Unbeaten Lions want to win Monday; 2-2 Bears need to win - October 9, 2011 - One of the Lions players off this 4-0 team, can't recall if it was Billy Sims or Bobby Layne, predicted that their nationally televised game against the Bears at Ford Field would produce playoff intensity.
No blitz, no chance for Bears - October 10, 2011 - Blitz now.
Rangers' Daniels quite the architect - October 8, 2011 - ARLINGTON, Texas — These must be uneasy times for Theo Epstein. He would not figure to have had a great Saturday night, undoubtedly sorting through his career crossroad somewhere, whether at his home in Boston or maybe at a Starbucks in Wrigleyville. Only his barista knows for sure.
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Lions' Suh the complete package - October 9, 2011 - ALLEN PARK, Mich. — It isn't that Ndamukong Suh is so powerful that makes him special.
Michigan's defensive turnaround doesn't satisfy Hoke - October 4, 2011 - Don't even try to laud Michigan for being 5-0 with one of the nation's stingiest defenses. First-year coach Brady Hoke will have none of it.
Safety first, anyone? - October 4, 2011 - The Bears' incessant safety dance has created more headaches than a bad '80s song on loop play. The problem seemed to have been solved last season when Chris Harris and Danieal Manning were reunited four years after starting together in the Super Bowl and mercifully solidified the position.
Mosop wants Chicago Marathon course record - October 6, 2011 - Eight years ago, veteran Italian distance running coach Renato Canova watched an 18-year-old Kenyan, Moses Mosop, do a tough track workout in the alpine town of Sestriere, 6,600 feet above sea level.
Steltz and Wright want bragging rights - October 7, 2011 - Craig Steltz and Major Wright are concentrating on the Bears' Monday night opponent — the undefeated Lions and their imposing wide receiver Calvin Johnson.
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Stanley Cup finals or bust - October 6, 2011 - I'm giddy over hockey season's arrival. It's the most entertaining game to go see live.
Bears' safeties will have their hands full Monday - October 9, 2011 - There is a moment when the panic sets in. A false step, slight hesitation or a bad angle to the ball.
Get hooked on muskie fishing - October 7, 2011 - Muskies are the fish of 10,000 casts.
Edgy Tim O'Halloran on high school football | The way playoffs used to be not necessarily better - October 5, 2011 - When it comes to high school football, I can't help but put myself in the throwback machine from time to time.
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