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Saturday smorgasbord: A day after the Green Bay sacked Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler seven times in a 23-10 Packers victory, it was unclear who gave him the most heat: the Packers defense or a variety of voices criticizing his behavior toward his offensive linemen during the game. Not that Cutler is going to be […]
OK, so the Chicago Bears lost to the Green Bay Packers 23-10 Thursday night (Sept. 13) at lovely Lambeau Field. Bears quarterback Jay Cutler threw four interceptions in the loss after looking so good in Sunday’s season opener. Cutler has had input on his receivers, offensive coordinator and quarterback coach. If he only had the […]
Thursday thoughts (or at least what passes for thinking around here): Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers on Thursday night (Sept. 13) at Lambeau Field is the biggest game of the season for each team. Well, until bigger games occur — which happens as the number of games dwindles. OK, so it’s the most important […]
Midweek musings: To toss or not To toss. That is the question. As in Miss Illinois United States 2012 Nancy To and her desire to throw out a ceremonial first pitch for the Chicago White Sox. Somebody get the word to Brooks Boyer or Scott Reifert or someone at the Sox who can make that […]
Random thoughts while wondering whether — for the first time since perhaps the Sid Luckman era several decades ago — the Chicago Bears defense will be as good as the team’s offense: * Speaking of Luckman, you don’t suppose he ever complained about the crowd noise at home games the way Bears quarterback Jay Cutler […]
Monday meanderings: The Chicago Bears’ 41-21 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday (Sept. 9) at Soldier Field showed the Bears can beat a rebuilding team. With their next game being Thursday at Green Bay (which lost its opener 30-22 to the visiting San Francisco 49ers), the Bears will find out quickly whether they can […]
If it’s Sunday, it must be time once again for Playboy Playmate Jaime Edmondson to make her NFL picks once again. And once again she is doing exactly that. You can follow her selections at Twitter, where she can be found at
Chicago Cubs right-hander Jeff Samardzija threw a 120-pitch complete game in his final outing of the season Saturday in a 4-3 victory against the host Pittsburgh Pirates. It would appear he should be shut down for the season more frequently. * Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro stole his 23rd base Saturday (Spet. 8). He also committed […]
The Chicago White Sox lost once again to the Kansas City Royals on Friday (Sept. 7) at U.S. Cellular Field. The good news for the Sox: Detroit, which is second in the American League Central to them, also lost. The even better news: The Sox won’t have to face the Royals — who are 9-4 […]
The Chicago Cubs went down fighting Thursday night (Sept. 6) against the host Washington Nationals. Well, not so much between the lines in a 9-2 loss, as Washington swept the four-game series. But, ye, you were expecting something more? Cubs bench coach Jamie Quirk might have been upset when the Nationals stole a couple of […]