The Bears have signed 28-year old DT Corvey Irvin. Irvin played in 12 games for the Buccaneers last year and he had 6 tackles. Irvin has now played in 18 games in his first three years in the NFL and he has 11 tackles and 1 tackle for a loss. Irvin could help the Bears [...]
The Chicago Bears selected 20-year old WR Marquess Wilson out of Washington State with the #236 overall pick (7th round) of the 2013 NFL Draft. Wilson is 6’4″, 185 pounds and he runs a 4.45 40. Wilson would have been long gone by the 7th round of this draft, but, he likely fell due to [...]
The Chicago Bears selected 23-year old DE/OLB Cornelius Washington out of Georgia with the #188 overall pick (6th round) of the 2013 NFL Draft. Washington is 6’4″, 264 pounds and he runs a 4.75 40. Washington is a big time power player as he can knock O-Lineman backwards and when he tackles you, he tries [...]
The Bears selected 22-year old OT Jordan Mills out of Louisiana Tech with the #163 overall pick (5th round) of the 2013 NFL Draft. Mills is 6’5″, 315 pounds and he runs a 5.25 40. Mills has good size and he is quick getting to the second level on running plays. He has good anchor [...]
The Bears selected 24-year old OLB Khaseem Greene out of Rutgers with the #117 overall pick (4th round) of the 2013 NFL Draft. Greene is 6’0″, 241 pounds and he runs a 4.71 40. Greene played safety his first couple of years in college and then he converted to linebacker and was the Big East [...]
The Bears selected 22-year old ILB Jon Bostic out of Florida with the #50 overall pick (2nd round) of the 2013 NFL Draft. Bostic is 6’0″, 245 pounds and he runs a 4.75 40. Bostic is a good pursuit player and he is solid in pass coverage. But, he is more of a flash player [...]
29-year old righty starting pitcher Matt Garza is going to return to the Cubs’ starting rotation early next week. He has pitched in 4 games (all starts) in AA+AAA-ball so far this year on a rehab assignment and he is 1-1 with a 1.17 ERA and a 0.91 WHIP. Garza has pitched in 49 games [...]
Righty starting pitcher Dennis Lamp pitched really well in 1978 for the 79-83 Chicago Cubs, but they just didn’t give him much run support. Lamp pitched in 37 games (36 starts) for the Cubs in 1978 and he was 7-15 with a 3.30 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP. He pitched in 127 games (108 starts) [...]
27-year old lefty swinging Luis Valbuena and 37-year old righty swinging Cody Ransom have formed a solid platoon at 3B for the Cubs so far this year. Valbuena played in 31 games for the Cubs last year and he was 25 of 92 (.272 avg, .874 OPS) with 9 runs scored, 5 homers, 13 RBIs [...]
The Cubs got 21-year old righty swinging 3B Christian Villanueva from the Texas Rangers in the Ryan Dempster deal last July. Villanueva came into this season as the Cubs’ #12 prospect according to Baseball America. He has played in 29 games in AA-ball so far this year and he is 22 for 108 (.204 avg, [...]
30-year old righty starting pitcher Scott Feldman has been solid so far this year. I thought the Cubs were a little nuts when they signed Feldman to a 1-year, $6 million dollar deal last winter. After all, Feldman pitched in 29 games (21 starts) for the Rangers last year and he was 6-11 with a [...]
The Cubs have dealt 30-year old righty swinging infielder Alberto Gonzalez to the Yankees for either a player to be named later or cash. Gonzalez played in 11 games for the Cubs this year and he was 5 for 23 (.217 avg, .661 OPS) with 3 runs scored, 1 homer and 2 RBIs. Gonzalez has [...]
20-year old rookie point guard Marquis Teague had a rough rookie season. He played in 48 games (0 starts) for the Bulls last year and he averaged 8.2 minutes, 2.1 points, 0.9 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. Teague only shot 38.1% from the floor, 17.4% from three point range and 56.3% from the floor [...]
55-year old head coach Tom Thibodeau did the best he could for the Bulls in 2012-13, as they were ransacked with injuries. He led the Bulls to a 45-37 (54.9%) record during the regular season and a 5-7 (41.7%) record in the playoffs. Thibodeau has compiled a 157-73 record (68.3%) in his first three years [...]
The Bulls played with star point guard Derrick Rose for the entire 2012-13 season as he continues to recover from a torn ACL. That led to the Bulls having to play a more team oriented style of basketball and the results were solid. They finished up in second place in the Central Division with a [...]
The Bulls out-rebounded the Heat 40-32 last night, but they were outscored 25-14 in the 4th quarter which did them in. Carlos Boozer led the way for the Bulls with 26 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 blocked shot. Nate Robinson (21 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists), Jimmy Butler (19 points, [...]
The Bulls only shot 25.7% from the floor and they scored 9 points in the 3rd quarter last night and it did them in. Carlos Boozer only shot 3 of 14 from the floor, but he led the way for the Bulls last night with 14 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 steals. Jimmy [...]
The Bulls were outscored 34-24 in the 4th quarter and it did them in last night. Carlos Boozer led the way for the Bulls last night with 21 points and 4 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (17 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals), Nate Robinson (17 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 1 [...]
