2011 Chicago Bears Draft Review

The 2011 NFL Draft has come and gone, and many teams made some big improvements last weekend.  The Chicago Bears are one of those teams, as they acquired two immediate starters who filled very big team needs.  Arguably the biggest need the Bears had going into the draft was along the offensive line, and Gabe [...]

2011 NFL Draft: Chicago Bears Day Two Preview

The first day of the draft is in the books, and the Chicago Bears took bookend offensive tackle Gabe Carimi with their first pick.  He is exactly the type of player that the Bears needed, and he will be a valuable asset to the team moving forward. With one need down, the Bears will likely [...]

NHL Playoffs: Chicago Blackhawks Steamroll Vancouver; Is it Too Late for a Comeback?

It took longer than fans and players had hoped, but the Chicago Blackhawks won their first game of the series Tuesday night with a 7-2 blowout. It was very reminiscent of the 7-1 victory over Vancouver all the way back on November 20th and of the offensivee strength of last season. But is it too early to talk about [...]

NBA Playoffs: Indiana Pacers- Chicago Bulls Preview and Prediction

  The number one seeded Chicago Bulls will face the number eight seeded Indiana Pacers in round one of the playoffs.  The Bulls have won nine games in a row, which propelled them to the NBA’s best record for the regular season.  The Pacers, on the other hand, enter the playoffs as the only team with [...]

NHL Playoffs: Chicago Blackhawks-Vancouver Canucks Preview, TV Schedule & Prediction

The 2011 NHL Stanley Cup Finals start Wednesday night, kicking off an almost three month long battle between the league’s top 16 teams. The defending champions — the Chicago Blackhawks — barely scrapped into the playoffs, earning the 8th seed in the playoff. They will play the #1 seed and President trophy winner the Vancouver [...]

The Chicago Blackhawks Get A Chance to Defend Championship All Thanks To Minnesota

*First-off, I would just like to thank every single player on the Minnesota Wild team. The chances of them beating the Dallas Stars was not very good, yet they showed tremendous heart in a game that was completely meaningless and played like they were the team hoping to make the playoffs.  The Wild were without all their [...]

Chicago Blackhawks Must Show Urgency, Determination Sunday Morning

The Chicago Blackhawks are now in total control of their destiny. After beating the Detroit Red Wings Friday night 4-2 the ‘Hawks have inched closer to clinching a playoff spot. But they’re going to have to prove themselves again. The Dallas Stars are not going away easily. They’ve been trailing the ‘Hawks, hoping to grab [...]

Randy Wells, Andrew Cashner Headed to DL

And so it begins, Cubs fans. The back end of the rotation is headed to disabled list. Randy Wells and Andrew Cashner will both miss at least two weeks on the DL. Wells will hit the DL with a right forearm strain and Cashner has a mild strain in his rotator cuff. He left Tuesday’s [...]

5 Reasons Why The Chicago Blackhawks Will Not Repeat

In my last article I laid out five reasons why the Chicago Blackhawks would repeat. It might have come off as a little far-fetched, but that’s how it was supposed to be. I was merely laying out ideal situation. That doesn’t mean those five points weren’t true. I believe everything I wrote, but that doesn’t [...]

5 Reasons Chicago Blackhawks Are Set For Another Stanley Cup Run

The Chicago Blackhawks did not start the last week of the NHL season off right. They lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0. Wins by Dallas and Calgary only exacerbated their problems. Plagued by mediocre defense and lack of depth in the regular season, repeating has looked like an almost impossible task for the defending Stanley Cup [...]