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Since their 0-2 start to the season, the Bears are 6-1. Yes, they’re still 0-2 in the division. And the teams they have beaten aren’t exactly shaping up for playing deep into January. But keep in mind that expectations for this team were not very high. We all wanted to see competent coaching and scheming, […]
The Green Bay Packers losing back-to-back games to the Carolina Panthers and Philadelphia Eagles in gut-wrenching fashion is usually enough to raise our antennas around Chicagoland and among Chicago Bears fans who love schadenfreude. But then I read this piece from The Athletic’s Matt Schneidman, whose story has me wondering if Packers Head Coach Matt LaFleur is coaching for his job. This excerpt from his story certainly opened my eyes: Has the seventh-year man in charge proven to ...
While there’s been a lot of attention on the hot start Connor Bedard has had to the season and Artyom Levshunov being among the leaders among rookie defensemen this season, they’re far from the only young Blackhawks carving out a role on the roster this season. Coming home from a six-game, 12-day road trip, the team had a lot of time to bod on the road. Sometimes that can lead to awkward moments when older players want to chill and the young guys want to be… young guys. But the Blackhawks...
In a game where drops were an issue for the Chicago Bears, rookie wide receiver Luther Burden III stepped up down the stretch, hauling in a 27-yard catch ahead of the two-minute warning in the fourth quarter. It was part of a day in which Burden caught three passes for 51 yards in Chicago’s Week 10 victory against the New York Giants. It brought his season total to 16 catches (on 18 targets) for 222 yards and a touchdown. And perhaps more is on the way. Sunday’s drop totals were costly in...
It’s that time of the week again. Grab your shopping cart as we look through this week’s cob nominations. Washington The Huskies haven’t done well on the road at all this season. Surprisingly the streak continued in Madison. Virginia The Cavaliers got a wake up call at home against the Demon Deacons. Louisville The Bears […]
In a just-for-fun exercise at ESPN today , Jeff Passan picked one perfect offseason move for each of the 12 playoff teams plus 9 other plausibly active clubs. No overlaps or duplicates, so each club gets just one more. The one Passan picked for the Cubs, incidentally, is the one I would pick, too (well, with a little caveat to follow). It’s Japanese ace Tatsuya Imai, who will be posted soon . From ESPN : “The perfect transaction: Even with Tucker expected to leave, the Cubs still h...
The Arizona Fall League is already in its fifth week, and the White Sox have nine prospects in action, headlined by OF Braden Montgomery (White Sox No. 1/MLB No. 35) and LHP Hagen Smith (No. 5/No. 88). Rounding out the crew: IF Sam Antonacci (No. 11), RHP Tyler Davis, IF Ryan Galanie, RHP Carson Jacobs, […]
Another week, another game winning drive for Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears. That’s now four such drives on the season, tied for the league lead. It also ties Caleb for first place in single-season Chicago Bears franchise history with Jay Cutler (2009, 2010, 2015), Billy Wade (1962), and Bob Avellini (1977). One more breaks […]
As we all know, there are some matters of concern about the extent to which the Chicago Cubs spend commensurate with revenue, market size, and brand identity. I’m not about to throw stones without at least some measure of humility. But there’s a nine-figure chasm between the Cubs’ alleged parsimony and that deployed by clubs like the Pittsburgh Pirates and Miami Marlins. Two clubs that have been the subject of grievance(s?) by the MLB Players Association for how little they actually spend...
The Minnesota Vikings are coming off of a tough loss in Week 10, but they’re being favored by the oddsmakers to bounce back this week and complete a season sweep of a division rival. According to the FanDuel Sportsbook, the Vikings are a 2.5-point favorite over the Chicago Bears when the two teams meet this […]
The date in the headline likely sounds familiar to you. Of course, it’s the date of The Sandberg Game, in which Ryne Sandberg burst on the national scene with a 5-for-6 performance that included game-tying home runs in the ninth AND 10th innings. The Cubs came from deficits of 7-1 and 9-3 to defeat the […]
You may vaguely remember that, a few years ago, there were stray rumors about the possibility the Cubs could try to trade for Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette, rather than signing one of the big shortstops available in free agency at the time. The Cubs, of course, went on to sign Dansby Swanson. A year later, there were stray rumors about whether the Cubs might try again to trade for Bichette, this time to play third base. There hasn’t been much there since, in part because Bichette had su...
