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If you want a comprehensive year-in-review, you have come to the wrong place. We hope that bit of information somehow brightens your day/night/existence/whatever. If you are looking for a critique of the Chicago Bears or words about the Chicago Bulls winning a game at Memphis or the possibility of Lovie Smith landing one of several […]
And so it ends, not with a bang but with an interception. Which is pretty much the football equivalent of a whimper, I suppose. The Chicago Bears lost to the Green Bay Packers 33-28 Sunday at Soldier Field. Which means the Packer go home to Lambeau Field as NFC North champs for the first round […]
When we begin to discuss the return of quarterback Aaron Rodgers to the Green Bay Packers lineup for Sunday’s showdown against the Chicago Bears at Solider Field to decide the champion of the NFC North, let us begin with where his presence will have the greatest impact. It’s the area that is the unholy underpinning […]
Weekend wondering: The Chicago Bears — who play the Green Bay Packers on Sunday at Soldier Field to determine the winner of the NFC North and which team goes to the postseason and which team goes home — made news Friday with the announcement they had signed kicker Robbie Gould to a four-year contract extension. […]
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers is returning to the Green Bay Packers lineup for the first time since Nov. 4 when he suffered a broken collarbone on a tackle by Chicago Bears defensive lineman Shea McClellin. The Packers made the announcement Thursday regarding Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Bears at Soldier Field. Asked what the return of […]
Thursday thoughts (or at least what passes for them around here): Not that anyone around here possesses the skills to accomplish the goal, but there should be more holiday songs about the day after Christmas. Maybe one song? None that the music-appreciation department around here can think of. The radio stations that played holiday tunes […]
Today is one of those rare days when the photos and videos overwhelm the creative thought typing that goes into providing text for reader enjoyment. OK, so the photos and pictures overwhelm the text on a regular basis. On today, however, there may be a reason. Less text than usual. At least that’s the plan. […]
Back by popular demand (as always, the demand is to do this only once a year), it’s the 14th annual version of Holiday Tunes. The first 11 came as part of the Chicago Sun-Times Quick Hits column that I once wrote. For those who prefer, feel free to think of this as the third annual […]
Monday meanderings: Going into their game Sunday in Philadelphia, the Chicago Bears knew the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers had lost. Meaning all the Bears needed to win the NFC North was to defeat the Eagles (who had lost the previous Sunday to Minnesota, the cellar dweller in the NFC North). Coming out of […]
A pressbox colleague wondered why I was at Saturday night’s Cleveland Cavaliers-Chicago Bulls game at the United Center. “Wife kick you out of the house?” he wondered. No. And please don’t give her any ideas. Truth be told (and I told the guy), the reason for attending a contest between teams that are far from […]