Today's Links

• Rose led the Bulls past the Jazz Saturday night after the Bulls got spanked by the Celtics on Friday. Thabo finally got some minutes and as usual he made the most of them.
• I'm not even going to get started on how underpaid professional athletes are (contrary to popular, and wrong, belief), but over at Shysterball they make some interesting points about it.
• Who doesn't love watching sports stadiums blow up? Down goes the RCA Dome.
  
• Vikings lost to Atlanta. The Bears playoff chances increased slightly, but it all won't matter unless they can beat the Pack tomorrow night.
• Like the Bulls front line didn't have enough problems, now Gooden will be out for 7-10 days.
• I don't know how I missed this the other day, but apparently the "Rally Rabbi" is bringing luck and god to Giants fans.

Today's Links

• Auburn hired Gene Chizik to be their head football coach. Haven't heard of him? Maybe because he was 5-19 at Iowa State. Nice.
• The Blackhawks got their fourth straight win as Huet made 31 saves. The 3-1 win moves the Hawks to 10-1-4 at the United Center.
• No help for the Bears as the Vikings smoked the Cardinals 35-14. Seriously Arizona, four TD passes for Tavaris Jackson? Jackson couldn't throw four TDs playing Madden against Hellen Keller.
• "No, you suck!" Pretty funny, childish exchange between Joey Porter and Vernon Davis. Shocking.
• Oh yeah, Sam Bradford won the Heisman in a very close vote. Billy Sims acted like a moron.
• Bulls lost to Memphis Friday and outscored New Jersey by 14 in the fourth to get the win Saturday.

Today's Links

• So much for all that Wood to Cincy talk, apparently Jocketty has put the kibosh on any offers to Woody.
• A bunch of minor moves have occurred in baseball the past week. Most don't affect the Chicago teams.
• Thursday Dick Joke Jamboroo time. Ignore the Chargers-Raiders stuff, we all knew the Raiders were going to get steamrolled anyways.
• Why did this kid from USC jack Blake Griffin in the nuts? Not cool, man.
  
• The only way Al Jefferson will pay on his lost bets is if you can take him in a fight. Needless to say, Sebastian Telfair is not getting paid.
• Chicago Bulls are the 3rd most valuable franchise behind the Knicks and Lakers. Again. Can't argue with that big market money.
• Looks like writing off the Vikings was a little premature. Some good lawyering has gotten the Williams out of their suspensions....for now.
  

Lovie Smith's A Series Of Unfortunate Events Starring Ron Turner, Bob Babich, and The Bears Secondary

It would be foolish for me to blame the entire Bears loss on a one minute long momentum swing, but its hard not too. The series of events that changed the game:

• The Bears are up 7-3
  
• Benny Sapp personal foul keeps Bears drive alive
• Bears get the ball to the 1 yard line
• Bears cannot punch it in on 3 tries (highlighted by Ron Turner's old favorite, the fullback handoff. I don't think anyone ever sees that coming)
• Lovie inexplicably decides to go for it instead of kicking the field goal and taking a 10-3 lead. The Bears cannot convert and the Vikings take over at their 1-yard line
  
• Gus Frerrote throws a 99-yard pass to Bernard Berrian. A thin and possibly handicapped secondary (there has to be some explanation for how badly coverage broke down on this play) gets shredded for a touchdown.
• Bears are now down 10-7 and Minnesota doesn't look back

That was the worst game in the world, possibly on a par with the Green Bay loss. I literally could not find anything to be happy about. Orton had 3 picks, the receivers must have greased up their hands before the game, the run defense and the pass defense were horrendous, on special teams we couldn't get anything going, the list goes on and on.

I also want to know who called the fullback handoff, like literally the name. Was it Turner? Lovie? Who? I want to throw a brick through their window. You know what the worst part about this is long term? Adrian Peterson. We will never beat the Vikings so long as that guy is around. He is so filthy and we can do nothing to stop him. I'm disgusted.

Lions Not Comfortable with the End Zone

I don't know how many of you saw Lions quarterback Dan Orlovsky run out of the back of the end zone Sunday, but it shows you how painful it is to be a Lions fan. I'll look for a better video, but the best part is how he looks for a receiver while running out of bounds for about 5 seconds.



**Update** Better Video!