Boom: Khalil Mack turns the Bears into a playoff team
The Bears just got a “best player.’’ Oh, they might’ve had one before, but it would be by default because even bad teams have a best player by process of...
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Top 10 list: Luscious explained, Dan Bernstein’s bacon hack, Joe Maddon vs. the ‘lineupistas’
Let’s just cut to the chase with Stevie Sunshine’s Power Rankings: 1. Luscious It’s time for an explanation. No, Luscious is not a Brooklyn indie pop band, and, no, Luscious...
Wake up, people: This could be the week we’ll circle in recounting steps in the White Sox rebuild
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. Legendary Chicago philosopher Ferris Bueller dropped that on us more than...
That’s some nerve Matt Nagy has — and Bears fans should love it
If this last week were a poker hand, and in many ways the NFL is far more like hold ’em than the global warfare hooey some would have you believe,...
Bears GM Ryan Pace failed to put Roquan Smith in a position to succeed, and it’s still dragging on
First, titular GM Ryan Pace’s silly and desperate insistence to retain the right to void some of Roquan Smith’s guaranteed money cost the Bears’ No. 1 draft pick about a...
What Bears coach Matt Nagy should’ve said about sitting his starters
What Bears coach Matt Nagy said was true — that his decision not to play young, inexperienced quarterback Mitch Trubisky and most of the starters on both sides of the...
Bears are calling Raiders about trading for holdout pass-rusher Khalil Mack, right?
Khalil Mack continues to hold out with one year left on his $13.8 million contract, but the Raiders reportedly still have not put the pass-rushing monster on the trade block....
Urban Meyer is clueless and Ohio State is gutless
Try again, Ohio State. Try again until Urban Meyer understands the depravity of domestic abuse and the responsibility of enforcing zero tolerance. Heck, Ohio State, try again until you understand...
The 2 most impressive parts of Michael Kopech’s debut
No walks. That, for me, was the most impressive stat delivered Tuesday by the event formerly known as Michael Kopech. Kopech kept the Twins scoreless even after their first two...
Cubs’ acquisition of Daniel Murphy looks good on the field, but tough to embrace off of it
Daniel Murphy is the type of big-hitting player who can help the Cubs on the field. Off the field, well, that’s still a question for a team that claims character...