Aikman Sees Bears In Playoff Hunt
The jury might still be out on the Bears in 2010, but former Dallas Cowboys QB and current FOX NFL Commentator, Troy Aikman feels like there is reason to be optimistic. Aikman joined The Score’s Mully...
View ArticleLet’s Hope Ricketts Reads The Sun-Times
Cub fans, if you didn’t get a chance today to see the Sun-Times column of Gordon Wittenmeyer, Mully and Hanley’s Cubs Insider, it is worth a read. Gordon spent some time talking to a couple of the...
View ArticlePearlman Defends Writing Payton Book
(WSCR) Since an excerpt of Jeff Pearlman’s new book, “Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton,” was published in Sports Illustrated Wednesday, the author has come under fire for writing details...
View ArticleHanley: Is Ventura The Next Del Negro?
By Brian Hanley- (CBS) Will Robin Ventura be a great, or even good, manager? Time will tell. Here’s hoping Robin isn’t baseball Vinny Del Negro: well-intentioned, likable, CLUELESS. The only thing...
View ArticleHanley: Careful What You Send To Boston For Epstein
By Brian Hanley- (CBS) Don’t blink now, Tom Ricketts! Don’t give in to public pressure and send perhaps the Cubs’ best pitching prospect to the Red Sox to seal the Theo Epstein deal. Multiple reports...
View ArticleHanley: Theo Epstein Is Not A Savior
By Brian Hanley- (CBS) Heard the old joke about what Jesus told the Cubs when it came to winning the World Series? “Don’t do anything until I get back!” While Theo Epstein seems like a Godsend to Cubs’...
View ArticleHanley: Epstein Ushers In New Cubs Era
By Brian Hanley- (CBS) “Just pick the smart guy!” That was what James Taylor suggested to a concert crowd, who obviously approached the political plate from the left side, to do during the “Vote for...
View ArticleHanley: Cubs Will Always Be Team Theo
By Brian Hanley- (CBS) Good to see Chicago’s Theogood hasn’t been lost on Jason McLeod. “I don’t want to speak to the virtues of ‘Theo mania’ here, but it’s well-deserved,” said McLeod, the Cubs new...
View ArticleHanley: Time Is Running Out On NBA
By Brian Hanley- (CBS) Where there is a will there is a way. Sounds simple. Can’t say that sentiment was with me when I awoke in the wee hours from a quick, albeit uncomfortable, nap on the floor under...
View ArticleHanley: Mind Reels At PSU Scandal, And There May Be More Ahead
By Brian Hanley (CBS) Here’s hoping the worst of the depravity of the Jerry Sandusky child-abuse allegations has already been brought to light. However, if what Mark Madden of 105.9 in Pittsburgh told...
View ArticleHanley: Bears, NBA, Penn State And More
By Brian Hanley- (CBS) In honor of the baseball general managers meeting Monday in Milwaukee, time to spray to all fields while waiting to see if Carlos squared (Quentin and Zambrano) are sent packing....
View ArticleHanley: Bears, Boozer, Suh And Cubs
By Brian Hanley CHICAGO (CBS) – Terry Boers started a spirited Score debate with listeners Tuesday when he said Charles Tillman is the best Bears cornerback ever. That statement probably said more...
View ArticleHanley: Ohio State AD Gene Smith ‘Clueless’
By Brian Hanley (CBS) – Gene Smith, the clueless Ohio State athletic director, shouldn’t be the only one “disappointed with the NCAA’s decision” Tuesday. The NCAA hit Ohio State with a one-year bowl...
View ArticleHanley: Bears’ Shakeup ‘A Refreshing Start’
By Brian Hanley CHICAGO (CBS) – Actions may speak louder than words, yet without Bears chairman George McCaskey’s mantra that “winning world championships” is the team’s goal, Jerry Angelo would still...
View ArticleHanley: Good Luck, Ozzie, Keeping Big Z In Check
By Brian Hanley Maybe the Cubs should have sent Carlos Zambrano to Washington instead of Miami. If Z could unify Congress like he did his once fellow Cubs, maybe the country’s lawmakers could actually...
View ArticleHanley: Cubs Shouldn’t Overpay Wood To Stick Around
(WSCR) -- This column is going to be as short as the Cubs’ contract talks with Kerry Wood need to be. Five words should do it: Take it or leave it. This is not to say a Cubs’ cold shoulder to Kerry...
View ArticleHanley: Bears Better Pass On Forte
By Brian Hanley- (CBS) Here’s a bit of advice for the Bears’ next general manager: Run away from Matt Forte. In a perfect world, Forte would get every penny of the $20 or so million in guaranteed money...
View ArticleHanley: Adam Dunn’s Comments Infuriating
By Brian Hanley- (CBS) Spraying to all fields while wondering whether either Chicago baseball team will win 70 games this season: Of all the head-scratching things Adam Dunn said to White Sox beat...
View ArticleHanley: News, Notes And Nonsense
By Brian Hanley- (CBS) When it comes to his bad back, it looks like the ball is no longer in Derrick Rose’s court. That’s a good thing. The fact the Bulls brought back guard Mike James Tuesday on a...
View ArticleHanley: Taking Down Bennett Earned Saints’ Harper A Big ‘Bounty’
By BRIAN HANLEY CHICAGO (CBS) — At the time, Roman Harper’s words seemed simply cliched. The New Orleans Saints safety, sitting in front of his locker room cubicle after that Sept. 18 game, told me he...
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