It's difficult to believe these stumbling, bumbling Bears are just three seasons removed from the Super Bowl. What happened to the promise of 2006?
Now hear this, sports fans: You are not irrelevant. Your voices can be heard. You do matter.
The Bears beat the Browns by 24 points, and everyone is complaining. Go figure. At this point in the season, don't we have a pretty good inkling of what the Bears are all about?
During the pregame festivities, Benny the Bull climbed a very tall ladder to bang a drum. And when the Bulls' starting lineup was announced, the players ran down to the court from the stands. The ladder stunt might have been more dangerous, but the sight of the gangly Joakim Noah navigating those steps was definitely more nerve-wracking. It's a good thing the home opener happens only once a season because the pregame hijinks are not for the faint of heart.
It looks like Mark McGwire played this one just right. He was criticized and ridiculed when he appeared before Congress in 2005 and refused to discuss his alleged steroid use. Then he went into hiding. And now, just like that, he's coming back to baseball. Amazing.
Those who have tuned in to Comcast SportsNet to watch the Blackhawks this season surely have noticed that Josh Mora no longer is hosting the pregame and postgame shows. In fact, he has been taken off the Hawks beat all together. The network also has informed Mora, whose contract is up in February, that it won't be re-signing him.
Leave it to Major League Baseball to strip the joy out of the playoffs. The postseason should be a celebration, but it has become a mockery. There is no good reason for the playoffs to stretch into November. There is no justification for playing games in 30- or 40-degree weather, with wind chill indexes making it feel even colder than that. There is no good reason to subject the players or fans to these conditions time and again. Enough is enough.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- This was going to be the one that erased all the bad memories. And Notre Dame hung tough, but time ran out on them. The end result was yet another loss to USC, this time by the score of 34-27. But hey, the Irish are getting closer. Isn't that something to feel good about? Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis seems to think so.
Rush Limbaugh is a meathead. But he also is a very wealthy man, and he's part of a group that wants to buy the St. Louis Rams. Does his bid deserve to be considered? Of course it does.
