Olindo Mare

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Chicago Bears - INSIDE SLANT Learning a new offense is old hat for quarterback Jay Cutler, who's in the process of assimilating his fourth different scheme in his five years with the Bears. Cutler knows it takes...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Chicago Bears - INSIDE SLANT Brandon Marshall's first season with the Bears was the most productive by a wide receiver in franchise history, but he thinks he can do better. At Tuesday's OTA, Marshall practiced for...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Chicago Bears - INSIDE SLANT Linebacker Jonathan Bostic is a prime example of the value of prospects being in the eye of the beholder. While NFL scouts were concerned about his sideline-to-sideline speed, Chicago...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Chicago Bears - INSIDE SLANT For the first 10 years of his NFL career, weak-side linebacker Lance Briggs lined up next to middle linebacker Brian Urlacher in the Bears' defense. That combination resulted in eight...

While his teammates have run through drills in spring practices, Chad Christen has been a fixture on the sideline at UConn's indoor football facility. Leaning on crutches, Christen has studied the work of his fellow kickers and offered guidance. After...

GLENDALE, Ariz. — They're alive. Only because they faced an offense far more disjointed than their own were the Bears able to withstand another lethargic start. Jump-started by two defensive touchdowns — their first since Week 9 —...

In less than three weeks, there will be answers to all the questions being debated around water coolers from Milwaukee to Merrillville. Many words have been devoted to Lovie Smith's future and the power structure in Lake Forest since the Bears tumbled...

The Bears offense has been having a difficult enough time hitting a fastball. And along come the Packers with a nasty curve. Three-four defenses like the Packers use have been a problem for the Bears this year, in part because they are different....

It didn't take Aaron Rodgers long to notice Tim Jennings wasn't playing. The Packers quarterback went at Jennings' replacement at left cornerback, Kelvin Hayden, and Hayden's replacement at nickel back, D.J. Moore, repeatedly. Neither made a play in...

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Charlie Batch completed 11 of 14 passes for 102 yards and a touchdown to bolster his hopes of playing a 15th NFL season and the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Carolina Panthers 17-16 in their preseason finale Thursday night.  ...