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Cubs fans have been hearing for weeks that the team is nearing completion on a deal with left-handed power hitter Cliff Floyd. Those eager to call the outfielder one of their own are wondering what the hold up is.

After a weekend when the city of Chicago saw thousands of partying New Orleans residents move in for the Saints showdown with the Bears, the usually clean streets were left trashed, resembling a week of Mardi Gras celebrations.

While Bears and Colts fans are busily anticipating seeing their respective teams in Super Bowl XLI, a local sports reporter has other reasons to be excited – he's planning to cheat on his wife of six years. The unnamed writer has been seen bragging to coworkers about the "considerable tail" he'll be getting in Miami.

The Bears' decisive 39-14 victory in the NFC Championship allowed sold-out Soldier Field to practice one of Chicago's favorite traditions, the singing of "Bear Down, Chicago Bears." Unfortunately for fan Joe Spina, the song has become so engrained in his head he now fears for his sanity.

After helping his team reach its first Super Bowl in two decades, Bears kicker Lil' Robbie Gould was ready to celebrate. As he ran off the field to the Bears locker room "I'm going to get jiggy with it" and the teen-aged looking kicker definitely got jiggy, maybe too jiggy, as far as his mother was concerned. She's grounded the kicker after his postgame partying kept him out well past his curfew.

Sixteen offensive rebounds. That's how the Indiana Pacers beat the Bulls last night at Conseco Fieldhouse, 98-91. Bulls coach Scott Skiles opted to play his smallest lineup in the history of pro basketball, essentially putting midgets on the floor against Indiana's giant front line.

Saturday night's game against the Utah Jazz marked the halfway point of the Chicago Bulls season, and if the 95-85 loss is any indication, both the team and its fans are in for some good sack time. Because ladies and gentlemen, your Chicago Bulls are pooped.