Windy City Weekend Roundup: "It's Back!" Edition

Unfortunately, I have not been able to publish any posts since September due to time constraints, however, I now am able to give a weekly weekend roundup of all that is happening in the Windy City.

• Cubs Convention started on Friday. The biggest announcement was probably the fact that Carlos Zambrano will have LASIK eye surgery. Maybe the Cubs don't need Jake Peavy after all.
• Back to the Cubs, this only comes two years after the first announcement.
• The Bears announced that Bob Babich's days of calling defensive plays are over for the forseeable future. Lovie Smith will now be the man who takes the blame for any failures. This is good news, because in Lovie's three years as defensive coordinator in St. Louis, the Rams were third in the NFL in takeaways and fumble recoveries, tied for sixth in sacks, and tied for eighth in interceptions.
• The Bears' new assisstant head coach and defensive line coach has a great resume. He can not only be Lovie's friend, just like Babich, but has also coached a team to an be undefeated! At losing!
  
• Northwestern men's basketball appears to be incapable of holding a lead. I was there, and it was one of the worst eight minutes I have ever seen. The fact that most of the stadium was chanting "Let's go Boilers!" didn't help either.
• This isn't Windy City related (except indirectly), but still funny.