After a brief time atop the hill as Super Bowl favorites halfway through the 2012 NFL season, the Houston Texans return to their usual perch just on the outskirts heading int0 2013 according to Vegas. A team that finished as the AFC’s No. 3 seed last season is now receiving the third-highest Super Bowl odds [...]
Ten years to the date since he announced his retirement, Patrick Roy was back in the same restaurant at the Pepsi Center in Denver to be introduced as the newest head coach of the Colorado Avalanche. Spirits were high, and Avalanche fans are no doubt hopeful that things are well on their way to turning [...]
It was the same situations, different day for the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday. The only change, a rather significant one, was that this time the Rockies finished the game on top of the Houston Astros. Struggling recently with the ability to capitalize on opportunities from the plate, Colorado came through when it mattered most on [...]
Although the Memphis Grizzlies were surprisingly swept by the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals, the series wasn’t a total loss. Memphis discovered that reserve small forward Quincy Pondexter can potentially be a steady source of perimeter scoring, and for this reason he should be a larger part of their game plan for [...]
Well, did he or didn’t he? This has been the question that has been taking up most of the time in the college football world for the majority of the day. Today, during the SEC meetings, Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban was discussing the lately enormously-hot topic of a possible nine-game conference schedule. [...]
The Oklahoma State Cowboys and Kansas Jayhawks will enter the 2013-14 college basketball season as the favorites in the Big 12 Conference. For what it is worth, these two teams split the season series this past season. Oddly enough, the Cowboys won on the road and the Jayhawks won on the road. Although Kansas will [...]
How does the “Man of Steel” shave? In this hotly debated topic, Gillette helps cut through the clutter with HowDoesHeShave.com, a website dedicated to uncovering the truth behind Superman’s grooming routine. Director Kevin Smith; TV hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman; scientist and comedian Bill Nye; and Mayim Bialik, actress and real-life neuroscientist, share their [...]
At first, when the NBA decided to make the act of flopping illegal, the reaction was that it would eliminate players from manipulating the officials. However, players across the league continue to flail at times when their is hardly a foul. Perhaps the most annoying part of a game, referees are forced to make a [...]
The most exciting aspect of fantasy baseball is obviously home runs. There is nothing better than hearing the crack of the bat and seeing a ball go sailing over the fence. However, seeing a speedy player dash the 90 feet from first to second in an attempt to steal the base has to be the [...]
After leading Dutch Eredivisie team AZ Alkmaar in scoring and to their first Dutch Cup Championship since 1982, transfer rumors have surrounded U.S. Men’s National Team forward Jozy Altidore. For a player that scored 26 goals in 26 games for Alkmaar in all competitions, there will be clubs all over the world that are scrambling to sign [...]
Newly inducted Pro Football Hall of Famer Cris Carter had a great NFL career, but against the Chicago Bears, his numbers were not Canton-worthy. Including his 14 playoff games, Carter played in 248 games, racked up 1,164 total receptions, 14,769 yards and 138 touchdowns. Quite an impressive stat line. However, the Bears were able to [...]
It may be the worst All-Star Game in professional sports as it pertains to competition, but fans still watch the NFL Pro Bowl. The average amount of total points scored in the game have gone up drastically over the past 15 years. Last year’s game saw a total of 100 points scored. There is no [...]
The Chicago Bears head into this off-season with many concerns to address, and one of the biggest is at linebacker. With free agency right around the corner, the Bears are running into a situation where they will have only one starter coming back, and that’s Lance Briggs. Both Brian Urlacher and Nick Roach are free agents and neither are certain to [...]
In a league of parody nowadays, it seems as if each season there is at least one team in a division to go from worst to first. This season, the Washington Redskins went from a 5-11 season in 2011, to a 10-6 record and a NFC East title. Sure you can look at the [...]
This year’s NFL playoffs featured a key position that the Chicago Bears are certainly in need of, the tight end. Let’s look at what happened on just Championship Sunday with the four remaining teams. Each team’s tight end caught at least five passes for 55 yards. Three of the four tight ends caught a touchdown [...]
Run the ball, play defense, and make plays in the passing game when needed, that’s exactly what the Baltimore Ravens did to win the AFC Championship on Sunday. Sound familiar? It should. That’s been the same blueprint for almost a decade for the Chicago Bears, except the Ravens have executed the plan much better. There [...]
At his press conference, Chicago Bears new head coach Marc Trestman noted that it is his job to keep quarterback Jay Cutler upright in the pocket. From a scheming vantage point, he may be right, but it will be up to Phil Emery to find the right players to do the job. The obvious [...]
Former Dallas Cowboys head coach may have known something none of us knew when he tweeted last week that Marc Trestman was the new Chicago Bears head coach. Whether he did or whether he didn’t, he was right, and the Bears now have the franchise’s 14th head coach. This is a bold statement Bears general manager [...]
The Chicago Bears need to worry about keeping Jay Cutler upright next season, not giving him more weapons. A lot has been made recently about how the Bears only have two go-to guys for Cutler, that being Brandon Marshall and Matt Forte. Many people tend to forget that Cutler will have other options next season. [...]
Phil Emery is hurting his own cause by interviewing a known number of 13 candidates and maybe more unknown candidates as well for the head coaching job of the Chicago Bears. It’s one thing to gain as much information as you can about what others think of your team and organization; it’s another to bring [...]
