I don’t know if there has ever been a scarier player in the NFL than Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis.

Sure, there have been the Nitchkes, the Butkuses and the Lamberts over the years, but Lewis has been the modern era’s prototypical linebacker. In Lewis, opposing offenses faced not only a gifted athlete, but a true competitor – in physical, mental and emotional capacities of the game.

There have been outstanding linebackers in the NFL over the past two decades — Brian Urlacher, Patrick Willis and Junior Seau just to name a few — but no other linebacker has truly exemplified the qualiti...

So Edwin Jackson was officially announced Wednesday as part of the the 2013 Cubs roster.

Is it just me, or is anyone else wildly confused with the signing of Jackson?

Sure, the Cubs need pitchers – more accurately, innings eaters – but why Jackson? Granted, he’s accumulated a ton of innings over the past few seasons, but he’s been wildly mediocre and, as a result, has played for seven teams in nine seasons.
I’m not necessarily against acquiring low reward players during this current rebuilding phase, but why celebrate it with a welcoming press conference?

It’s not like Theo Epstein and Jed Hoy...

If you look back at the shortcomings of the Chicago Bears over the last two years, it’s easy to point fingers at a number of players.  Offensive linemen like J’Marcus Webb and Gabe Carimi are easy targets for blame, as are offensive coordinator Mike Tice and, of course, former head coach Lovie Smith.

While bad draft picks, injuries and the decline of skill players have hampered the Bears since their NFC Championship appearance in 2010, one of the costliest mistakes the Bears organization made was trading former Bears tight end Greg Olsen to the Carolina Panthers.

All too often in 2012, curren...

Much to the dismay of many current Chicago Bears, Lovie Smith was fired Monday after nine seasons as head coach of the Chicago Bears.

In the Bears locker room, linebacker Nick Roach expressed his grief, saying “It’s disappointing.  It’s very sad to see him go. If you’re a player in the NFL for any number of years, even if it’s just a couple years, he’s a guy that you would want to play for. So it’s sad to see him have to leave.”

Defensive end Corey Wooton added, ”It’s definitely tough, especially with a coach like Lovie...