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I suppose it's been a pretty good week for the Chicago Cubs ... though there's a ton of work left to be done if the Cubs want to get back in a position to contend for a championship.

Zack Greinke justly won the American League Cy Young award earlier this week. I'm not so sure Tim Lincecum of San Francisco deserved his second straight win in the NL, which he received today.

A few observations from the most enjoyable Sunday and Monday in a while ... because we didn't have to watch Chicago play.

Chicago fared no better in baseball's Rookie of the Year award voting than it did on the diamond itself in 2009.

Since none of the Big Ten Conference teams has any shot at winning college football's national championship, I'm left rooting for the little guys.

If that's what a franchise quarterback looks like, please bring back Kyle Orton ... or Cade McNown.

Tonight's game at San Francisco marks the start of the second half of the season, or as coach Lovie Smith would say, the first quarter of the third quarter of the season. Here's how I'd grade the first half:

Random thoughts as I contemplate if 7-9 might be good enough to finish second in the NFC North this season ... seriously.