Phil Rosenthal:
CLASS OF 1981
Lake Forest High SchoolClass of 1981
Lake forest, IL
Lake Bluff Junior High SchoolClass of 1977
Lake bluff, IL
East Elementary SchoolClass of 1975
Lake bluff, IL
Phil's Story
Phil Rosenthal
Chicago Tribune
Bio
Phil Rosenthal, the Chicago Tribune's media columnist, has been a working journalist since 17, when he talked his way into a regular freelance gig with the Waukegan News-Sun while still in high school.
As he earned his journalism degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Rosenthal covered sports, spot news and media for The Capital Times in Madison, Wis. He spent 11 years at the Los Angeles Daily News, first as a sports writer, then a television critic and ultimately as a columnist whose work was nationally distributed by the New York Times News Service. He returned to his hometown and joined the Chicago Sun-Times in 1996, serving as deputy sports editor, sports columnist and television critic. He moved to the Chicago Tribune in 2005.
Highlights of his career include modeling swimsuits for Sports Illustrated supermodel Vendela, getting a manicure from Lorena Bobbitt, smoking c...Expand for more
igars with Jack Paar and introducing his mother to Johnny Carson.
Rosenthal is virtually certain no one actually reads biographies all the way through, and would congratulate you for making it this far.
An award-winning journalist, he once saved the life of one of his three brothers and was kicked off his high school newspaper. He was an extra in the Oscar-winning movie "Ordinary People" and, although it appears he wound up on the cutting-room floor, he did get paid and fed and can claim to be just three degrees from Kevin Bacon. Rosenthal is married and has two young children, who don't yet read his column but recognize his picture in the paper. They are not yet embarrassed to be related to him.
Rosenthal Field in north suburban Lake Bluff is named for Rosenthal's late father, a former youth baseball coach and elementary school board member, not him.
Phil Rosenthal's media column appears Sunday, Wednesday and Friday.
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