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Chelsea's central defenders are pretty poor. This was a very blah game. Man U were gassed, and both teams had been shellacked so hard by injuries that it's not hard to believe it took extra time to decide it. Chelsea might need some depth there, but I wouldn't say Terry and Carvalho are poor. Far from it.

Maurinho are you listening? Will you keep our trophy glistening? We'll be back in May To take it away Walking in a Fergie Wonderland! I kinda would have liked to see MU win it on the field at Stamford Bridge, but having Chelsea applaud them onto the pitch will be sweet as well. Looking forward to the FA Cup final now.

The Red Line is not that bad, especially if you're going to be heading to the game 3 hours early. If you've got some extra time, just take it. If you've got some extra cash, just take a cab. But it's not like the L takes hours to get from downtown to Addison.

Just watched this game at the bar. Utd were never really threatening. They had a couple opportunities in the 2nd half but nothing that troubled Dida much. Also, I love Vidic but he looked a step slow today. I'm not sure if that was just the match-up with Kaka or the time away from matches. As a United fan it's disappointing, I wanted to see a Battle Royale between MU and Chelski with 3 important matches this month. Looks like we might only get one, but at most two. Oh well, on to the Double! I agree that AC Milan will be strongly favored in Athens.

Name on the trophy! At one point today MU was down 2-0 and Chelsea up 2-1. 30 minutes later United wins 4-2, Chelsea draws 2-2, and United is 5 points clear with 3 games to go.

That was awesome. United looked so much better after Rooney's 1st goal. Next Wednesday should be fun but the MU back 4 is still worrisome.

What about the CPatt number-retiring crusaders, though?

I have to say that even coming from downtown the red line isn't that bad, certainly not something to be avoided like the plague. It's a big city, trains get crowded, and the construction doesn't help- but it's not that bad. Also, regarding the original post, I hope the guy who told you to park east of Western on Grace meant 1-2 miles east of Grace, because Grace/Western is solid walk. Get there early enough and there will be plenty of free street parking- best deal in the bigs!

Friedel's fingertip save and recovery was fantastic, even made it onto SC's top 10 on a Saturday filled with college BB.

A half-way mediocre effort by Illinois and they win by 25. they're just not any good. as i said, DMAC and watkins should be starting next year. with smith probably gone and frazier not worthy of a scholarship, they probably will. I'd be surprised if DMac starts over Frazier as a Jr. Chet reminds me of a not-as-promising version of Dee, before Dee learned how to shoot. He's the heart and hustle of the team but oh my is his offensive prowess lacking. NU is not good. I've never seen so many bricked threes by one team. That said, good to get the win after the tough week.

I wish they'd give him Dan Patrick's 1-4 national slot. Don't know if that would screw with PTI, though. edit: Wasn't thinking, by "they" I mean the radio gods.

6/15 vs. SD. Please and Thank you.

i think we have a pretty good idea of what wrigley used to look like. And there weren't ads? Maybe, maybe not. But there definitely weren't lights. Or luxury suites. Or electronic scoreboards. Or TV's in the grandstands. I guess Wrigley has been ruined for decades now. the "good old days" had a bunch of games with 8,000 people in attendance with games being called due to darkness Oh, how I wish I could go back and live in those days. There's a big difference between lights that allow games to be played at a time when most of the fans don't have work/school and advertisements that detract from the view of the park for all fans. Given the choice between watching an advert-free game with 8,000 fans who are there because they are true fans vs. watching with 40,000 fans who don't care if they are watching baseball with a advert-covered outfield wall: give me A every single time.

I don’t understand the people who say ‘I want to win the WS, it doesn’t matter what else happens’ as if the WS victory is the only reason to follow the team. Fact is, I watch baseball in Wrigley from April to September every year. I enjoy watching and following the team, and I’m disappointed at the end of every year when the Cubs don’t win it all. It doesn’t mean that the previous 6 months of watching and following the team have been misspent. I want a Cubs WS victory more than any other championship for the teams that I follow, but I don’t want it at the expense of my enjoyment of the game or the team. If the Cubs turned around one off-season and got rid of everyone on the 40-man roster and bought new players, I wouldn’t enjoy a WS the next year because it wouldn’t really be my team. A Wrigley Field with advertising inside isn’t really my Wrigley Field. I cringed when they put the Sears advertisements in the dugouts, and I cringe whenever I walk or drive past the “Bud Light Bleachers”. But at least those didn’t really detract from watching the game itself. My hatred of the revolving ads behind home plate has not dissipated since day one. My hatred of the outfield wall ads is no different. Wrigley Field is one of the few special sports arenas, heck one of the few special structures in America that lets us experience the days of our grandfathers. It lets us experience a more pleasant time when life wasn’t overloaded with the in-your-face advertisements that we are force fed every day. I miss the days when the old Torco sign was the only advertisement you could see from Wrigley. I got angry when they started to build a drab 3-story building on Sheffield that blocked the only remaining view of Wrigley’s interior from the L station platform. I pray that the work they’re doing at Sheffield and Addison is only sidewalk repair but worry that it’s going to result is some gaudy new feature that a place like Wrigley doesn’t need. And I don’t see the benefit that an extra couple million dollars in the payroll is going to make by sacrificing our enjoyment of the experience of watching the Cubs at Wrigley.

he seemed to be in position, alot better then before What happened with the early wide open TD? I forget who was in coverage. I thought this was the answer to your question:

Italian football has certainly hit peaks and valleys this past year. Fan Violence in Italy "The head of the Italian Footballers' Association, Sergio Campana, called for the leagues to be halted for at least a year."

Apologies if this has already been posted. Be warned, this will make Bears fans want to PLAY in Sunday's game. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDR3zieBJRo Also, a few curse words in Pacino's speeches, fyi.

Big game earlier today. Manchester United 1 (Saha 29') Chelsea 1 (Carvalho 69') Man U controlled the first half but Chelsea dominated the second. Fairly well played game by both sides, and very entertaining. Man U retains a 3 point lead in the Premiership.

1. Too bad it cuts off before we clinch. 2. Games must have averaged 90 minutes. The time between pitches to the right-handed batter was 9 seconds! 3. Cool to see the bleachers, the grandstand without the backing walls, no tall buildings behind center. 4. What are they doing after the game, just walking home across the field? That's crazy. 5. I wish wearing hats was still customary.

1. Collect underpants 2. ? 3. Win World Series!

Damn. 8 1/3 hitless for Daniel Cabrera, broken up by Cano.

A slightly less potent version of that line-up isn't producing much through 7...

Good luck finding one, though, he hasn't posted much here. ;)

GM Jr's catch is the only one that might deserve to be top 3 in Cubs video history, imo. Yes, he corrected his own bobble, but the quickness and hand-eye coordination to do it was incredible.

I just found out that he was traded when I clicked on this thread. So this, right now, is my favorite Neifi moment. (HR against the Giants in 98 WAS good, though.)