Corey Crawford is back and the Blackhawks are legit
If you had any question why the Blackhawks missed the playoffs last season for the first time in 10 years, all you have to do is look at the crease...
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The once-feared Bears defense failed even when it didn’t allow a TD
On the opening series of last Sunday’s tackle football game at Soldier Field, museum piece Tom Brady and the Patriots shredded the once-fearsome Bears defense with a tidy TD drive...
Bulls’ 3-point shot for winning the draft lottery: Bad, injured and defensively inept
Bulls starting point guard Kris Dunn made his season debut Monday night and promptly sprained the MCL in his left knee, and now one of the few Bulls who wants...
Looks like it’s time for the Bears to sit injured Khalil Mack
The decision should be clear because the numbers are as obvious as Mitch Trubisky’s lack of accuracy. In the first four games of the season, outside linebacker Khalil Mack wasn’t...
Bears played shootout with Tom Brady – and didn’t get destroyed. That’s progress.
This would feel like the Bears’ opening night. Back then, the new Bears, with the threat of a 21st century offense, took on the Packers, the ruling class of the...
Theo Epstein’s demand for urgency seems to point to the Cubs trading Kyle Schwarber
Some general managers believe the way to demand urgency and attention from players is to trade a big name. Send away a significant player, send a message. Nobody’s untouchable, everyone’s...
Lucky for the Bears, Mitch Trubisky’s actions are better than his words
Mitch Trubisky was talking about the Bears developing a killer instinct the way great teams do. “We’ve got to have that mindset that we’ve got to close out games and...
The Manny Machado issue: Do the Cubs want to spend $300M on a guy who won’t always hustle and plays dirty?
Quick, someone tell Manny Machado that playing dirty and refusing to hustle is no way to go through baseball. That’s especially true when you’re going to ask teams, such as...
Stop blaming Matt Nagy and start blaming the Bears’ $9 million kicker Cody Parkey — and GM Ryan Pace
A day later, Bears coach Matt Nagy still was getting criticism for his play-calling Sunday. As we all know, that’s a standing headline around here, whether it’s the rookie Nagy,...
If this game against the Dolphins was a test of the Bears’ poise, they failed miserably
When last we saw the Bears, Mitch Trubisky was throwing six touchdown passes in advance of his Hall of Fame induction and the Bears were obliterating the Bucs to the...