Late Night Links From Germany

Once again, our tireless troops (troop? hah) in the Armed Forces overseas have come through with a couple great links.

Here's Len Pasquarelli on Bears contract negotiator Cliff Stein, who has done a great job behind the scenes over the last several years. As Alec notes, "I'll let Rosie Colvin go for Lance Briggs any day of the week." Good point, I was really sad when Rosie (and Warrick Holdman) left, but those decisions are looking pretty good now.

And from CNN-Sports Illustrated, it's Jack McCallum's Bottom Ten! Included are notes on DeAngelo Hall's reaction to his Madden rating free fall (he dropped 25 points all the way to a 68. Ouch. That's positively Akili Smith-esque.), as well as pro skater Jereme Rogers' encounter with mushrooms, public nudity, and the police.

One from me, too. The New York Times' Howard Beck is covering the NBA finals, which the Kobes lead 2-0 after some overtime tonight. Gotta love the writing quality over there. I feel like the Times is almost singlehandedly keeping print journalism alive in the Internet era.

Ozzie Guillen today on the struggling White Sox: "We did what we do best: strike out." Tell it like it is. Still, only 4.5 games back in the AL Central.

One last link. I really enjoyed Tim Kurkjian's piece from ESPN The Magazine on Pittsburgh Pirates reliever (and Princeton graduate) Ross Ohlendorf. You can find it here.

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