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Rick Morrissey has been a sports columnist at the Sun-Times since December 2009. Before that, he was a columnist at the Chicago Tribune for nine …

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MORRISSEY: Even if Bears make playoffs, Lovie Smith Era has run its course

GLENDALE, Ariz. — If you ask Lovie Smith what time it is, he’ll tell you the Bears are 9-6. Just like he’ll tell you the Bears are 9-6 if you ask him for directions to the emergency room, what with your leg gushing blood and …

MORRISSEY: DePaul better off in conference with other hoops schools

I’m not an economist, though I could, possibly, balance the family checkbook if my wife were to become incapacitated. But I don’t like to brag. It doesn’t take a financial expert to see that the decision by seven Catholic universities to snub Big Money Football …

MORRISSEY: Sixth straight loss to Packers signals it’s time for change

Change is coming to the Bears. It has to be. You don’t lose to your archrivals six consecutive times and stand still. You don’t play as poorly as the Bears did Sunday and have people hold on to their jobs.

MORRISSEY: Connecticut tragedy reminds us some losses far worse than others

RICK MORRISSEY: Deep down, I think we all know the anger, elation, passion, angst, time and effort we devote to sports is pure, uncut silliness. Once in a while, we pause to ask ourselves whether we’ve lost our minds. The only force that seems to be able to stop us in our tracks is tragedy.

MORRISSEY: Until we see points, Bears’ offense isn’t doing its part

The ghost town that was the Bears’ locker room Wednesday included rows of silent stalls, a few used towels, some media types and linebackers Geno Hayes and Dom DeCicco. It felt like movie-extra purgatory. There were no members of the offense to be seen, a …

MORRISSEY: Urlacher, Smith likely to return; it’s the Bears’ way

Whether or not Brian Urlacher returns from a hamstring injury this year, he’ll be a Bear next season. That comes from highly placed sources inside my head. There continues to be talk that this might be The End for Urlacher in Chicago, but the chatter …

MORRISSEY: Jovan Belcher tragedy should bring renewed scrutiny to NFL

There are times when I wonder why anyone in his right mind would want to be an NFL player. There’s the money and fame, of course, but there are so many dangers lurking below the surface of a football helmet. And so much unhappiness. Maybe …

  • MORRISSEY: To put Sosa, Bonds, Clemens in Hall is to be OK with PEDs

    I don’t care about the rogues’ gallery of cheaters in the Hall of Fame. I don’t care about spitballers or what a jerk Ty Cobb was or the odds that prominent players purposely lost ballgames in the old days. I care about Sammy Sosa, Barry …Read More

  • MORRISSEY: A win is a win but don’t get cocky, Bears

    When the Bears watch film of their 28-10 victory over the Vikings, I have a sneaking suspicion it will come highly recommended. “The Feel-Good Movie of the Year!’’ Lovie Smith, Bears Scoop Magazine. If the ultra-forgiving Smith is a critic, then I’m a supermodel. But …Read More

    • Mike Tice only one who can rescue Bears’ offensive line

    I have to give the Bears some credit. When they benched Chilo Rachal last week, it looked as though they were  sacrificing an obscure guard to satisfy fans’ bloodlust and return everyone to the happy world run by Lovie Smith and his band of merry …

    MORRISSEY: Notre Dame reached the heights and proved me wrong

    If I wanted to feel the sting, to absorb the full measure of my comeuppance, I could go back and find all the naysaying I had done about Notre Dame football over the years. But that would slow down the atoning process. Suffice it to …

    Big Ten only worried about growth national product

    RICK MORRISSEY: I gave up on tradition in sports a long time ago. I’d suggest you do the same to save yourself from tearing up at embarrassing moments.

    MORRISSEY: Campbell isn’t Cutler’s equal, win or lose Monday

    Imagine for a moment that Jason  Campbell leads the Bears to a victory Monday night against the San Francisco 49ers. It won’t take much imagination, given that many of you true believers imagined the Bears going 16-0 before the season began, the way you have …

    MORRISSEY: Notre Dame’s perfect scenario still intact

    SOUTH BEND, Ind. — OK, God, this is only going to add to the certainty of Notre Dame fans that you have conferred most favored university status on their school. First, the undefeated Fighting Irish require less than a half of a football game to …

    MORRISSEY: Bears will show how good they really are against Texans

    Let’s see what they’ve got. Let’s see what happens Sunday night when push comes to shove comes to J.J. Watt. The Bears aren’t to blame for the squeezably soft schedule they’ve had to this point. They desperately have wanted to go big-game hunting but ended …

    MORRISSEY: Bears have turned forced fumbles, INTs into art form

    I’m trying to remember how many times I’ve said the Bears can’t continue to force turnovers at such a furious pace. Twenty times? Thirty? Or perhaps just seven times —one for every defensive touchdown they’ve scored in the first eight games?

    MORRISSEY: ’85 reasons why fans aren’t in love with today’s Bears

    The85Bears. One word. The grip that team has on Chicago is such that you don’t know where its hand begins and the city’s heart ends. We were reminded of it again last week when Hall of Famer Richard Dent went on a local radio show …

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