Thoughts from Practice
I had the chance to attend Bears practice today (thanks to Jeff Berkes of Windy City Gridiron for hooking me up with a ticket when I wasn’t able to land one on Ticketmaster), and want to share some of what I was able to observe. I’m going to focus mostly on injuries and depth chart, because it’s hard to take too much away from individual performances in one … [Read more...] about Thoughts from Practice
Hard Knocks, Episode One: A Live Blog.
8:56 PM ET. Full disclosure: I am deeply regretting the commitment I made to review these episodes. I don’t even want to watch them. But I do love a Liev Schreiber voiceover. For me, he stands with Peter Coyote as our finest documentary voiceover artists. (Coyote does many of the epic Ken Burns films.) 8:59 PM ET. How many of these Game of Thrones series need to exist? I … [Read more...] about Hard Knocks, Episode One: A Live Blog.
Bear With Us: Recapping Chicago’s Hall Of Fame Game
Your Turn: How did you feel about the Bears’ performance in the Hall Of Fame game? … [Read more...] about Bear With Us: Recapping Chicago’s Hall Of Fame Game
Three Highlight Games from Hall of Famer Devin Hester.
Devin Hester was the only active player interview I ever enjoyed. He was charismatic, honest, funny, and he was not pleased to see Josh Cribbs stealing some of his limelight while he was sidelines with an injury. Hester was also the most electric athlete of my lifetime. Data wrote a terrific piece, Quantifying Devin Hester, in 2017. Robert even reflected on Hester in his early … [Read more...] about Three Highlight Games from Hall of Famer Devin Hester.