Bears Smoke-N-Mirror Show Goes On The Bears improved their record to 5-1 with a 23-16 win over the Panthers but it was another mess of a game for the Monsters of the Midway. For the 6th straight week the offense looked ineffective and unsure of themselves throughout much of the game. The offense could only…
Escape From New York The Bears started their Week 2 matchup with the Giants looking as though they would blow them out. What ended up transpiring was another uninspiring lapse in play that saw the Bears hang on to beat the Giants 17-13 after another last second stand. It was a tale of two halves…
Just BEAR-ly Getting By Through 3 quarters of the Bears season opener there was nothing I saw to suggest the Bears had any chance of winning their game against the Lions. The defense looked a step slow and unable to get pressure on Matt Stafford. Adrian Peterson and the Lions corps of running backs were…
The NFL Is Back…. Hooray? The NFL is back… and I might be the only person in America who is not excited that they’re playing. Don’t get me wrong — football is my favorite sport by far but given the circumstances we’re living in right now I just can’t sink my teeth into the upcoming…
#BlackLivesMatter… Sort Of In the wake of the murders of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd & Rayshard Brooks, the Black Lives Matter movement has finally gained ground. Several companies have pledged money & time to supporting the cause while Ben & Jerry’s specifically called for an action plan to end white supremacy. The state…
Sports Are Coming Back… Sort Of With states across the country slowly reopening the major sports organizations are doing the same. Major League Baseball hopes to get started in July with a truncated season and expanded playoff with no fans present. The NBA is also planning to resume its season though it seems to be…
If you have ever seen or heard from ESPN analyst & host Stephen A. Smith then you know about his deep love for his New York Knicks. Growing up in the Bronx, Stephen A. has professed his love of basketball and the Knicks for as long as he’s had a column, website or microphone. In…
To be a Chicago sports fan today is a labor of love. Some would say it’s the very definition of insanity. Whatever the case may be, the sports scene in Chicago can be best described as being in total disarray. Both the Bears & Bulls fandom entered their respective seasons with the expectations of being…
The 2019-19 NBA Season ended with the Toronto Raptors aka #WeTheNorth walking tall & capturing their 1st ever NBA title on the strength of Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard. Then the offseason brought about wild changes. The Lakers mortgaged the farm & got Anthony Davis from the Pelicans. The Celtics were able to get Kemba Walker…
Oh Save Us From Our Mess… Bette Midler caused a brief Twitter storm this past week when she challenged Beyonce’s 133 million Instagram followers a.k.a. The Beyhive to mobilize to defeat Agent Orange in 2020. While the tweet was meant to be encouraging, it also came across as tone deaf, misinformed and condescending. Here is…
