Trumaine McBride

Giants general manager Jerry Reese has a reputation for using the "best available" approach to stockpile his roster with talent that falls into his lap on draft day. There's no telling exactly where the Giants had Syracuse offensive lineman Justin Pugh on...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Men’s College Basketball--Pittsburgh at Rutgers, 10 a.m. (ESPN2); Wake Forest at Duke, 11 a.m. (ESPNU); Purdue at Michigan State, 11 a.m. (Big 10 Network); Texas at Baylor, 1 p.m. (ESPNU); Ohio State at Illinois, 1:15 p.m....

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer—Premier League, Fulham at West Ham, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2); Women’s National Teams, Exhibition, United States vs. Costa Rica, 1:30 p.m. (NBC) College Football—Notre Dame vs. Navy, 8 a.m. (CBS); Ohio at Penn...

TODAY LEGION BASEBALL State B Tournament in Milbank YOUTH BASEBALL B League Tournament 9 a.m. - Championship, Bears vs. Wolves, (D). D Minor League Tournament 12:30 p.m. - Third place, Phillies vs. Astros (B); Championship, Yankees vs. Twins...

TV SPORTS College Football-Military Bowl, Toledo vs. Air Force, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN); Holiday Bowl, California vs. Texas, 7 p.m. (ESPN) Men's College Basketball-Northwestern at Ohio State, 4:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Southern Methodist at Oklahoma State,...

DENVER -- This game wasn't about the Bears versus the Broncos as much as it was about Jay Cutler versus everything he no longer wanted to be a part of. Cutler had his way Sunday night, just as he did last April when he forced the Broncos to trade him...

Mike Brown has been to the playoffs with three different Bears teams and to a Super Bowl with one of them. Two of those three teams had better records than the 2008 Bears after seven games. The 2005 edition, which moved Brown to his famous "We suck"...

Friday marks the busiest shopping day of the year. And Monday the Bears will begin making a list of their own if they let the Broncos hand them their seventh loss. That's the reality of what Lovie Smith meant by stating flatly it would take 10 wins to...

Matt Forte and Garrett Wolfe looked like the perfect combination, at least for one night. Both Bears running backs were solid Thursday night in a 24-20 exhibition loss to the Kansas City Chiefs at Soldier Field. The eagerly anticipated debut of the...

As he leaned in a chair next to his locker, Bears third-string quarterback Caleb Hanie paused when asked to contemplate his future. "I think anybody wants a chance somewhere," the undrafted rookie free agent said. "But obviously you want to be on the...

As Seahawks defensive end Darryl Tapp recovered a fourth-quarter Rex Grossman fumble, Bears fullback Jason McKie remained on his knees a few feet away from the play, agonizing over another squandered opportunity. "I was just [mad]," McKie said. "I don'...

The Raiders said , and Bears fans everywhere were giddy with delight. I believe I predicted two touchdowns. No, wait, I predicted three. But the grand total was zero, and the yardage total was 48 on eight combined kickoff and punt returns. That's six...