Coming off a win versus the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday, the Spurs looked to continue their win streak, facing off against the Chicago Bulls in the Windy City. After leading by eight after the first quarter, the Spurs were outscored 72-55 in the second and third quarters. Trailing by double-digits in the fourth, Victor […]
they're still competitive, which is better than expected though!
Late in the summer, the Chicago Cubs signed a Cuban pitching prospect, Ronald Lazaro Mena, to a $350,000 bonus in International Free Agency. That was not only an extremely large bonus to still have available in your pool by late August, but it was also the largest bonus the Cubs have given to a pitcher in this whole class. Now, the Cubs have signed a second outside-the-traditional-window pitching prospect in the class, Jose Ramon Gonzalez: El chihuahuense José Ramón González firma co...
I feel like I had three different versions of this article completed in my head over the course of the game, and all of them fizzled out by the end just because of the whole *waves hand* Wemby thing. You know, that thing where the guy who’s unlike anything we’ve ever seen on a basketball […]
My brain hasn’t fully adjusted to this new Chicago Bears era. There was a point in the second half of the game where I said to myself, “the Bears aren’t going to win this game.” And I believed it. Then they forced a fumble and recovered it. They drove down for a touchdown. They got […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article first appeared here Nov. 6, 2024, when Kyle Hendricks signed with the Angels. With the news of his retirement, I thought you’d enjoy reading it again. It’s been updated to include his 2025 season. One thing to remember about Kyle Hendricks’ mostly good-to-great 11 seasons in a Cubs uniform is that […]
Former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kordell Stewart is eyeing a big career move. Per Josina Anderson, the Colorado legend is eyeing the open head coach job at his alma mater’s largest rival, Colorado State. “I’m told former Steelers Ravens [and] Bears QB & Colorado Hall of Famer Kordell “SLASH” Stewart has retained Young Money APAA Sports […]
An early season check-in across the pond.
Let me preface this article by saying the chances of the Cubs actually signing Kyle Schwarber as a free agent are pretty close to zero. He’s become a folk hero in Philadelphia and had four monstrous offensive seasons from 2022-25, hitting 46 or more home runs in three of the four years, and his 56 […]
The Holiday Deals section at Amazon is up and going, so if you want to start your shopping now, you can jump on that. #ad Although he doesn’t get a trophy, Cade Horton does get two valuable things for finishing second in the Rookie of the Year voting: first, he gets a $500,000 bonus payment from the pre-arbitration pool courtesy of the last CBA, and second, he gets credited with a full year of service time for 2025. That moves up his expected free agency from after his age-29 season to ...
After a close race for the No. 9 prospect, it wasn’t a huge surprise to see the runner-up last round winning. However, Sean Murphy outpaced Mason Adams and Jaden Fauske by just three votes last round; this ballot was a rout for Murphy, as he captured 28 of 82 (34%) votes: This is Murphy’s first […]
If you’re like me, you’ve been reading Sean McIndoe for years. His rankings pieces at The Athletic are always entertaining and on point. The latest edition that dropped on Monday touches on a lot of different topics, including the usual top five Stanley Cup contenders and, this season, the “top five” contenders to land Gavin McKenna (the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NHL Draft). The only bad news in his rankings are that four of the five teams in contention for McKenna are in the Western Confere...
According to NFL insider Aaron Wilson, the Detroit Lions are trying out rookie tight end Thomas Gordon (Gordon more or less confirmed the news on his social media page). Gordon went undrafted this year, but spent rookie minicamp with the Chicago Bears as a tryout. After a month passed, he eventually joined the Bears and […]