By the time a trade involving Jake Peavy is finally completed and Peavy is somewhere other than San Diego, there will have been more stories, more rumors and more anxiety connected to talks involving Peavy than any previous trade talks. That is the only prediction regarding Peavy that's safe now.

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Jon Heyman: Cubs, Brewers look like best hopes for Padres to get Peavy deal done (Sports Illustrated)

SI.com's Josh Gross provides first-rate analysis from the UFC 97 showdowns in Montreal featuring light heavyweights Chuck Liddell and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and, in the main event, Thales Leites and Anderson Silva for the UFC middleweight title.

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Silva wins, Liddell stumbles at UFC 97 (Sports Illustrated)

Universally respected Rangers' hitting guru Rudy Jaramillo is said to have told some folks at Rangers camp in Surprise, Ariz., this week: "Andruw Jones is back.''

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Jon Heyman: Jaramillo has spoken, and Andruw Jones may well survive in Texas (Sports Illustrated)