Bears 09/12/2017, 10:32pm TELANDER: Close game against Falcons might not mean anything for Bears Teams in the NFL can lose close games forever. Superstars win you the nail-biters. And the Bears have no superstars.
Baseball 09/05/2017, 11:33pm TELANDER: Injuries that Cubs avoided in ’16 are in alarming supply now The most recent issue, of course, is the hamstring injury that drove ace pitcher Jake Arrieta from the mound on Monday against the Pirates.
Bears 08/30/2017, 08:44am TELANDER: Are preseason games really worth all these serious injuries? TELANDER: The only thing that is certain about preseason games is that players will get hurt.
Baseball 08/23/2017, 12:03am TELANDER: Sure, Sox are horrible, but having a plan is victory enough As it stands, White Sox followers, even with this wretched team, are the most satisfied and happiest pro sports fans in Chicago.
Bears 08/15/2017, 09:24pm TELANDER: Bears must make Mitch Trubisky their starting QB Coach John Fox and the front office have to do the right thing and let Trubisky play, rookie or not.
Bears 08/09/2017, 12:43am TELANDER: Will Cutler be indifferent or invigorating with Dolphins? The guy who holds almost all of the Bears’ passing records ? but always seemed to let fans down in dispiriting ways ? is starting a new sports life.
Commentary 07/31/2017, 12:10pm TELANDER: As CTE rocks football, I’m donating my brain to science It wasn’t a great leap to pledge that ultimate thing that makes me human ? my brain ? to researchers at the Concussion Legacy Foundation in Boston.
Commentary 07/25/2017, 08:51pm TELANDER: Wealth, fame, success ? and CTE A new study offers devastating evidence of the brain injury chronic traumatic encephalopathy in NFL players.
Baseball 07/19/2017, 09:35am TELANDER: Cubs keep calm and carry on Patience Theo Epstein and Joe Maddon showed during tough times appears to be getting rewarded.
Baseball 07/11/2017, 09:03pm After Cubs’ success, Bears, Sox, Bulls are following tanking blueprint TELANDER: That wondrous Cubs ‘‘plan’’ presented a blueprint for building a pro sports team from ashes to the highest level.
Baseball 07/04/2017, 10:42pm You’ll get no All-Star arguments from me about Cubs TELANDER: Underachieving team got pretty much what it deserved in balloting for Midsummer Classic.
Basketball 06/22/2017, 08:12am Lake Forest is place to be for funds and game vs. Orr On Saturday afternoon, the Class 2A champion Orr basketball team will play a charity game against Lake Forest at the Lake Forest main gym.
Bears 06/21/2017, 12:07am Forget waiting, Mitch Trubisky should see the field this season TELANDER: When Glennon screws up or gets hurt ? and both likely will happen, such is the life of NFL QBs ? then let rookie Mitch Trubisky play.
Commentary 06/13/2017, 08:42pm It’s almost impossible to separate sports and politics today Political viewpoints and sports make for strange bedfellows, but they sleep together every night. They have to.
Bears 06/06/2017, 08:36pm Let’s take this opportunity to imagine Mitch Trubisky as a star A couple of seasons from now, we only can dream that GM Ryan Pace knew exactly what he was doing when he moved up a spot to draft this quarterback.