The Weekend Desk Report

This Year's Super Bowl Is Peak NFL | Beyond the Square Pool: The Game, The Bets & The Depravity. On The Beachwood Radio Hour #36 with Jim "Coach" Coffman and our man on the odds Tom Chambers.

Both Jim and Tom are all in, deeply, on the Seahawks, by the way.

Also on the show: As The Bulls Turn & Finally Appreciating Ernie Banks.

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Beachwood Prop Bet
Updated to account for Missy Elliott.

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BeachBook: Super Bowl Edition
* Rolling Stone Publishes, Then Unpublishes, Column Criticizing NFL.

* 44 Lies Roger Goodell Told In His Press Conference.

* Katy Perry's Super Bowl Halftime Show Will Be 'Complete Maximum Evil.'

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The Sound Opinions Weekend Listening Report: "Last month marked the 45th anniversary of the Rolling Stones' notorious gig at the Altamont Speedway. Stanley Booth was there to witness it, and he literally wrote the book on it. Plus, we've got new albums from Bjork and Lupe Fiasco."

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TweetWood

Maybe meet the people who closed the coal plant! RT @RahmEmanuel: Ready to go out and knock doors in Pilsen! pic.twitter.com/Si5T04esoG

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) January 31, 2015

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LMFAO RT @garcia4chicago: I'm proud of voting for Aldermanic pay raise. Not paying people properly for public service breeds corruption.

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) January 31, 2015

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Chuy O'Garcia RT @garcia4chicago: If you happen to get your hands on one of our new buttons, you're lucky! #Chuy2015 pic.twitter.com/jHW0q1P4b7

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) January 31, 2015

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@ElectWillie on not filling out Sun-Times questionnaire: "I don't have time to fill out paperwork," blames @RahmEmanuel petition challenge.

— Hal Dardick (@ReporterHal) January 30, 2015

To clarify, Willie Wilson did submit a questionnaire. Almost 3 weeks late and to the wrong place. We're posting now #CSTvote15

— Craig Newman (@craignewman) January 30, 2015

Apparently he *does* have time to fill out paperwork MT @craignewman: To clarify, Willie Wilson did submit a questionnaire ...

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) January 30, 2015

@BeachwoodReport well, someone does. He sure didn't seem to know he had.

— Craig Newman (@craignewman) January 30, 2015

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Best stuff on pensions to date, at SunTimes debate, candidates offer more details, MRE not so much #Mayor15Debate

— Mary Ann Ahern (@MaryAnnAhernNBC) January 30, 2015

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@RahmEmanuel says he passed 4 budgets "without property, sales or gas tax" hikes. But that's not the whole story: http://t.co/fademUe7CI

— Hal Dardick (@ReporterHal) January 30, 2015

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By cutting their pensions MT @ReporterHal: Rahm says pension bill was "the tough thing, the strong thing, to secure people's pensions."

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) January 30, 2015

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The bully pulpit is not a strategy MT @ReporterHal: @garcia4chicago Says he'll use "bully pulpit" to "stand up to the" NRA

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) January 30, 2015

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@BeachwoodReport Which editorial board? Mad Magazine?

— Brian Heinz (@lundah) January 30, 2015

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.@bellwak @robertloerzel @Suntimes Also, why does Rahm get the middle seat again?

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) January 30, 2015

@bellwak @BeachwoodReport @Suntimes Rahm used dibs, had someone put a chair on top of the chair before he got there.

— Robert Loerzel (@robertloerzel) January 30, 2015

RT @MichaelKolenc: @bellwak @BeachwoodReport @robertloerzel they walked him in the room first after photos

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) January 30, 2015

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The Weekend Desk Tip Line: Just super.

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