This week’s biggest gainers:

1 Lee DeWyze
Making the case for “Idol” chatter with forty thousand or so fans.

2 Antti Niemi
Shark killer. Heh-heh.

3 Lebron James
Oh wait. You’re not already on the Bulls?

4 David Cromer
“Desire” fulfilled.

5 Michael Hogan
Hey, new Illini prez: When Madigan calls, send it to voicemail.

This week’s biggest losers:

1 Phil Pagano
The bad-news train just keeps on running, even after death. This week we found out you skimmed $475,000 from Metra, it  seems.

2 Ald. Tom Tunney
We could argue that it’s already a lost cause, but really. Suburbanizing Wrigleyville?

3 Erin Hughes
Any time a New Trier student stumbles, it looks bad. But a hit-and-run against a former student? That’s a new low.

4 Roberto Herencia
Guess you figured out the hard way that your Midwest Banc was not too big to fail.

5 Rod Blagojevich
Your worst nightmare? The case continues, but no big grandstanding opps for a week!