Louisville 102, W. Kentucky 75

Louisville 102, W. Kentucky 75

Louisville 94, Oral Roberts 57

Louisville 94, Oral Roberts 57

Louisville's Jerry Smith goes to the basket during the second half of their NCAA college basketball game against Western...

Jerry Smith, left, and Rakeem Buckles both go up for a dunk during the second half of their...

Shanahan makes too much sense

Shanahan is reportedly interested in the Bears. Are they smart enough to act?

Tennessee's bench contributes 60 points in rout of North Carolina A&T

Tyler Smith and Kenny Hall both had 16 points and Tennessee (No. 14 ESPN/USA Today, No. 16 AP) scored the first 22 points of the game in a 99-78 victory over North Carolina A&T on Wednesday night.

Vikings-Bears Preview

Vikings-Bears Preview

Disappointing end for Byrd, Bills

...are the four others. No guarantees for Lovie: Bears coach Lovie Smith is owed $11 million over the next two years, but GM Jerry Angelo said money wouldn't determine how the team proceeds. If...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 23, 2009

Ten most embarrassing Chicago moments of 2009

Here are the 10 most embarrassing Chicago moments of 2009.

Regrading the 2009 NFL draft

Mel Kiper re-evaluates his initial 2009 NFL draft grades. His thoughts (among many): the Packers, Pats, Ravens and Niners look good, the Raiders still look awful and this season's darlings -- Colts and Saints -- didn't draft well.

Story | Conversation | December 23, 2009

Watch out for Big Ben

If the Steelers sneak into the playoffs, they could be dangerous because of Ben Roethlisberger, writes John Clayton in his latest mailbag.

Bet on Kentucky Cup race in 2011

Bruton Smith usually gets what he wants, and the owner of Kentucky Speedway wants a Sprint Cup race at the Sparta facility as soon as 2011. It's going to take some deal-making, but you can bet he'll get it done.

Maryland Small School All-State Team

Maryland high school football Small School All-State team

Black and Blue all over: Digging out

...of the Chicago Tribune: A funny thing happened to Jerry Angelo on the way to explaining why money is no object when deciding Lovie Smith's future. Angelo introduced logic that potentially opened the...

Redick, Lewis key late run as Magic silence Jazz in Nelson's return

J.J. Redick had 20 points, Rashard Lewis scored 18 and the Orlando Magic blew past the Utah Jazz 104-99 on Monday night with some potent 3-point shooting.