Lions at Bears, Bears Redux

You can tell a lot about how a game is going to go on the first play, right?  Let’s hope not.  The Lions start the game with a 54 yard pass to Calvin Johnson. The announcers are our old pal tHom Brennaman and the always full of himself Brian Billick.  The...

Let’s get this over with

When the great Chris Iannetta homered to win Tuesday night’s Rockies v. Brewers tilt, the Cubs were officially eliminated from playoff contention.  And you all thought that happened when Milton Bradley threw the ball into the stands against Minnesota in June....

Rest assured: Jeff Joniak still sucks

Sunday was completely disjointed for me.  I was on the road for most of the first half of the Bears game in Seattke, I got into my hotel room before halftime and fired up the WiFi in time to watch a good chunk of the middle of the game on the super freakin’...

Bears v. Seahawks Redux…uh…no

Because of an ill-timed conference, I will be traveling today during the Bears game with Seattle and so you’ll have to live without a pithy moment by moment recap like we’ve had for the first two games. I’ll chime in when I can on Twitter, so if you...

Hendry’s return not certain

While nearly everyone covering the Cubs has expressed the opinion that Jim Hendry will return to his job as General Manager-Vice President in Charge of Screwing Up the Payroll, for the 2010 season, nobody can be sure. Why?  Because the soon-to-be owners of the Cubs,...

Milton will be missed…like syphilis

As the Cubs death march to end the season continues, they’ll have to do it without Milton Bradley.  It’s fitting, because there’s nothing worse than going to a funeral and having a guy try to pee into the casket. Signing Milton never seemed like a...