A week from today (July 30), University of Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema will honor the Harry Caray tradition by singing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” during the seventh inning stretch at Wrigley Field.
The Cubs will be opening a seven-game homestand against the Philadelphia Philles (6:05 p.m., ESPN), while Bielema will be in Chicago for the Big Ten Kickoff Luncheon and media days, which get under way Tuesday, July 31.
Bielema has no known musical skills beyond having an ear for reggae and playing the tuba in his high school band.
….At about the same time that Bielema is warming up his vocal chords at Wrigley Field, the conference will be pitching its Big Ten Network at a media reception designed to show off its fall line-up and new studios and win over critics.