Conan is lucky I'm on Team Coco, or I'd be cranky about this Cubs rip.

Ryan Dempster and his wife Jenny launched their new foundation Sunday night. It was a great event and TONS of Cubs came out to support him. Check out the link for lots of pics and more info...

The Nov. 4 Commemorative Issue of Sports Illustrated features a bird's eye view of Michael Jordan on a royal blue court as endless as the sky, his shadow trailing beneath him as he soars in for a dunk.

The issue marks the 57th time MJ has appeared on the magazine's cover, and as with everything else in sport, MJ is miles ahead of his closest competitor; Muhammad Ali is second all-time with just 38 covers.

The front and back pages of the magazine are made of a thick paper stock with a gritty, nubbled texture, an homage to the leather of a basketball. Inside, 88 glossy pages of Jordan, and just a handful of the 797 Sports Illustrated articles written about the greatest athlete of all time. One piece, by the singular Jack McCallum, is worth the cover price alone....

Keep it classy, Tommie.

Four years ago, Chicago Bears kicker Robbie Gould was working construction in Pennsylvania. Now, he's just two made field goals away from becoming the most accurate kicker in the history of the NFL.

Brent Sopel & SNL's Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer, Patrick Sharp & Christian Bale, MCD & The Grinch...

Part 2 will be reader submissions, so lemme know who I missed!

John Salmons & Wesley Snipes, Joakim Noah & Sideshow Bob...

Part 2 will be reader submissions, so lemme know who I missed!!

After Saturday's loss to Texas A & M, Texas Tech head football coach Mike Leach blamed not only his players, but their "fat little girlfriends" too...

...and "cursed" players can hit the road. Hear that, Milt????!

MTV Jackass Johnny Knoxville made a name for himself shocking fans with his outrageous daredevil stunts. Bears rookie wide receiver Johnny Knox is beginning to get recognized for some impressive tricks of his own...

The Chicago Bears have six more days to prepare for Sunday's game in Cincinnati, but for Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco the games have already begun.

No. 85 started his pregame warm-ups as per usual Monday--with some Twitter trash talk aimed at his upcoming opponents. Like an electronically savvy middle school bully, Ochocinco handed out virtual wedgies to Jay Cutler and Co.

There are two teams that call the United Center home.

Both are at the start of a long 82-game season. Both have lost their leading scorer from last year (Ben Gordon and Martin Havlat) to a rival (the Pistons and the Wild). Both have stars who recently earned a Rookie of the Year win or nomination (Derrick Rose, Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and Kris Versteeg).

Both teams were ousted from last year's playoffs by their league's defending champion and both are widely considered just a few steps away from being their league's next champion. The two teams that share the United Center have a remarkable amount in common.

So why is one team getting all the buzz?....

There are two teams that call the United Center home.

Both are at the start of a long 82-game season. Both have lost their leading scorer from last year (Ben Gordon and Martin Havlat) to a rival (the Pistons and the Wild). Both have stars who recently earned a Rookie of the Year win or nomination (Derrick Rose, Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and Kris Versteeg).

Both teams were ousted from last year's playoffs by their league's defending champion and both are widely considered just a few steps away from being their league's next champion. The two teams that share the United Center have a remarkable amount in common.

So why is one team getting all the buzz?....

I hate to be a pessimist, but let’s be honest: it’s all over but the crying....So what’s a season ticket holder to do? Only the most masochistic of Cubs fans (yes, I suppose that is redundant) could enjoy 38 more games of this mind-numbing mediocrity and visibly apparent apathy. If you’re lucky, you can sell about half of your remaining tickets to tourists looking to experience Wrigley Field for the first time, good baseball or not. That still leaves you with about 20 games. So if you can’t imagine actually watching roughly 60 more hours of 2009 Cubs baseball, here are a few other ways to pass the time at The Friendly Confines...

Injuries, attitudes, slumps and Kevin Gregg have made this one of the most inconsistent (but consistently disappointing!) Cubs teams in years. But before we stash our Cubs’ gear in the closet and pull out our Bears and Blackhawks jerseys, let’s take an honest look at the situation...

A Closer Look at Cubs "Closer" Kevin Gregg...

NHL legend and former Chicago Blackhawk Jeremy Roenick talks about retiring, leaving Chicago, the state of hockey and his advice for Patrick Kane and the rest of today's players. He even reveals which opponent he'd most like to deck.