National Sports
February 8, 2012 - 10:06 a.m.•By K.C. Johnson — Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO (MCT) — At this rate, the Bulls might start longing for the days Derrick Rose merely hurt himself with an apple cutter in bed.
February 8, 2012 - 10:04 a.m.•By Brian Hamilton — Chicago Tribune
DENVER (MCT) — In one stall of a dressing room infested by frustration and disgust, Brent Seabrook sat hands folded, staring blankly at nothing in particular. A couple stalls down, Niklas Hjalmarsson struck the same gloomy pose. Across the space, Patrick Sharp did likewise.
February 7, 2012 - 8:38 p.m.
(MCT) — Jay Cutler has had a strained relationship with offensive coaches for the Chicago Bears, but Tuesday's hiring of Jeremy Bates as the team's quarterbacks coach gives him someone he's worked closely with in the past.
February 7, 2012 - 8:36 p.m.
DENVER (MCT) — Brendan Morrison was traded to the Blackhawks, and then he started moving. In a week's worth of games, the veteran center has bounced from second line to fourth line and then up to the third line, and where he stops nobody knows.
February 7, 2012 - 8:35 p.m.
(MCT) — The Cubs' new regime continued its housecleaning Monday when it said goodbye to infielder Blake DeWitt and claimed infielder Adrian Cardenas off waivers from the Athletics.
February 7, 2012 - 9:27 a.m.•By Jeff Roberts — The Record (Hackensack N.J.)
INDIANAPOLIS (MCT) — The questions lingered, Eli Manning remembered, smothering the Giants in doubt all those months ago.
February 7, 2012 - 9:24 a.m.•By Marc Narducci — The Philadelphia Inquirer
PHILADELPHIA (MCT) — Kobe Bryant understands that a player’s NBA clock doesn’t run forever, so at the age of 33 and in his 16th NBA season, the former Lower Merion (Pa.) High star seems to be savoring each and every experience.
February 7, 2012 - 9:23 a.m.•By Dave van Dyck — Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO (MCT) — With Ozzie Guillen and Mark Buehrle gone, White Sox veteran Paul Konerko — whether he likes it or not — becomes the face of the franchise.
February 7, 2012 - 9:22 a.m.
NEWARK, N.J. (MCT) — Derrick Rose dominates headlines even when he doesn’t play.
February 7, 2012 - 9:21 a.m.•By Teddy Greenstein — Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO (MCT) — The Big Ten is not only ready to listen to proposals regarding a national four-team football playoff, league and school officials are kicking around an intriguing idea.
February 7, 2012 - 9:20 a.m.•By Dan Caesar — St. Louis Post-Dispatch
(MCT) — The Super Bowl on Sunday was the most-watched program in U.S. television history, according to The Nielsen Co., the third year in a row it has set a record.
February 6, 2012 - 11:53 p.m.•By Teddy Greenstein — Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO (MCT) — The Big Ten is not only ready to listen to proposals regarding a national four-team football playoff, league and school officials are kicking around an intriguing idea.
February 6, 2012 - 11:48 p.m.•By Tom Musick — Shaw News Service
CHICAGO – The Blackhawks have pushed the reset button on a nine-game road trip.
February 6, 2012 - 10:37 a.m.•By Sam Farmer — Los Angeles Times
INDIANAPOLIS (MCT) — His older brother built this house.
February 6, 2012 - 10:35 a.m.•By Charles F. Gardner — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
MILWAUKEE (MCT) — Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls brought their fans with them to the Bradley Center on Saturday night.
February 6, 2012 - 10:34 a.m.•By Shannon Ryan — Chicago Tribune
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (MCT) — Illinois had labeled Sunday’s game against Northwestern as Maturity Game II.
February 6, 2012 - 10:33 a.m.•By K.C. Johnson — Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO (MCT) — Whenever Jimmy Butler used to watch the Bulls play while he was at Marquette, Luol Deng’s minutes always stood out.
February 6, 2012 - 10:32 a.m.•By Dave van Dyck — Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO (MCT) — Ask Jake Peavy whether he is 100 percent healthy for this season and this is the answer you get:
February 6, 2012 - 10:28 a.m.•By David Haugh — Chicago Tribune
INDIANAPOLIS (MCT) — We will remember the dramatic final play of the New York Giants’ 21-17 victory Sunday in Super Bowl XLVI, the way a diving Rob Gronkowski came within a foot of catching Tom Brady’s desperation heave that would have won the game for the New England Patriots. Like a prayer indeed.
February 5, 2012 - 1:12 p.m.
(MCT) — What baffles Corey Crawford the most right now is that he truly doesn't know what's going on with his game.
