,Reader and Pasta will vouch for me here but I feel kinda sad that this generation of kids won’t know the excitement of waiting to open the newspaper sports section and read the columns of lifers like Ray Sons, Bill Gleason , Jerome Holtzman, etc . I know that info has been replaced by the internet but there was something said to be sitting at the kitchen table eating your breakfast before school and reading about your favorite sport.

Those were the days.

Hopefully someone comes along and kills the internet soon so people can regain some semblance of sanity.

Hopefully fellow geezers JORR ,Reader and Pasta will vouch for me here but I feel kinda sad that this generation of kids won’t know the excitement of waiting to open the newspaper sports section and read the columns of lifers like Ray Sons, Bill Gleason , Jerome Holtzman, etc . I know that info has been replaced by the internet but there was something said to be sitting at the kitchen table eating your breakfast before school and reading about your favorite sport.

When I lived with my grandparents for awhile, I was inducted into the "sit around the kitchen table reading the newspaper" morning club. It was really comforting, actually. Collecting the newspaper from the porch and sitting down with a hot drink and a piece of toast while reading through the Trib and Daily Herald is a simple, quiet pleasure.

Whereas sitting at my coffee table with my phone out swiping around reddit as I eat cereal is devoid entirely of humanity or pleasure.

Those were the days.

Hopefully someone comes along and kills the internet soon so people can regain some semblance of sanity.

You are spot on BR. I delivered the DH on foot from ages 10-15. I loved seeing the box scores every day. I have had home delivery my entire life and still enjoy reading the paper in a traditional sense. It is one of those simple pleasures in life, like a hot cup of black coffee, that I look forward to each morning.

The long early morning bus rides were made tolerable with a newspaper. I actually had forgotten how all the "jocks" would sit around talking about what we'd read, as opposed to today's practice of forwarding video clips alone.

I think the routine was: front/back page, Royko's column, then game stories and game recaps. Later followed by a detailed exam of the agate page.

the citizens of this country are too cheap an ignorant to pay for news, so they get free news, which is worth exactly what they pay.

Those were the days.

Hopefully someone comes along and kills the internet soon so people can regain some semblance of sanity.

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You are spot on BR. I delivered the DH on foot from ages 10-15. I loved seeing the box scores every day. I have had home delivery my entire life and still enjoy reading the paper in a traditional sense. It is one of those simple pleasures in life, like a hot cup of black coffee, that I look forward to each morning.

Hopefully fellow geezers JORR ,Reader and Pasta will vouch for me here but I feel kinda sad that this generation of kids won’t know the excitement of waiting to open the newspaper sports section and read the columns of lifers like Ray Sons, Bill Gleason , Jerome Holtzman, etc . I know that info has been replaced by the internet but there was something said to be sitting at the kitchen table eating your breakfast before school and reading about your favorite sport.

Newspapers suck. Give me a phone or tv.

The Tribune also didn't bother sending a reporter to cover the IHSA basketball state finals, even though CPS teams were involved. The Sun-Times did have a lot of coverage from Michael O'Brien.