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Chicagoist freely admits that most of our NASCAR knowledge comes from the movies including the 80's classic (we use that term loosely) "Stroker Ace", the recent animated film "Cars" and, of course, "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby". So we decided to do some research for this post and learned that Chicagoland Raceway is actually a perfect track for some fast shake and bake racing action. The Chicagoland Speedway is a 1.5-mile, D-shaped tri-oval...

After two weeks of hype and Bears-coverage overload by the media (we didn’t even know that was possible!), the big game is almost here. In a little over 48 hours, the Bears and Colts will face off in Super Bowl XLI. The Bears remain seven-point underdogs according to most major sports books. But we think they may surprise some folks — just like they did against the Saints. Most of the experts picked the Saints...

It's that time of the year, 2006 numbers are being announced and to combat a drop in the stock price companies often throw a bone to the shareholders in the form of a workforce reduction. There were some layoffs that took place in and around the Chicago area this week. Schaumburg based Motorola announced on Friday that they will be cutting 3,500 jobs and Time, Inc. announced it will be shutting its doors in Chicago for Time magazine and People magazine.

By now, we have come to terms with the fact that the White Sox will not be repeating as World Series champs ... well, because you have to make the playoffs to get to the World Series. And that ain't happening.

For those who've been living in a cave for the past three years, this week's Sports Illustrated cover story may come as a surprise to you -- Barry Bonds used steroids! Excerpted from the upcoming book Game of Shadows, by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, the article details the extensive regiment of steroids, supplements, growth hormones and other chemicals the slugger used to bulk up on his way to breaking the single-season home run record....

Overshadowed by MJ during most of his tenure with the Bulls, Scottie Pippen nonetheless established himself as one of the greats of the NBA. During his career, he was a 7-time All Star and 8-time All Defensive First Team player. He averaged almost 20 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists per game while with the Bulls, winning 6 NBA titles along the way. All these resulted in his inclusion on the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players of All-Time list announced in 1996.

While we fear certain members of the staff might be hiding giant triangular hunks of yellow foam in their closets, Chicagoist is getting excited for Sunday's Bears - Packers game. The Bears enter the game riding a 7-game winning streak and an 8-3 record. The Packers limp in at 2-9. So it should be a Bears romp, right?

When a Sports Illustrated column by Maggie Haskins proposed that Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, Chicagoist wholeheartedly agreed with her suggestion.

Some of you may know that way back in 1904, Chicago was supposed to host the Olympics... until St. Louis stole the games away! So Chicago has yet to host the Olympics.

When Chicagoist tried out for the freshman girls' basketball team in high school and somebody asked if we always shot with two hands, we pretty much made the decision right then and there to just stick with track and cross country. As such, we find it difficult to imagine walking our little blonde-in-the-summertime white-girl self around Chicago looking for pickup ball games. And as such, we find the premise of Melissa King's She's Got Next:...

Tonight is the start of a new show called "The Road to Stardom With Missy Elliott" that has 13 wannabe singers aged 19 - 29 battle it out on a coast-to-coast concert tour with Misdemeanor, herself. The contestants live together on a tour bus and are competing for $100,000 and a chance to be a "star". Word is that this is no American Idol, but seems to somehow hold your attention, even so. Also, the Trib is saying that our hometown girl, Jessica, is "clearly the performer to beat" and that instead of having a "rather generic 'Idol'-esque sound" she has a husky, distinctive, Aretha Franklin sound... uh.. like Fantasia from American Idol, we're guessing? Yeh, it's a UPN show, so don't get your hopes up, but watching a bunch of 20-somethings living on a crammed bus might be even more entertaining than the actual singing.

But what everybody really wanted to know is what was the deal with him and skanky socialite Paris Hilton last year! They were seen todether in Vegas, she showed up in a Soldier Field skybox at a game wearing his actual road jersey, and was seen spotted out and about in a replica jersey. Urlacher explains:

Chicagoist is loving this photo from the Trib of a cop taking down Sponge Bob Squarepants in Madison this weekend.

Chicago-based commercial printer RR Donnelley announced today that it has a multiyear agreement with Time Inc. to print a weekly newspaper edition of LIFE magazine. Time plans to insert LIFE into 50 newspapers each Friday, giving it a circulation of 12 million.