February 5, 2012 - 1:11 p.m.
MILWAUKEE (MCT) — The questions about Luol Deng's return were flying, and then came another about how the Bulls' depth distinguishes them. Finally, Scott Skiles had heard enough.
February 5, 2012 - 1:04 p.m.
(MCT) — Alex Brown knows just where he was in 1977, when he learned of Elvis Presley's demise. And in 1997, when he heard that Princess Diana had died. And on Jan. 29, 2007 when he got the news that, after a game fight for life, a champion racehorse named Barbaro had passed away.
February 3, 2012 - 11:10 a.m.•By K.C. Johnson — Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK (MCT) — Since ending the Chicago Bulls’ post-dynasty All-Star drought as a reserve in 2010, Derrick Rose, voted in Thursday as a starter for the second straight year, has made the game an annual routine.
February 3, 2012 - 11:09 a.m.•By K.C. Johnson — Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK (MCT) — In a surprise development, Jimmy Butler played all but nine seconds of the fourth quarter in the Bulls’ 105-102 victory Thursday night over the Knicks, scoring four points with a block.
February 3, 2012 - 11:08 a.m.•By Chris Kuc — Chicago Tribune
EDMONTON, Alberta (MCT) — In a couple of months when the Blackhawks look back on how the Western Conference postseason race unfolded, they just might focus on their efforts against the Oilers this season.
February 3, 2012 - 11:07 a.m.•By Bob McGinn — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
INDIANAPOLIS (MCT) — A fascinating moment took place in the third quarter of the AFC Championship Game. It underscored anew the type of football player Tom Brady is.
February 3, 2012 - 11:05 a.m.•By Jeff Wilson — McClatchy Newspapers
ARLINGTON, Texas (MCT) — Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton, the 2010 American League MVP who has battled addiction to drugs and alcohol for nearly a decade, had a relapse with alcohol Monday night at a bar in Dallas.
February 3, 2012 - 11:04 a.m.•By Anthony Fenech — Detroit Free Press
(MCT) — Former Tigers right-hander Edwin Jackson, one of the last available veteran arms on the free-agent market, signed a one-year deal worth between $8 million and $12 million with the Nationals, CBSSports.com reported Thursday.
February 2, 2012 - 11:11 p.m.•By Meghan Montemurro — Shaw News Service
CHICAGO – It would be easy for White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham to try and make excuses for a lackluster and underwhelming 2011 season.
February 2, 2012 - 11:10 p.m.•By Dan Pompei — Chicago Tribune
INDIANAPOLIS (MCT) — They ignored Wes Welker on draft day.
February 2, 2012 - 10:00 a.m.•By K.C. Johnson — Chicago Tribune
PHILADELPHIA (MCT) — Here’s about all you need to know regarding the Bulls’ 98-82 blowout loss to the 76ers on Wednesday night at Wells Fargo Center:
February 2, 2012 - 9:59 a.m.•By Brian Hamilton — Chicago Tribune
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (MCT) — Gunner Kiel will wear No. 1 at Notre Dame. Apparently a bull’s-eye wasn’t available.
February 2, 2012 - 9:58 a.m.•By K.C. Johnson — Chicago Tribune
PHILADELPHIA (MCT) — One day after Luol Deng took contact on the torn ligament in his left wrist for the first time, the Bulls confirmed Richard Hamilton will sit until fully recovered from his groin and thigh bruise issues.
February 2, 2012 - 9:56 a.m.•By Dave Van Dyck — Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO (MCT) — Funny thing about Brett Jackson: He has been both a Cubs’ savior and a Cubs’ survivor — and he has only played in parts of three minor league seasons.
February 2, 2012 - 9:55 a.m.•By Brian Hamilton — Chicago Tribune
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (MCT) — Around midday Wednesday, a sleep-deprived wide receiver in Fresno, Calif., watched a fax machine deliver both a letter of intent and an acute dose of torment. Deontay Greenberry was headed to Notre Dame, and then he wasn’t, and imagine Brian Kelly’s surprise.
February 2, 2012 - 9:50 a.m.•By Juan C. Rodriguez — Sun Sentinel
(MCT) — The questions were all but entirely personality-related.
February 1, 2012 - 8:16 p.m.•By Tom Musick — Shaw News Service
LAKE FOREST – On paper, Phil Emery is the Bears’ top football decision-maker.
February 1, 2012 - 8:12 p.m.
(MCT) — Tony Gwynn had a simple explanation for relief pitcher Addison Reed's rocket-like rise through the minor leagues and his determination to become a mainstay in the White Sox's bullpen.
