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CHICAGO--Chicago Sun-Times columnist Jay Mariotti was hospitalized Wednesday night in New Orleans, where he was on assignment to cover the Sugar Bowl. Mariotti underwent an angioplasty procedure and insertion of an arterial stent. The columnist is expected to take time off before resuming his role as loudmouth idiot on ESPN's Around the Horn some time early next month. In June, Mariotti ... Read More

CHICAGO--Some Cubs fans thought that closer Ryan Dempster may have caught lightning in a bottle when he saved 33 games for the Cubs in 2005. It's too bad that Dempster didn't hang on to that bottle, because he could have used it to generate the 1.21 jigowatts of electricity necessary to send him back to 2005, his one bright ... Read More

CHICAGO--Carrie Muskat reports that the Cubs believe that closer Ryan Dempster, who was abysmal in 2006, will "bounce back" in 2007. Dempster's time traveling adventure will be difficult, as he must bounce back to the very narrow window of time when he was actually good, all while traveling at 88 m.p.h. and generating 1.21 jigowatts of electricity. This is heavy. Dempster ... Read More

Although big-name free agents Alfonso Soriano, Barry Zito, Jason Schmidt, Aramis Ramirez, Carlos Lee, Greg Maddux, Nomar Garciaparra, Gary Matthews, Jr., Frank Thomas, Tom Glavine, Vincente Padilla, Shea Hillenbrand, Kerry Wood, Aubrey Huff, Gil Meche, Ted Lilly, Benjie Molina, Juan Pierre, Mike Piazza, and Jim Edmonds did not sign with them, ESPN was pleased to report that the New York ... Read More