ABC-7 sportscaster Mark Giangreco, a Chicago TV fixture for nearly 40 years, has been off the air since joking on a January newscast that anchor Cheryl Burton could play a “ditzy, combative interior decorator” on a reality TV series.

Whether Giangreco, 68, will return is not certain despite 18 months remaining on the contract renewal he signed in 2019 that reportedly kept him as the nation’s highest-paid local sportscaster. Read More