Annie's crazy grandpa might sell the naming rights to Wrigley

New Tribune Company CEO, Sam Zell, said that he wouldn't hesitate to sell the naming rights to Wrigley during an interview on CNBC.

Zell also said he plans to sell the Cubs and Wrigley separately and in his own time frame.

If you think Zell sounds like a jerk, you would be right! Check out this article that Jay Mariotti wrote a few weeks ago.

UPDATE: Mariotti wrote another article on Zell in today's Sun Times.

Shawn Bradley getting humilated time and time again

Bears give "The Beard" an extension

Kyle Orton inked a one-year extension with the Bears yesterday night.

Orton will begin the season in a battle with newly signed Rex Grossman for the starting QB spot.

The deal that Grossman signed was identical to Orton's one-year extension.

Fukudome arrives at Spring Training

UPDATE: Here is a good article on Fukudome.

The Cubs biggest offseason addition, Kosuke Fukudome, has arrived at Spring Training. According to Piniella, Fu's first BP session was impressive.

I'm glad he has a good looking swing, because that is the only good looking thing about him judging from the picture on the right.

I thought he was 31, not 51.

Boilers win second in a row against top 10 opponent

The Purdue Men's team won yet another game against a highly ranked opponent defeating #10 MSU tonight at Mackey, 60-54.

Tonight's victory is the first time the Boilers (20-5, 11-1 Big Ten) have ever beaten top ten ranked opponents in back-to-back games.

Big Shot Rob (sorry Robert Horry) once again came through for the Boilers. Hummel netted his third double-double of the season with a career-high 24 points (4-of-7 from three point range) and 11 rebounds.

The Boilers had a commanding 34-18 lead at halftime, but Tom Izzo's Spartans cut the lead to one point at 51-50 with 3:24 to play in the second half. However, a Chris Kramer layup and Robbie Hummel trey extended the Boilers' lead to 56-50 with 1:42 to play. The lead was one the Boilers would not relinquish for the duration of the contest.

The Boilers are now 11-1 in the Big Ten and face the Northwestern Wildcats on Saturday in Evanston at 4:00. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network.

Boilers down #8 Wisconsin (again)

Purdue (19-5, 10-1 Big Ten) won their first road game against a top ten opponent since 1998 tonight beating Wisconsin, 72-67. The Boilers also became only the second Big Ten team to beat Wisconsin at the Kohl Center since Bo Ryan took over coaching duties in Madison.

Once again, freshmen Robbie Hummel was the star against Wisconsin. Hummel scored a career high 21 points going 8-for-12 from the field including 3-of-6 from behind the "Teague Line".

The Boilers face #10 Michigan State in Mackey on Tuesday at 7:00 (that's 4:00 your time Dave). The game will be televised on ESPN.

MacBook Air

I'm sure most of you have seen the commercial for the ultra-thin MacBook Air. I just felt that as a computer geek I needed to let you know that is probably the least functional laptop I've seen in a long time.

I'm not even sure who would find the MacBook Air useful. Obviously people who travel often would appreciate the smaller size, but those are usually people who are traveling for work. The small screen, wimpy hard drive, lack of CD/DVD drive and ethernet port would seem to make it less than ideal for business users. I didn't even realize they made 4200 rpm hard drives. 5400 rpm would be what I would consider the low end. My laptop at work has a 7200 rpm hard drive and I would never go back to a 5400 rpm drive. It would be like going from high speed internet access to dial-up. Maybe not quite that bad, but you can definitely tell a difference.

For only $1800 you can own a MacBook Air that weighs 3 lbs with a 1.6 GHz Intel Dual Core processor, 2 GB of RAM, 802.11n wireless adapter, 13" screen, and an 80 GB 4200 rpm hard drive.

You could purchase an upgraded MacBook Air for $3100. The upgraded model includes a 1.8 GHz Dual Core processor and a 64 GB solid state hard drive. I admit that the solid state drive is nice, but not worth an extra $1300.

The MacBook Air does not have a CD/DVD drive or ethernet port built in. Of course you can purchase an external DVD burner for $100 and an external ethernet adapter for $30.

A quick check of bestbuy.com gives me a Compaq Presario T2330 for $600.

The Presario has a 1.6 GHz Intel Dual Core processor, 1 GB of RAM, 802.11g wireless adapter, 15.4" screen, 120 GB 5400 rpm hard drive, dual layer DVD burner, modem, and ethernet adapter. It weighs 5.7 lbs.

I think I can handle the extra 2.7 lbs the for a savings of $1330 (MBA plus external DVD burner and ethernet adapter).

Do you need to be recruited to commit to a school?

UPDATE: Hart made the whole thing up.

A high school offensive lineman gave his verbal commitment to Cal on Friday. The only snag is that Cal never recruited him.

It's unclear whether people posing as Cal recruiters offered Kevin Hart a scholarship or if Kevin decided to make it all up.

What is clear is that someone is going to be in trouble according to Kevin's football coach Mark Hodges.

"This is involving law enforcement and may involve other departments, other than the NCAA, that are bigger than local," Hodges told the Reno Gazette-Journal. "I would love to tell you everything I know, but I can't at this time and I'm not even sure what I know."

On an unrelated note, I'll be holding a press conference this Friday where I will announce my verbal commitment to Purdue to play football, basketball, and baseball.

Good aim