tBtW offers some UChicago-based links as well as some general links:

• No Small Plans Chicago: 3rd Year (and tBtW editor) Rachel Cromidas' coverage of the Olympic bid this summer
• The anthropologist in the Olympic Stadium: Rachel's interview with UChicago Anthropologist John MacAloon
  
• The Uninvited Guest: Rachel's interview with UChicago Economist Allan Sanderson
• Chicago Tribune's Olympic Bid Coverage
• Chicago2016 - the official site of Chicago's Olympic Bid

Your turn to weigh in:
The Olympic Bid has been controversial, especially here on the South Side. What do you think? What else should folks check out to learn more?