Ryan Pickett

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....

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Green Bay Packers - INSIDE SLANT --The Packers kicked off the second day of the NFL Draft in groundbreaking fashion. An hour before the Jacksonville Jaguars made the first pick of Round 2 on Friday night, a...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Green Bay Packers - INSIDE SLANT As long as Datone Jones is a quick study - and his new employers have every reason to believe he will be - the Packers defense just might be in a better position to quickly make...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Major League Baseball—Playoffs, Oakland Athletics at Detroit Tigers, 11 a.m. (MLB); Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals, 2 p.m. (TBS); New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles, 5 p.m. (TBS); Cincinnati Reds at San...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Sunderland at Manchester City, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS, Chicago at New York, 2:30 p.m. (NBC); MLS, Salt Lake at Los Angeles, 8 p.m. (NBCSN) College Football--Navy at Air Force, 10:30 a.m. (CBS);...

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...

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 SUNDAY NFL Football-Cincinnati Bengals at St. Louis Rams, Noon (CBS); New Orleans Saints at Minnesota Vikings, Noon (FOX); New England Patriots at Denver Broncos, 3:15 p.m. (CBS); Baltimore Ravens at San Diego Chargers, 7 p.m. (NBC) Women'...

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 SATURDAY NFL Football-Denver Broncos at Buffalo Bills, Noon (CBS); Minnesota Vikings at Washington Redskins, Noon (FOX); Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys, 3:15 p.m. (FOX) College Football-Hawaii Bowl, Nevada vs. Southern Mississippi,...

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....

GREEN BAY — It wasn't too long ago, back when the Bears were trying to make a go of it with Rex Grossman, that a high-ranking team official said just wait, the balance of power in the NFC North would shift once Brett Favre retired. Well, the future...