We are winding down in the NHL playoffs and over the weekend, the Nashville Predators knocked off the St. Louis Blues 4 games to 2 to reach the Western Conference Finals for the first time in franchise history. Now, I’m no great fans of the Preds since they unceremoniously ousted my beloved Chicago Blackhawks (and […]

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To many Chicago Bears fans, the Jay Cutler era ended none too soon when the team released the veteran quarterback after 8 years in which the team won one playoff game, but Cutler broke most of the team’s passing records, but only in between making bad plays and turnovers. At 34, Cutler should have a […]

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Yesterday, ESPN broadcast the final installment of its talk program “The Sports Reporters.” Today, there were numerous articles written about the show’s end. One of them came from Mitch Albom, who used the publicity to help him become a bestselling author of “Tuesdays with Morrie” and other sentimental books. I used to watch the show […]

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A Bad Feeling In Chicago, Part 1: The History I have been a Chicago Bear fan all of my life. My grandfather had season tickets for decades, but I was never old enough to accompany him to a game. For years now, I have always wondered why the Bears have been snake-bit at the quarterback […]

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The newspapers seem to support the decision: both David Haugh and Brad Biggs of the Tribune heralded the move, saying that this was the bold move that the team needed. Of course, those of us who remember the Mirer deal are left cold. Fans of younger vintage remember when the Bears made a bold move […]

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The sports world was shocked today when it was announced that former New England Patriots All Pro tight end and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez was found dead in his cell having committed suicide this morning. Hernandez’s story was at the beginning a feel good story. Raised by his mother and father, life changed when Dennis […]

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For the past decade, the Dallas Cowboys lived and died on the right arm of quarterback Tony Romo. Romo was a great story, unheralded player out of Eastern Illinois, Romo became a star. Not one of the elite QBs like Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, or Aaron Rodgers. Romo couldn’t take his place among the tops […]

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