An interesting take on how the new ESPNChicago will affect the Chicago sports blogosphere. [Bleacher Nation]
Walter Herrmann makes an amazing trick shot from the bench.  He spends a lot of time there, so at least he is being productive. [Ball Don't Lie]
In the “Blatantly Obvious” category, Chester Frazier was named MVP of the Illini by [...]

It was bad weather out there, but the Cubbies won on the back of Ted Lilly’s 6 and 2/3 innings no-hit bid.  Awesome. [Bleed Cubbie Blue]
The Sox are getting sued over a little t-shirt cannon incident.  No worries, they have overcome disco demolition night and fans beating up opposing coaches.  This shouldn’t be a problem. [...]