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Bears offensive coordinator Mike Tice’s mild play-calling pans out

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The questions had to be asked because things just looked different as the Bears’ offense went to work against the Minnesota Vikings. Whether it was all the short passes, all the runs or the play-action bootlegs, the offense kept the opposition off-balan…

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An MRI exam on the left knee of Bears starting right guard Lance Louis revealed a torn anterior cruciate ligament, according to a league source. The Bears announced Monday that Louis was put on injured reserve and will miss the rest of the season. On th…

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It’s a good thing the Bears have Eric Weems. With kick returner/wide receiver Devin Hester’s status unknown because of a concussion, Weems’ roles expanded Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings. That should continue for as long as Hester is out. Weems…

Jesse Rogers, ESPN.com

Drew Gooden offered tickets via Twitter to Monday's game against the Bulls at the United Center to any of his followers who sent him him a twit pic of a Bulls jersey in a toilet, and the winner sent in a shot of a submerged Kirk Hinrich jersey.

Tom Ley, deadspin.com

On Sunday, during ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown, Tom Jackson went on a mini tirade about Bears quarterback Jay Cutler that was as needless as it was brainless. Here was a grown man dispatched into sputtering agitation by a 10-second clip of another guy wa…

Scott Merkin, MLB.com

Almost two months after the forgettable finish, the White Sox hitting coach Jeff Manto considers his first year on this job a success thanks to the talented group he oversaw. He also believes the club's late September fade was as much mental as it was p…

David Brown, yahoo.com

The Chicago Cubs announced the hiring of Rob Deer as the team's new assistant hitting coach on Monda,  but the old slugger was not the only sign of wildlife spotted around Wrigley Field in recent days. As you can see in the photo above, a pair coyotes w…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The man they call All Day got a late start on Sunday. Vikings running back Adrian Peterson took a cab to Soldier Field for the game against the Bears because the team’s bus left the hotel without him onboard. Peterson arrived at about 10:30 a.m. CT for …

Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com

Night. The pack slips silently out of the den, drawn by an unnameable urge deep in the midbrain. The streets are deserted, the twolegs having retreated to the safety of their dwellings. The world belongs to them now. The waxing moon rises above the low …

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It looks like we're in for an intense week of discussion about illegal and/or dirty hits here in the NFC North. As we await news from the NFL about a possible discipline for Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, we learned Monday afternoon that …

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After the Chicago Bears' 28-10 victory over the Minnesota Vikings, here are three issues that merit further examination: Sunday represented quarterback Jay Cutler in all his glory. We saw him express anger at the offensive line for an early breakdown an…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Six Bears starters suffered injuries on Sunday.  Though details aren’t yet available on all of them, there’s good news as to one of the most important. Cornerback Charles Tillman, one of the candidates for NFL defensive player of the year, suffered a…

Lynn Zinser, nytimes.com

The Giants are inspiring. The Jets are so tiring even a longtime fan is hanging up his hat.

CNNSI.com

Looking for a crazy playoff race? Try the bizarro NFC, which has six teams fighting for the last spot. But huge news from Week 12 could shake everything up, Peter King writes.

Cj, bearsgab.com

In America, there’s no doubt that football is king. Every weekend, people around the country sit down and spend the afternoon watching the games. It’s a high-impact explosive sport where at any moment one good pass or run can change the entire game. T…

Doug Farrar, yahoo.com

Bush and Bush score simultaneous touchdowns At exactly 54 seconds past 2:03 Eastern Time on Sunday, both Reggie Bush of the Miami Dolphins and Michael Bush of the Chicago Bears hit the end zone. Ray Rice's amazing fourth-and-29 conversion This might be …

ESPN.com

We're Black and Blue All Over: EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Good morning folks. The sun comes especially early when you post your final item from the "day before" at 2 a.m., but so it goes. Week 12, as you know by now, concluded with the Chicago B…

Don Banks, CNNSI.com

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Sometimes I think Tom Coughlin's Giants team should come with a disclaimer label attached: "For best results, apply pressure.''

Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning leads our Sunday night Rx report after undergoing a concussion test and x-rays after taking a shot to the head in Sunday's 17-9 win over the Kansas City Chiefs. Manning passed the test and the 11-time Pro Bowler…