Tag Archives: Chicago
What Does Mike Martz to Chicago Mean For Jay Cutler?
Mike Martz hasn’t always been known as the easiest guy to get along with. It’s not necessarily that he’s mean, arrogant, or brass. He’s just stubborn. He loves to air it out. He passes to set-up the pass. His offense thrives on blowing the other team’s offense out of the water, making less mistakes, and [...]
NFL Quick Hits (Jan. 18th): Wade Phillips to return in 2010, Kurt Warner mulling retirement, and more
With every NFL team that gets eliminated from the playoffs, more and more aging veterans begin contemplating hanging up their cleats for the final time. Read on for all the news on who is considering ending their careers, as well as other hot reports surrounding the NFL as we prepare for conference championship week: Wade [...]
NFL Quick Hits (Jan. 15th): Saints sign Deuce McCallister, Marion Barber still questionable, and more
Saints Reportedly Sign Deuce McCallister New Orleans has reportedly agreed to terms with former running back, Deuce McCallister. McCallister isn’t guaranteed to have a role for the playoffs, but with Pierre Thomas dealing with an injury and Mike Bell’s play dropping off in the second half of the season, the Saints were looking for someone [...]
NFL Quick Hits (Jan. 6th): Tom Brady wins comeback player of the year award, Chad Ochocinco back at practice, and more
Tom Brady Named Comeback Player of the Year Brady topped 4,300 passing yards, while throwing 28 touchdowns to just 13 interceptions a year after tearing his ACL. Despite being out for 15 and a half games last season, Brady looked much like his old self, and helped get the Patriots back in the playoffs with [...]
Don’t Blame Josh McDaniels For Denver’s Woes
His tenure started with a bang. Down Goes Cutler, in a way, is what should have rang in the ears of NFL fans everywhere. Of course, you had your Jay Cutler haters, who shrugged off the bold move by new head coach, Josh McDaniels, to challenge the rising superstar quarterback. Bold? Yes, you’d say. Stupid? [...]
Jay Cutler in Chicago: Work in Progress or Failure?
The 2009 NFL season is over for the Chicago Bears. Both because it’s now 2010, and because playoff season has started. The Bears, at 7-9, will not be taking part, despite once hoping in the off-season that their ambitious trade for Denver Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler would make them a complete team. After a horrid [...]
Chicago Blackhawks “re-assign” GM
The Chicago Blackhawks just came off their best season in ages when they made it to the Western Conference Finals last year, losing to the Detroit Red Wings in five games. Many will tell you the Hawks’ new found success is due to three things: their home games being on television, ownership changing hands to [...]
Three-team trade “not going to happen”
ESPN’s NBA reporters are some of the best in the business, but even they tend to throw stuff at the wall to see if it sticks. It turns out the three-team trade involving the Chicago Bulls, Utah Jazz, and Portland Trail Blazers, which was reported yesterday by Marc Stein and Chad Ford, was nothing more [...]
Bulls, Jazz, and Blazers talking trade
Multiple media outlets are reporting that the Chicago Bulls, Utah Jazz, and Portland Trail Blazers are discussing a possible trade that would send forward Carlos Boozer to the Bulls, guard Kirk Hinrich to the Blazers, and forward Tyrus Thomas to the Jazz. According to ESPN senior NBA writers Marc Stein and Chad Ford, Boozer could [...]
Chicago Cubs sold to Ricketts family
The long wait for a new owner of the Chicago Cubs has been just as agonizing as the franchise’s long wait for a World Series championship. Okay, maybe it hasn’t topped the 101 year drought, but it’s been over two years since the Cubs went up for sale. Earlier today, the Chicago Tribune, who currently [...]
