Still mostly basketball out there, but there’s some tennis and NFL head coaching news from last night/the wee hours of this morning to get to, too, so this will probably be one of the more balanced “What Happened Last Night?”s you’ll see for a while. Now, down to business.

Brandon Marshall has never made the playoffs. The Chicago Bears are currently on the brink of securing an NFC Wild Card spot, needing only a victory in Detroit this weekend and a Green Bay win over Minnesota. Both are the favored scenarios, and it seems more than likely that Chicago will make the playoffs. But Brandon Marshall, principled and confused man that he is, will not root for Green Bay.

Former Bears defensive tackle Anthony “Spice” Adams is a large, funny man without a job. He’s the brains behind “Basketball Is My First Love,” “Stuff NFL Free Agents Say,” a host of other videos, and now, “A Free Agent Christmas.”

It takes a bit to get going, but you can’t help but feel bad for the dude while cracking up at the same time. Sign this man, someone.

Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears have been relishing their rivalry this week, with Jermichael Finley and Lance Briggs exchanging barbs over whether or not the Bears are better with or without Brian Urlacher. Now a little girl is getting in on the action, but don’t let her exterior fool you, she can throw jabs with the rest of them.

Sitting at 6-6 and third in the NFC North, the Minnesota Vikings are facing a season-defining game against the Chicago Bears on Sunday at the Metrodome. Although QB Christian Ponder has already thrown in the towel with his recent engagement, not every Minnesota Viking is willing to hang up the cleats for this season.

What do you do when you’re Jay Cutler and you’re a walking NFL punchline? You celebrate life’s little victories to the point where it’s excessive and you draw a fifteen-yard penalty for taunting.

Boy, Colin Kaepernick can play, huh? How about that performance last night?! …Oh, that’s right, you didn’t watch it, because you had something soooooo much better to do. Well, as you know, it’s okay, because in this post, we’ll be going over what you missed last night, starting with that breakout performance from the 49ers’ backup quarterback. Before you go another sad, uninformed minute, let’s get to it.

This Monday Night Football game STINKS! Where’s Alex Smith? Where’s Jay Cutler? Where are the Modern Day Monsters of the Midway? Isn’t this Monster Park? Where’s Ron Jaworski? Is he not doing this thing anymore or something? Who are these backups and what have they done with our quarterbacks?

The hall-of-famer and ESPN commentator suffered a stroke at his Chicago country club on Friday. Today, he went on the radio. Details, after the jump.