Bears GM Jerry Angelo says rumors of dissension inside the Bears' front office regarding the team's decision not to re-sign longtime center Olin Kreutz are far from the truth.
The loss of Olin Kreutz, over a matter of $500,000, sent ripple effect through the Chicago Bears locker room. His teammates were incredulous but in the long term, it might have been the right move.
It became official this weekend that the Chicago Bears and longtime center Olin Kreutz have parted ways. What can fans now expect from the team’s offensive line in 2011 and beyond?
Bear Report’s free agency series focuses on whether the franchise should re-sign, or let walk, each of its 16 free agents. We start off by considering longtime center Olin Kreutz.
Bears stalwart center Olin Kreutz, currently a free agent, is expected to return to Chicago. Yet the 34-year-old will surely be tempted by numerous offers from other teams around the league.
They sure didn't look like the 30th-ranked offense in the NFL, as the Chicago Bears put up 35 points and 437 yards of total offense in Sunday's rematch with the Seahawks in the NFC's divisional round.
While the Chicago Bears have already lost to the Seahawks and didn't play well on either side of the ball, especially on offense going 0 for 12 on third down, both teams have changed since October.
THE FIRST WORDS in the e-mail were, "Wassup man." Without reading any further, you knew the sender was Derrick Low. Low, the colorful Hawaiian guard who played a huge role in reviving Washington State basketball, has taken his upbeat personality and sweet jumper to France.
AFTER PLAYING limited minutes for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Summer League, Cougar great Derrick Low opted to sign a one-year deal, worth an estimated $70,000, with the Sydney Spirit of Australia's pro league, the Honolulu Advertiser reports. And that's just the beginning of the news that former Cougar hoopsters are making these days.
THE BUZZ WORD ON the Palouse these days is “draft.” With the NBA’s annual talent haul just two weeks away, anticipation grows about the futures of Kyle Weaver and Derrick Low, who are racking up big air miles these days flying to tryouts. Meanwhile, the just concluded Major League Baseball draft found four Cougars with their names in lights.
FOR THE PAST month, the road to a professional basketball career has taken Derrick Low through the streets of San Francisco, his hometown paper, the Honolulu Advertiser, writes this week in an interesting feature story. And "it could soon take him to Phoenix, Seattle, Los Angeles, Oakland and New Jersey."
HOW TIMES HAVE changed. The basketball coach at Washington State is making $1 million a year and the team itself will be flying on charters more often than not come this winter. Back in 1971, in his last season at WSU, Hall of Fame coach Marv Harshman made a little less than $20,000. And what he remembers about air travel wasn’t commercial vs. charter, but the hurdles it presented in recruiting.
Josh Morgan is looking more and more like much more than just a throwaway late-round draft pick. The 49ers' sixth-round selection was one of several wide receivers to be taken on the draft's second day in April who made an impression during the NFL's recently completed offseason programs. Here's a look at Morgan and the other top second-day receivers who shined this spring.
What one offseason move did your team make that you think could be a mistake? That's the latest question we fired off to our Scout NFL Team Experts. Some of their answers may surprise you.
Oakland A's Director of Player Development Keith Lieppman was in Stockton this weekend to get a first-hand look at the Ports. We caught-up with Lieppman on Saturday and got some updates on a variety of injured players in the A's system, including a status report on right-hander Fautino De Los Santos.
The injury bug has been a constant for the Oakland A's system over the past few years, so when Carlos Gonzalez left Monday night's game with an injury, many A's fans held their collective breath. We have good news on Carlos, as well as an update on the health of a few other promising A's farmhands inside...
The 2007 season was both trying and triumphant for the Sacramento River Cats. The team ran through a record number of player transactions en route to winning the PCL and Triple-A Championships in 2007. The 2008 team will try to duplicate the success of the 2007 squad with a team filled with top-flight prospects and players with major league experience.
As the Oakland A’s open their minor league spring camp, there are a number of prospects who are looking to erase the bad taste of their disappointing 2007 seasons. For some of those prospects, their seasons didn’t meet expectations because of injuries and others because of poor performance. We take a look at 10 A’s prospects looking for better results in 2008.
