Armando Allen

BOURBONNAIS -- The spotlight has been on Shea McClellin because he is the Chicago Bears’ first-round draft pick and needs to infuse energy into the team's pass rush. Criticized for struggling in his initial practices at Olivet Nazarene, McClellin...

Dave Toub was forced to wonder how it would shake out at this time a year ago when the Bears' top six tacklers on special teams all were headed to unrestricted free agency. He's in a similar position again as five of the top eight core players, based...

SOUTH BEND -- Cierre Wood was feeling the heat Saturday and Monday, and it had nothing to do with the Notre Dame junior's new tag-teammate at running back, Theo Riddick. Irish head football coach Brian Kelly decided to crank the thermostat in the...

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...

If John Beck and Rex Grossman were truly just about even, then Grossman might have won the Washington Redskins starting quarterback job just by standing on the sideline. Given a chance to make a closing argument in his case to be No. 1, Beck turned in...

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TV SPORTS Major League Baseball-Playoffs, Texas Rangers at Detroit Tigers, 3 p.m. (FOX); Milwaukee Brewers at St. Louis Cardinals, 7 p.m. (TBS) NHL Hockey-Boston Bruins at Carolina Hurricanes, 6:30 p.m. (VERSUS) TODAY HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY...