Andre Smith

Few people know the 32 NFL teams better than the writers who cover those teams on a day-to-day basis. Those beat writers made the selections for this mock draft, choosing the players as if Thursday night were to unfold this way: 1. KANSAS CITY (Adam...

As the Bears have combed through the free agent left tackles, they undoubtedly have noticed the group has thinned out like the hair on Brian Urlacher's head. The Broncos put the franchise tag on Ryan Clady. The Chiefs did the same to Brandon Albert. And...

Now comes NFL free agency, or as it’s known at Halas Hall, “Where my offensive tackle?’’ Even before Tuesday’s 3 p.m. kickoff to free agency, the Bears were one of several teams mentioned in the Jake Long sweepstakes....

As the Orioles and Ravens try to work out a scheduling conflict that has put in jeopardy the NFL’s hopes of opening up the regular season on Thursday, Sept. 5 at M&T Bank Stadium, the relationship between the two downtown neighbors has again come...

Ravens officials made it clear at this week’s NFL meetings that their primary focus over the next month is not what remains on the free-agent market. With 12 selections in next month’s draft, the organization is busy evaluating college...

— If you want to say Philadelphia Eagles general manager Howie Roseman went 0-for-5 on the opening day of NFL free agency on Tuesday, you also have to give him credit for going 3-for-3 on Thursday. That's when the struggling general manager,...

Of all the tackles who made it to free agency, Jermon Bushrod clearly was the best fit for the Chicago Bears. He was the only one who the Bears could reasonably hope to perform at a high level at the left tackle position for the next five plus years....

INDIANAPOLIS -- Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o is scheduled to speak with reporters at the NFL combine on Saturday, and he figures to draw a massive crowd, likely the largest in the five years Lucas Oil Stadium has hosted the event. It figures be a...

|TODAY| |COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL|  Grace at Wayne State  Indiana-Purdue-Indianapolis at Maryland   |TV SPORTS| College Football—Gator Bowl, Mississippi State vs. Northwestern, 11 a.m. (ESPN2); Capital One Bowl, Georgia vs....

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Offensive linemen are usually the unsung heroes, the guys who only get talked about when they screw up. Not at Alabama, where the second-ranked Crimson Tide's road to the BCS championship game has been paved by five...

CINCINNATI -- The Dallas Cowboys lost one of their own on Saturday, but persevered at Paul Brown Stadium on Sunday to keep their playoff hopes alive in the wake of Jerry Brown's death. Facing a Cincinnati Bengals team riding a four-game winning streak,...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NFL Football--Minnesota Vikings at Houston Texas, Noon (FOX); Cleveland Browns at Denver Broncos, 3 p.m. (CBS); Chicago Bears at Arizona Cardinals, 3:25 p.m. (FOX); San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks, 7:20 p.m. (NBC) Men&...