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Sunday smorgasbord: The Chicago Bears are among eight NFL teams to start the season 2-0. Have you made your reservation for the Super Bowl yet? OK, it may be slightly premature. Maybe after the Bears play Sunday night (Sept. 22) at Pittsburgh against the Steelers. The folks at the NFL official publicity mill reported of […]
Chicago Sky forward Swin Cash won the WNBA’s Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award (actually sharing the honor with Indiana’s Tamika Catchings ), center Sylvia Fowles won Defensive Player of the Year for the second time in her career and forward Elena Delle Donne won Rookie of the Year. They were honored before the team’s postseason debut […]
The Chicago Sky plays the biggest postseason game in franchise history on Friday. OK, so it’s the first postseason game for the WNBA team that began in 2006. Anyway, the first-round opponent is the Indiana Fever, the defending champion that defeated the Sky in three of the teams’ four meetings this season. Game 1 in […]
Thursday thoughts: Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino took the cake at the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony Wednesday at Hawthorne Race Course. Literally. Then again, it was his birthday. Pitino also received the Ray Meyer College Coach of the Year award. He gave a horse racing-themed acceptance speech, which certainly seemed fitting given […]
Midweek musings: The Chicago White Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins 4-3 Tuesday at U.S. Cellular Field and reduced their magic number to three. Well, for avoiding a 100-loss season. In a year like this has been, Sox fans have to find comfort wherever they can, make no mistake about that. * Speaking of making mistakes, […]
Random thoughts while wondering how meaningful comparative scores are: * The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 20-10 on Monday Night Football. And the Chicago Bears play the Steelers (0-2) on Sunday. And the Bears beat the Bengals 24-21 in the season opener at Soldier Field. So, the conclusion that we can draw from all […]
Alone atop the NFC North. Yes, it’s early. But if there is one thing life teaches us, it is to enjoy it while we can. So Chicago Bears fans will. Or should. After all, with a second come-from-behind victory Sunday (31-30 vs. the Minnesota Vikings at Soldier Field), the Bears are 2-0 and in first […]
Sunday smorgasbord: The Chicago Bears face the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday at Soldier Field, where the Bears have won 11 of their last 12 meetings. Which means … the Bears have won 11 of their last 12 meetings. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. There are few certainties in the NFL. And about […]
One victory. That’s all the Chicago Sky was looking for Friday. That’s all the Sky is looking for Saturday. With an 87-82 victory Friday against the Atlanta Dream at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., the Sky has the opportunity to gain homecourt advantage through the entire WNBA playoffs. Well, provided that the Sky make it […]
Former Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher said quarterback Jay Cutler did not call him after the veteran retired (mainly because he couldn’t find a team willing to give him the money and playing time he desired for 2013). And his point is … ? “No, I haven’t spoken to Brian,” Cutler said Thursday at Halas […]