February 2007 Archives

In retrospect, was the speculation about the Bears not extending Lovie Smith — at least in a timely fashion — excessive? I mean, it's only been a few weeks since the Super Bowl, and the deal's done.

Baseball Prospectus, which is a fairly respected publication, is predicting the Cubs to win their division and the Sox to finish fourth.

Who's going to be the White Sox' No. 5 starter?

As the lowest-paid coach in the NFL last season at $1.3 million, Lovie Smith is guaranteed to at least triple his salary as he and the Bears negotiate an extension past next season. But should the Bears keep their coach at any price?

Jamar Smith's drinking and driving were bad enough, but to allegedly leave a teammate he thought was dead in a car without calling 911 is unbelievable.

The Bears - or more specifically Lovie Smith - are letting Ron Rivera go. From red-hot head-coaching prospect to out-of-work defensive coordinator. Are the Bears making a mistake?

Someone asked if I believed Tim Hardaway's apology for saying he hates gay people. No chance.

Sorry for the delay on posting some of your comments, been on vacation and needed to de-blog for a few days. Don't get back to work until Monday, but had to give you guys to talk about the Cubs.

He's got one more year on his contract, what should the Bears do? Extend him, wait to see how he does next season or bring in someone like Jeff Garcia and kick Rex to the curb?

So the Bears are done and the first story that catches my eye is Tyrus Thomas being fined and ripped by a paper as a thug for POOH-POOHING THE DUNK CONTEST? And my reaction is HUH?

Send the Bears your congratulations for making it to the Super Bowl for the first time in 21 years, and tell us what makes you most optimistic about the future.

Get in those comments, even as the game is unfolding, and they may end up in what could be a souvenir edition.

Richard Dent was one of the best pass rushers Bears fans ever have seen, but he wasn't good enough to make it into the Hall of Fame - again. Was he too one-dimensional to make it?

My favorite destination while covering the Bulls was Miami, because it meant at least a lunch and some after-game drinks on South Beach. Man, were things different last night.

So Rex Grossman called the media ignorant. He's right — and wrong.