Bryan Johnson

If the North Carroll boys basketball team goes on to claim the Carroll County title this season, the Panthers will have one aspect of their game to thank for it. The best depth in the county. "There have been times when I have gone all 12 deep," coach...

Now this is the ultimate TV DVD. "My Name Is Earl" series creator Greg Garcia even provides a cool new alternate-universe episode of his good-hearted NBC hoot! Emmy-winning director Marc Buckland shot three days' fresh footage to craft a DVD-exclusive...

It's gorgeous day at Soldier Field, but maybe a bit warm if you're wearing a football uniform. It's 82 degrees, but the humidity is low at 52 percent. Chris King here in the cubicle with Adam Caldarelli at the game. The Bears and Lions are opening the...

In the agonizing aftermath of Sunday's 19-7 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, rookie quarterback Craig Krenzel was asked where the 1-5 Bears go from here. "Chicago," Krenzel said. It might have been the only answer the Bears knew for sure as they left...

A look at how each player on the 2004 roster came to be a Bear. Thirty-three of the 53 players on the active roster (62.2%) were either draftees of the Bears or undrafted free agents signed with the Bears. Seventeen players joined the team via free...

The tables have finally turned for the Bears. Excepting 2001, they have been a franchise turned on its head searching for direction for a decade. Now they appear to a franchise on the mend, facing a franchise that doesn't have a home, let alone a...

Hey, KC, is it just me or is Thomas Jones not only running the ball but picking up the blitz beautifully? -- Matthew Palmieri, Shreveport, La. You should've sent this to "Ask Ray Lewis." Jones cut down the future Hall of Fame linebacker with a perfect...

Do you have any thoughts on Giants owner Wellington Mara who passed away this week? He was first class all the way and a true pioneer for our game of pro football. Without people like Mr. Mara, the NFL would not be as successful as it is today. He...

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Now, that's how you make an NFL roster. Veteran wide receiver Ahmad Merritt, on the proverbial bubble, returned the opening kickoff of overtime 87 yards Thursday night to set up Paul Edinger's game-winning 25-yard field goal and give the Bears a 13-10...

Lovie Smith spent Saturday afternoon making a statement about what brand of football the Bears will emphasize during his tenure, and his team spent the early part of Saturday evening backing him up. Hours after the new coach told wide receiver Marty...

Those eager few who have been thirsting for a movie about the homosexual gang rape of a clown need wait no longer. From the cracking tarmac and peeling paint of a (really, really) depressed New Jersey suburb comes "Vulgar," an independent effort emanating...