Qualified Links

• Chicago's landmark ordinance may be in trouble, and the results of the battle may affect Wrigley Field.
• See you later Mike Brown. The way the market works these days, I'm sure someone will take a flyer on him. The Bears lose a leader, but he just couldn't seem to stay healthy.
• Is Tyrus Thomas really playing that much better lately? TYI thinks not, and makes a convincing argument for getting Amare.
  
• Moneyball has finally made it's way to basketball, and it's very interesting to see how it's being used by guys like Shane Battier.
• Did I forget to mention the All-Star game? Probably because I fell asleep halfway through. The West won I guess.
  
• Illinois rolls Indiana. They made a little run in the second half, but this IU team is clearly still light years away from competing in the Big Ten.
  
• Lou likes Sean Marshall as the leader right now in the 5th starter competition.
• Derrick Rose dominated the skills challenge on Saturday night. God-willing we have our first all-star in over a decade next year.
• Is John Tait going to retire? The Bears O-line is such a disaster.
  
• Skeets ranks the dunks from the dunk contest on Saturday. While Robinson's kryptonite dunk over Howard was the best overall dunk, the best actual dunk (theatrics aside) was Howard's off the side of the backboard dunk. GMTR thinks Robinson is overrated as a dunker in general.
  
• A great story about Jay Mariotti being a complete douchebag at NBA All-Star weekend.