Here’s a clear shot from the daily Ice Machine, with crystal blue linkage of stories that will refresh you before you start your day (assuming your day involves making bail after a game at Yankee Stadium):
- Chicago’s Olympic bid will approach $60m before a decision is made. Y’know, for all that money, we bet one could put on a pretty big event in Chicago.
- Is it just us or has this story not received any traction outside Chicago? How can a rising star in baseball management circles allegedly skim off the top and only get a throat clearing from the national media? Do they know something we don’t about this story? (Full disclosure: Cubs fan but not Bud man.)
- Why we never buy into the “if you have nothing to hide, you’ll do whatever we want; otherwise, you hate puppies and heart cancer” argument.
- We can’t believe we’re saying this, but: Ryan Dempster’s pitching tomorrow! Gotta see that!
- Oreos strewn across Chicagoland highway. In other news, C.C. Sabathia is kicking himself that Cleveland didn’t travel to Chicago today.
- This was something of a shock to the system first thing this morning while preparing our SPORTSbyBROOKS pieces:
Yahoo!, indeed. Whose idea was it to attempt market penetration in the online sports media space? The mastermind behind this idea must be one slippery hombre. Does this work on the pooch that Mike Brown screwed yesterday? Why would we want to see more couples first thing in the morning? At that time of day, we only care if it’s full of caffeine and/or works on our cereal. Otherwise, please keep it off our desktop. Thanks.
And the Question of the Day: What’s the most sadistic and/or wonderful song you can think of for a wedding reception? (We’re pretty sure those are not mutually exclusive criteria, but your mileage may vary.)
