Ray Edwards

There's no reason to barbecue Phil Emery after the new GM's first few hours in the Bears' war room. I have no interest, however, in standing in line with anybody desirous of tossing rose petals at his feet. It sounds like Shea McClellin is a classic...

As we continue to peel away the calendar pages — only 12 days left — until the Bears arrive in Bourbonnais, the assignment is determining the 10 most important players in 2012. Let's first establish the criteria for "important." To me, it...

Ray Edwards spent seven years in the NFL. But now it looks like he's found his true calling. After being cut by the Atlanta Falcons back in November, the former defensive end has returned to a sport he dabbled in during the 2011 lockout -- boxing. And...

Super Bowl Saturday? Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? Super Bowl Wednesday? Um, yeah, not so much. Both are possibilities for 2014, according to an article in Sports Business Journal on the NFL's extensive contingency plan for next year's outdoor...

Every morning, Monday through Friday, blogger Matt Vensel will hook you up with reading material -- mostly on the Ravens but with some other Baltimore sports stuff, too -- to skim through as you slug down coffee and slack off at the start of your workday....

The news surfaced around breakfast time Monday. The Vikings, on Day 13 after the free-agent marketplace opened, finally had signed a defensive player from outside Winter Park. His identity: Zack Bowman, 27 years old, a cornerback formerly of the Chicago...

TV SPORTS SUNDAY NFL Football-New York Jets at Miami Dolphins, Noon (CBS); Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings, Noon (FOX); Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos, 3:15 p.m. (CBS); Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons, 3:15 p.m. (FOX); Dallas...

Because doing a full, 32-team list of power rankings is too much work for a Monday afternoon, I will rank the top 11 teams in the NFL after each exciting football Sunday (that's where the "first and 10" comes in). Here's how I rank them entering the...

TV SPORTS Men's College Basketball-Harvard at Connecticut, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); West Virginia at Kansas State, 8 p.m. (ESPN2) NFL Football-Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers, 7 p.m. (NFL Network) Women's College Basketball-Creighton at Nebraska, 7...

TV SPORTS Women's College Volleyball-NCAA Division I Playoffs, semifinals, 6 and 8 p.m. (ESPN2) High School Basketball-Oak Hill Academy (Va.) vs. Miller Grove (Ga.), 7 p.m. (ESPN); Montrose Christian (Md.) vs. Marcus Flower Mound (Texas), 8:30 p.m....

TV SPORTS College Football-Champs Sports Bowl, Florida State vs. Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN); Alamo Bowl, Washington vs. Baylor, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Men's College Basketball-Florida at Rutgers, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Elon at North Carolina, 6 p.m. (ESPNU); Penn...

TV SPORTS College Football-Armed Forces Bowl, Brigham Young vs. Tulsa, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Pinstripe Bowl, Rutgers vs. Iowa State, 2:20 p.m. (ESPN); Music City Bowl, Mississippi State vs. Wake Forest, 5:40 p.m. (ESPN); Insight Bowl, Iowa vs. Oklahoma, 9 p....