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Why They Might Be Good: All-world forward Carmelo Anthony had one helluva off-season. "I kicked [tail] at the World Championships," said 'Melo with a smile. "I trained like a mo-fo, and I didn't appear in a single DVD in which one of my boys talked about selling drugs and capping snitches." Also, fragile big man Marcus Camby managed to make it through the summer without shredding a single tendon.

The Cubs announced Monday that Dusty Baker would not be back to manage the team in 2007, but said they didn't have to look far to find someone with a better knowledge of the game and the ability to handle the pressure of managing in a major sports town.

Another sad season for the Cubs concluded with a sad day for Andy MacPhail, who's out of a job and posh country club membership after 12 years as president and CEO.

The Cubs won just one game against the Colorado Rockies this weekend to finish out the season with a record of 66-96. It was just their 36th win at home.

If there were any doubters that the Bears were for real after three games, they smothered any reservations with a dominating 37-6 win over the defending NFC Champion Seattle Seahawks.

Seattle Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander proclaimed a miracle Tuesday, saying his injured foot had been healed, simply by prayer. Later that day, his prayers were met by thousands of others from Bears fans who were wishing Alexander wouldn't be able to play, leaving God a tough choice to make prior to Alexander's CT scan on Wednesday.

Why They Might Be Good: Exceedingly wealthy future Hall-of-Famer LeBron James told his teammates that if they help him get to the Eastern Conference finals, he’ll give them each a check for $3 billion, leaving him with a personal bank account of just over $16 quintillion.