The Bears clinched their division and the playoffs for the second year in a row. Lovie felt invincible enough to continue to start Rex Grossman.
2
Tom Skilling
The weatherman soars when the snowstorm roars.
3
Scott Skiles
After ending Headbandgate, the Bulls switched to basketball and took off on a five-game winning streak.
4
George Ryan
Convicted ex-guv scored a jail reprieve while his appeal gets heard.
5
Joan Higginbotham
Whitney Young grad prepped for her gig as the third African-American woman to fly in space.
This Week’s Biggest Losers:
1
Rex Grossman
The Bears won in spite of the worst performance by a victorious quarterback in three decades.
2
James Ealy
Reports surfaced that the alleged murderer of the Burger King manager had been convicted, and freed on a technicality, of the murder of a mother and her children decades earlier.
3
Jennifer Stark
19-year-old Urbana resident was reviled when she avoided manslaughter charges after she hit and killed a young bicyclist while she was DWDR—driving while downloading a ringtone.
4
George Ryan
Convicted ex-guv’s jail reprieve unleashed a fresh torrent of public vitriol.
5
Richard Daley
The mayor’s administration came under fire for excessive political correctness when it banished promotion for the movie “The Nativity” from the “Christ child market” (Christkindlmarket) in Daley Plaza.
