HuskyCaucasian Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Per The Trib- In what may be the only big change at Halas Hall no one predicted, Brad Biggs, the Chicago Sun-Times' lead reporter on the Chicago Bears beat, abruptly quit Tuesday to join the rival Chicago Tribune with four games left in the pro football regular season. Biggs will team with Tribune football correspondents Vaughn McClure and Dan Pompei covering the Bears, effective immediately. The defection on what is arguably Chicago's biggest sports reporting beat came within days of the Sun-Times hiring Tribune sports columnist Rick Morrissey, the most high-profile Tribune-to-Sun-Times newsroom switch in more than 20 years. Mike Kellams, the Chicago Tribune's associate managing editor for sports, called Biggs "one of the hardest working reporters" on the Bears beat in a memo to staff announcing the hire. "For those of you keeping score," Kellams added, "this does not close the search for a potential replacement for Rick Morrissey. That job remains open and we’re considering all of our options." And as would be expected, "he who shall not be named" made several snarky, classless, tweets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Didn't Morrisey just jump to Sun Times out of nowhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorgeFabregas Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Yep. And Dan McNeil took his weekly column to the Trib as well. The Sun Times sports editor became the Trib online sports editor recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitetrain8601 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 All in all, it means nothing. Pretty much everyone is jumping ship to the other side, so it just means, buy the Tribune if you have liked past Sun-Times columns, and vice versa. What's next? Telander moves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 I can't believe anyone would be going to the ST right now as tenuous as their existance is right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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