It's been a nice few days for Chicago sports. The Bulls came back to win on Saturday before embarking on their annual circus road trip. The Cubs signed Aramis Ramirez and Kerry Wood and added Mark DeRosa today. The Blackhawks won a game, even though that one guy got his throat slit. And the Bears took a huge step against the Giants. Oh, and for the Sox...well, Juan Uribe didn't shoot anyone, so that's good. My only disappointment from the Bears game is that Al Michaels didn't do his traditonal Robbie Gould/Elliot Gould name comparison before kickoff. Since Al didn't grace us with it this time, I'll tell you how it goes.

Al Michaels: We are set for kickoff. The Bears are setting up.

John Madden: Yeah.

Al Michaels: Now there is the Bears kicker, Robbie GOLD. And that is how it is pronounced, "Gold". He spells it like Elliot Gould, the actor, but it isn't pronounced that way.

John Madden: Yeah.

Al Michaels: So Robbie GOLD is set to kickoff....and we are underway.

John Madden: Boom!

Well, it goes something like that; and it is wonderful every time. I'm sure that Al doesn't realize that about half of his audience doesn't know who Elliot Gould is. And the other half doesn't care who he is. I could recommend some other 70's icons for Al to use in his NFL comparisons.
e.g.
Michaels: Jeff Fisher's mustache is different from the mustache Burt Reynolds wore in Smokey and the Bandit, but they are both full lip mustaches.
Madden: Bam!

He could also tell viewers that Soldier Field is where the Bears play, and Sally Field is anywhere that Eli Manning plays.