PLAY
MLB ’09 and Major League Baseball 2K9
In stores Tuesday
You can’t catch a game on the North or South Side yet, but you can get into the spirit of our national pastime with these video games. You might even be able to win a World Series with the Cubs. It could be as close as Cubs fans ever get to the real thing.
BUY
Super Bowl XLIII Champions: Pittsburgh Steelers
Available online Tuesday
Unless you have TiVo, you’ve just had to take commentators at their word when they say this Super Bowl was the best ever. Now, watch it and judge for yourself. This Amazon version includes the fourth quarter of Pittsburgh’s Week 14 comeback win against Dallas.
READ
Sweet Lou and the Cubs: A Year Inside the Dugout
In stores Tuesday
Chicago author George Castle chronicles the Cubs’ 2008 season that ended in typical disappointment. Maybe the book has a happier ending.
WATCH
Illinois at Penn St.
8 p.m. Thursday, ESPN
The Fighting Illini have no home games left, so this will have to do. Penn State isn’t the walkover it used to be, so this one won’t be easy.
ATTEND
Slaughter vs. Milwaukee Bonecrushers
7:05 p.m. Friday, Sears Centre Arena
This is the only way to satisfy your football fix now that the Arena Football League is shut down. Bears great Steve “Mongo” McMichael coaches the Slaughter. You should go — or he will come after you.
