Weekend Forecast : Soccer-y With A Chance Of Meatball

Busy weekend coming up. My suddenly baseball proficient Chicago White Sox take on the Cubs at the Cell this weekend (good luck to my family and friends attending Saturdays game). It will be interesting to see if they can keep up their dominance over the National League in addition to adding to their 9 game winning streak. Also USA Soccer, fresh off of their exhilarating victory over Algeria, take on Ghana on Saturday. Let's hope that the US Team only has to play the Ghana team rather than the Ghana team AND the refs.  USA! USA! USA!

On the NBA Draft front, I'm ecstatic at what the Bulls did. They freed up more money and dealt a player in Kirk Hinrich that while solid, was never going to be better than what he is. I mean honestly, can you name a moment in Hinrich's Bulls career that made you say "Oh My God!"? I'm having trouble finding one at the moment. Also I had a funny exchange with someone who tried to tell me that Corey  Maggette is a good to great player, until I pointed out that Maggette has never made an all-star team, an all-NBA team, or lead the league in any statistical category EVER. Maggette will always be a guy that could have done anything he wanted to with his ability but immediately stopped caring when he got paid, and essentially is still the same player he was his rookie year.

Apparently a player with that skill set is worth 5 years at $50 million. Bad...