+ Matt Ryan is doing alright for a rookie, eh? { Larry Brown Sports. }

+ So, why do so many people hate the WNBA? { TrueHoop. }

+ Lou Holtz, getting a little hot and bothered. { College Football Talk. }

Quotable:

“I don’t think it’s any secret to any of you that I love Wrigley Field. I love the intimacy, the sightlines (well, at least from most of the seats; I’m well aware that there are some obstructed-view seats), the fact that it’s in a city neighborhood, unlike any other major league park except Fenway; I love the ivy and the old scoreboard and the friends I’ve made there.

That said, Wrigley Field is a 94-year-old building, and it needs work to update it if it is going to survive and flourish for, say, the next 50 to 75 years, which would be the lifespan of a new stadium if it were to be built (although, history tells us that 45-50 years is about the lifespan of most ballparks; the cookie-cutter stadia of the 1960’s were built to replace parks that were constructed in the 1910’s, and those recently built were, for the most part, replacements for the cookie-cutters).” – Al of Bleed Cubbie Blue