Hub Arkush
{{Short description|American sportswriter}}
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|birth_name = Herb Arkush
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|02|14}}
|birth_place = Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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|education = English
Physical education
|alma_mater = Southern Illinois University
University of Michigan
|occupation = Editor and general manager
Journalist
Sideline reporter
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|employer = Chicago Football
Westwood One
Chicago Sun Times
Chicago Daily Herald
|television = Pro Football Weekly
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Herb "Hub" Arkush (born February 14, 1953{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballweekly.com/story/permalink/22076 | title=With NFL thriving, potential lockout unthinkable | first=Hub | last=Arkush | date=2011-01-25 | accessdate=2012-12-18 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130201034704/http://www.profootballweekly.com/story/permalink/22076 | archivedate=February 1, 2013 | df=mdy-all | website=Pro Football Weekly}}) is an American football sportscaster and analyst. He is the editor and general manager of Chicago Football and ChicagoFootball.com, a magazine and website devoted to coverage and analysis of all things football in northern Illinois, particularly the Chicago Bears. He also is the publisher and editor of Pro Football Weekly.{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballweekly.com/staff/hub-arkush/ | title=Hub Arkush, Publisher and editor, Pro Football Weekly | accessdate=2012-11-09 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008044909/http://www.profootballweekly.com/staff/hub-arkush/ | archivedate=October 8, 2012 | df=mdy-all | website=Pro Football Weekly}}
Life
Arkush attended Deerfield High School and attended college at Southern Illinois University before transferring to the University of Michigan, where he majored in English and physical education.{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1993/03/07/sports-fam-2/|author=Donald Andries|title=Sports Fam: This Clan's Committed To Football And The Bears|work=Chicago Tribune|date=March 7, 1993|access-date=September 7, 2017}}
Career
Since 2013, Arkush has teamed with Shawn Media to lead the Chicago Football project. Chicago Football is a magazine, website and TV show dedicated to coverage of the Bears and other football topics relevant to northern Illinois. He created and co-hosted the syndicated Pro Football Weekly radio and TV shows, and also worked as a radio commentator on the Chicago Bears Radio Network from 1987 to 2004. Since 2006 he has also served as an analyst and sideline reporter on the Westwood One national radio broadcasts of NFL games, and is a contributor to WBBM radio and WBBM-TV.{{cite news|url=http://chicago.cbslocal.com/tag/hub-arkush/|title=Hub Arkush|publisher=WBBM-TV|accessdate=September 7, 2017}} As an NFL insider, he is a regular fill-in host and contributor for sports radio station (and WBBM radio sister station) WSCR. Arkush stirred controversy by stating he would not vote for Aaron Rodgers for MVP in the wake of the 2021 season. Arkush never specifically said Rodgers’ vaccination status entered into the decision. Instead, referring to Rodgers’ 2021 training camp standoff with the Packers, Arkush said, “I don't think you can be the biggest jerk in the league and punish your team, and your organization and your fan base the way he did and be the Most Valuable Player.”
Family
Arkush and his wife, Candace, have three children; Billy (b. 1978), Arthur (b. 1982), and Taylor (b. 1985). He is of Romanian descent.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1716485}}
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Category:American radio sports announcers
Category:American people of Romanian descent
Category:Chicago Bears announcers
Category:People from Deerfield, Illinois
Category:Southern Illinois University alumni