Mancow FIRED

Moving on from Q101, Mancow looks forward

July 12, 2006

BY ROBERT FEDER SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST

For all practical purposes, the Era of Mancow -- the eight-year run of Mathew Erich Muller at WKQX-FM (101.1) -- quietly ended at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

At the conclusion of a typical installment of "Mancow's Morning Madhouse," Muller was informed that he'd just finished his last show for the Emmis Communications alternative rock station.

Highlights of past shows will air for the rest of this week, and Muller's contract will be paid through its expiration on Aug. 25.

Considering the headline on the front page of Tuesday's Sun-Times ("MANCOW OFF AIR? Q101 morning man could be leaving station today"), the official word should have come as no surprise.
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Urlacher Baby Mamma Drama Update

Bears' Urlacher Trying To Gain Custody Of Son

CHICAGO -- The Bears' Brian Urlacher will go to trial next week in order to gain custody of his 1-year-old son, NBC5 reported.

Urlacher said he wanted the boy to stay at his Lake Forest home until Bears training camp started on July 26, but the boy's mother objected, and the judge denied extended visitation rights, saying that it was too long of a time period for the boy to be away from his mother at this stage of his life.
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Benny the Bull swings at cop, get's locked up!

Benny the Bull arrested at Taste of Chicago

July 3, 2006

BY ANNIE SWEENEY Crime Reporter

�Benny the Bull� was arrested at the Taste of Chicago after taking a swing � in costume � at an off-duty police officer who was trying to get him to stop riding around on a mini-motorcyle.

Barry Anderson, who is employed as the Chicago Bulls mascot, was driving the motorcyle in the 700 block of South Columbus Sunday on the grounds of the Taste without permission from the event organizers, Central District Capt. James Knightly said.

When an off-duty Cook County sheriff's officer working security told him to stop, Anderson allegedly ran away. The officer chased him, yelling that he was an officer and to stop, Knightly said.

Anderson refused, and when the officer caught him, Anderson allegedly took a swing at the officer, knocking his glasses off and breaking his watch, Knightly said.
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