But Who Will Tell Me How Bad Our Teams Suck?

In case you haven't heard the news, tis a dark day in Chicago my friends. This morning we are forced to enter a new frontier in Chicago sports, a dark and scary frontier. It's not going to be easy, but I think if we all work together, we're going to get through this.

Though it just won't be the same. It will be better.

Sports columnist Jay Mariotti has left the Chicago Sun-Times to pursue other opportunities. Mariotti, also a regular panelist on ESPN's "Around the Horn," joined the Sun-Times in 1991.

Is today the greatest day in the history of the world? Why yes, yes it is.

I'll miss you, Jay. Seriously. I know you may find this hard to believe, but the odds are if it hadn't been for reading you regularly in the Chicago Sun-Times growing up, I never would have gotten into writing about sports.

You pissed me off enough that I felt the need to share my own opinion instead of just bitching about yours, so for that, I thank you. Good luck in whatever you do next.