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Weekend wondering: Wondering whether it’s better not to make the NFL postseason or be eliminated in the first round the way the Minnesota Vikings were Saturday (Jan. 5) with a 24-10 loss to the Packers in Green Bay? Uh, you might want to ask recently fired Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith — who did not […]
Gee, if the Chicago Bulls — playing without recuperating star guard Derrick Rose — can score a road victory against the Miami Heat 96-89 as they did Friday (Jan. 4), do you know what that means? Not much. Certainly not as far as any Bulls NBA title aspirations go. Unless, of course, you want to […]
Fearless forecast: The Chicago Bears will have a better passing offense next season (well, finishing No. 29 of 32 NFL teams with 187.4 yards per game makes that fairly certain even if quarterback Jay Cutler decides to throw left-handed). * The Bears will have a better total offense next season (No. 28 in total offense […]
Thursday thoughts (or what passes for such in the editorial offices of elliottharris.com): The Chicago Bears have asked for permission to talk to Green Bay offensive coordinator Tom Clements about their coaching vacancy, and the Packers have granted it. NFL rules preclude the Bears talking to him until after the Packers’ game Saturday. As if […]
Midweek musings: First of all, can someone explain how we already are at Wednesday? It is? Really? Really. Here’s how some of us figured that out: The Chicago Bears ended their season Sunday with a 26-24 victory at Detroit. They fired coach Lovie Smith on Monday. They held a press conference with general manager Phil […]
The firing Monday (Dec. 31) of Lovie Smith as Chicago Bears coach is not the end of the world. Certainly not for Smith, who has one year remaining on his contract and even could land another head-coaching position this offseason. He was among seven coaches sent packing the day after the regular season ended, so […]
Looking for an upside to the Chicago Bears season that ended with a thud Sunday (Dec. 30)? Well, waiting till next year will be a lot shorter than it is for any other Chicago sports team that has seen its season end without a championship (and that would be most of them this century and […]
Pride factors into the Chicago Bears-Detroit Lions game Sunday (Dec. 30). It has to do with more than the Bears needing a victory at Ford Field — plus a Minnesota Vikings loss to Green Bay — to reach the postseason. It has to do with the Detroit Pride. As in the unofficial cheerleaders of the […]
In the never-ending quest for the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (or whatever they might award out here in cyberspace), this site will continue to chronicle the efforts of the newly formed Chicago Crave. That’s the Bikini Basketball Association franchise scheduled to debut in summer 2013. Owner/CEO Korie Kellogg held the team’s first tryouts on […]
Cubs Convention weekend will have a fashionable and fashionably early start on the day before the annual winter homage to the baseball team begins. A fashion show fund-raiser to benefit the David DeJesus Family Foundation — “Strike a Pose” — will be held Jan. 17 at the River East Arts Center, 435 E. Illinois St. […]