I think it's safe to say Mark Giangreco & Cheryl Burton aren't exactly exchanging holiday cards 5 years after his controversial dismissal from ABC 7.

One of the things I remember about Giangreco, regardless if it was at ABC 7 or at NBC 5 before that was Mark's ability to push the creative envelope.

There were times when he was at NBC 5 in the '80s when he made Carol Marin, Joan Esposito or whoever Ron Magers was sitting next to blush when Giangreco ended his sportscast at 10P on Thursday night briefly standing up and showing his shorts at the anchor desk finishing up his weekly collection of bloopers known as "Sports Shorts".

Who could ever forget all the slapstick when Giangreco & the late, great Steve McMichael shared the anchor desk following Bears' games on an old incarnation of "Sports Sunday".

I think as a sports fan as well as a big news consumer, that's part of what I miss since Giangreco left.

The personality & humor from our sportscasts are long gone since Giangreco left and also to a certain degree when Tim Weigel passed away.