Bulls 101, Mavericks 78THE FACTS: After letting a 27-point lead turn into a one-point loss Monday against Milwaukee, the Chicago Bulls made a big lead stand up Wednesday in a 101-78 win over the Dallas Mavericks at the United Center. Luol Deng led the Bulls with 22 points, an… |
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The NFL fined Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen $21,000 for his blindside hit that ended Bears guard Lance Louis’ season. Louis tore his left ACL Sunday, and he was placed on injured reserve Monday. The Bears signed former Pro Bowl center Andr… |
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Bears quarterback Jay Cutler doesn’t care that his new starting right guard is 6 feet, 7 inches tall. “I don’t care if he’s 6-10,” Cutler joked. “If he does his job, I’ll find a way.” Right now, that right guard would be Gabe Carimi, forme… |
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Kyle Rudolph, Harrison Smith clear concussion testsNov 28, 2012
Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com The Minnesota Vikings received some good news on Wednesday as both tight end Kyle Rudolph and safety Harrison Smith have been cleared to return after suffering concussions last week. Rudolph and Smith both were forced to leave last Sunday’s game against… |
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The Bears’ offense appeared to catch a break when news broke Sunday that Seahawks starting cornerbacks Richard Sherman and Brandon Browner — key cogs in Seattle’s third-ranked defense —faced four-game suspensions for violating NFL rules on perform… |
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Mavericks' Collison sits with sprained fingerNov 28, 2012
Dallas Mavericks guard Darren Collison is sitting out against the Chicago Bulls because of a sprained right middle finger. |
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Bears' Forte (ankle) practices on limited basisNov 28, 2012
Jeff Dickerson, ESPN.com Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte had limited participation in practice on Wednesday, an encouraging development after the Pro Bowl tailback had to leave last week's game versus the Minnesota Vikings due to an ankle injury. |
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Stronger than ever, Brandon Marshall learns to live with Borderline Personality DisorderNov 28, 2012
Doug Farrar, yahoo.com SEATTLE -- "By no means am I all healed or fixed, but it's like a light bulb has been turned on in my dark room." That's what Chicago Bears receiver Brandon Marshall said in June of 2011, soon after the veteran found a name for the disorder th… |
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Samer Kalaf, deadspin.com If you're in Chicago on Dec. 1, why not go watch a Bulls-Sixers game (on TV) with Dennis Rodman? It's part of the Dennis Rodman Viewing Party Experience. Also included in the Dennis Rodman Viewing Party Experience: a Q&A with The Worm, two drinks, a… |
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Bears' Marshall: NFL players use Viagra for 'edge'Nov 28, 2012
Bears' Marshall: NFL players use Viagra for 'edge' |
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The ‘Bulls fan’ that traded a toilet-submerged jersey for Drew Gooden’s tickets defends his tastesNov 28, 2012
Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com We realize we're getting into the sort of hard and fast Fan Dude rules that we absolutely abhor. Live in Boston and want to root for the Lakers? Go ahead. Live in Los Angeles and can't stomach the ownership for either team — pick away, you've got 28 oth… |
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Jay Busbee, yahoo.com Say you're an NFL player getting on in your career. You remember the days when you could plunge through the line 20, 30 times a game, post a dozen tackles, go all four quarters and overtime too. But now you don't have the zip you used to. Sometimes you'… |
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An NFL scout’s take on Bears’ erratic offensive lineNov 28, 2012
AFTERNOON SPORTS CLUB: The phone call was made in search of an explanation that was not forthcoming, at least about a subject that has had Bears fans scratching their heads and pulling out their hair simultaneously. How can an offensive line bullied by … |
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Coleman designated to open spot for FeldmanNov 28, 2012
Carrie Muskat, MLB.com Right-handed pitcher Casey Coleman was designated for assignment to make room on the Cubs' 40-man roster for recently acquired pitcher Scott Feldman. The Cubs' roster is at 40. |
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Spencer Lund, dimemag.com The Oklahoma City Thunder laid the smackdown on the Bobcats on Monday night, winning 114-69, and negating the positive work new head coach Mike Dunlap had done with the Bobcats to start the season. The Thunder’s 45-point rout of the Bobcats was highligh… |
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Jim Trotter, CNNSI.com NEW ORLEANS -- This was the tipping point Who Dat Nation had been waiting on. Its beloved Saints, after surrendering 21 consecutive points, had scored to make it a one-touchdown game, and now they had 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick facing 3rd-and-11… |
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BBAO: Reconfiguring the Bears' OL againNov 28, 2012
We're Black and Blue All Over: It appears that injuries and performance issues will leave the Chicago Bears with alternate starters at three of their five offensive line positions Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks. Michael C. Wright of ESPNChicago.com… |
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The Bears weren’t about to let another second-year quarterback and a good running team waltz all over them again.They weren’t about to be questioned again. Instead, the Bears’ defense did what’s expected in a solid 28-10 victory Sunday against the… |
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Jay Cutler not best, but best of rest?Nov 28, 2012
Where would the Bears be without Jay Cutler? It would be more worthwhile to lament that question if we knew the answer to an even better one: Where will the Bears be with Jay Cutler? And furthermore, while we know exactly where the Bears would be withou… |
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