Jul

30

Urlacher again proves himself to be a pud

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July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I’ll admit it: I’ve long thought Brian Urlacher is an ass, even before his play on the field began slipping. I cringe every time I hear him grunt through an interview, making a poor reporter’s job nearly impossible. I hate reading about his nasty relationship with the mother of his child. And I absolutely despise [...]

Jul

29

Favre pulls a Palin; He quits

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July 29, 2009 | 2 Comments

You have to feel bad for the Minnesota Vikings. The team has been waiting all offseason to see if Brett Favre will be its quarterback. Then, just two days before starting training camp, Favre breaks the Vikings’ hearts and says that, yes, he is still officially retired.
Favre has had almost as much difficulty retiring as [...]

Jul

28

Bad news for Tillman, Bears

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July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment

There was just too much good news surrounding the Bears lately. They picked up new quarterback Jay Cutler, somehow. They found a new offensive lineman with past Pro Bowl credentials in Orlando Pace. And then came the news that both Brian Urlacher and Tommie Harris reported to mini-camp looking hungrier and trimmer than ever.
You just [...]

Jul

24

Bears’ Cutler, Smith munch with Barack

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July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I’m beginning to think that Pres. Barack Obama is enjoying himself a bit too much. I mean, isn’t the economy still in shambles? Isn’t health-insurance reform falling apart? Don’t we still have two wars going on?
Yet our Commander in Chief spends Thursday evening eating dinner with Lovie Smith and Jay Cutler. What gives? Is Obama [...]

Jul

22

Can Hester commit to double duty?

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July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment

There was a lot of concern when the Bears converted Devin Hester to a full-time wide receiver. The worries weren’t that Hester wouldn’t develop into a solid receiver. No, the concerns were that he’d no longer be the top kick-return man in the NFL.
Judging from last year, those concerns were valid. Hester went from being [...]

Jul

20

An outsider’s view of the Bears receivers

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July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment

To hear Lovie Smith and Jerry Angelo tell it, the Bears have the league’s deepest crew of wide receivers. They see Devin Hester as a budding star. Earl Bennett, who caught exactly zero passes last year, has improved greatly. And the rookie wide receivers the Bears drafted are all poised to become the next Jerry [...]

Jul

17

You change the “attitude,” but defensive line still features same players

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July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I came across this rather nauseating story at the Bleacher Report blog: Seems new Bears’ defensive line coach Rod Marinelli has changed the sign on the defensive-line meeting room at Halas Hall from “Defensive Line” to “Rush Men.”
How cute.
I wonder if Marinelli tried any of the same “motivational” tactics for the defensive linemen of the [...]

Jul

16

Will you be cutting back on your Bears spending this year?

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July 16, 2009 | 1 Comment

The economy continues to be terrible. Despite the efforts of Barack Obama and his administration, unemployment continues to soar. Now businesses are more often asking their workers to take unpaid days off.
It’s a mess. And it’s depressing.
Sports is supposed to take us away from all this. But will it? Or will economy realities hit our [...]

Jul

14

I hate the All-Star break

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July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I’m a diehard White Sox fan. Even more than the Bears, I live and die with the fortunes of the Sox. It’s why I hate baseball’s All-Star game.
You get in a flow during the baseball season. You get used to tuning in the game on the car radio or dialing it up on TV. You [...]

Jul

13

My biggest Bears disappointment: The postseason

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July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Back in the mid- to late-80s, I expected the Bears to win every Sunday.
Until the playoffs, that is. When the playoffs started, I usually expected trouble. And I was usually right. After 1985, when the Bears, of course, went 3-0 and won the SuperBowl, the Bears compiled a putrid 1980s playoff record of 1-3. In [...]

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