On Thursday morning, Major League Baseball will host its annual Rule 5 draft as part of baseball’s Winter Meetings. Inside, we briefly profile some of the notable Oakland A’s prospects who will be eligible to be selected in the Rule 5 draft and highlight a few players who might be targeted by the A’s should they decide to make a selection.
The Oakland A's began to reshape their 40-man roster by outrighting seven players on Friday afternoon. The A's also announced that Eric Chavez will be undergoing his second surgery in two months.
Despite losing their top hitter to a major league promotion, the now red-hot Sacramento River Cats continued their post-season roll, beating the New Orleans Zephyrs by a score of 5-3. Starter Shane Komine threw six strong innings and Nick Blasi had another big game on offense in the River Cats’ Game One win.
The Sacramento River Cats and the Salt Lake Bees have announced their starting rotations for their upcoming Pacific Coast League Pacific Divisional Playoff Series. The best-of-five series begins on Wednesday in Salt Lake City. We have the details inside...
During the off-season, we named our top-50 prospects in the Oakland A's system. As we hit the midway point of the season, we thought it would be a good time to check the progress of those players. In the first in our series, we take a look at the progress of prospects 21-30 from our off-season list.
For several games, a street pickup and a safety were starting at LB. That's never a good sign. In this installment of "09 Rewind," analyst Ian Smith takes a close look at what went right and went went wrong for this injury-depleted unit.
Bills needed to do something at MLB. After getting gashed for 472 yards and six touchdowns in the two games, coaches have moved Kawika Mitchell to middle linebacker and buoyed rookie Ashlee Palmer to the weak side. BFR's Tyler Dunne writes that the switch is a smart one...
Patriots Insider's Jon Scott and Buffalo Football Report's Tyler Dunne analyze the Bills - Patriots matchup this weekend. Part 2 - Dunne answers questions about Buffalo: the impact of injuries, Trent Edwards' success, biggest surprise of the year and more...
Buffalo has lost nine straight games to New England. The streak may end this season. After hitting it big in free agency, the Bills and Jets are shrinking the talent gap in the AFC East. Read on for the blueprint...
New York has already lost a key piece of its Super Bowl champion puzzle, as LB Kawika Mitchell signed with the Bills only hours after free agency opened.
So, who exactly is on the Giants’ radar as free agency is about to begin? The names will certainly surprise you. Want the latest on the likely futures of New York’s free agents as well? Then, read on for all you need to know as free agency ’08 kicks off…
Want the latest on the Michael Strahan situation? How about the futures of Gibril Wilson and Kawika Mitchell, both of whom become free agents on Friday? TGI has all the answers you need. Read on…
Even if they don't sign Prince Fielder, the Mariners can still expect to score a lot more runs in 2012. With a little bit better luck, a couple of bounce back seasons and full seasons from some of their young players, the club could come very close to being a middle-of-the-pack offense without any further roster additions. SeattleClubhouse shows you how inside.
Although a number of players have tried their hand, the Seattle Mariners still haven't been able to find a replacement at third base since Adrian Beltre left. High-priced Free Agent Chone Figgins was to be that player, but he has struggled in his two seasons. May he still be the team's best bet to produce there in 2012. SeattleClubhouse takes a look at all of the options.
The 30-year-old shortstop made a public statement that the Mariners were the only Major League team that he was interested in playing for. Seattle Times scribe Larry Stone posted this morning that the move is happening soon.
As Ichiro's contract is about to come to an end, the Mariners have an opportunity to reach out to Japan to get his replacement in three-time Central League batting champion Norichika Aoki.
As the regular season winds down, it is becoming more likely that Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki will not get to his customary 200 hits and .300 average this year. SeattleClubhouse looks back at the streak of 10 years for Ichiro and attempts to give perspective on what value the hits provided the Mariners.
The Mariners have been at their best in recent weeks against last year's post-season teams. They swept the Red Sox June 24-27, took three of four from the A's in Oakland July 5-8 and split four with Detroit July 12-15.
The Mariners made official what had been brewing most of the past week, signing Ichiro Suzuki on Friday to a five-year contract that will pay him about $90 million. Suzuki and the team had been negotiating since January, although talks didn't become promising until about a month ago.
After his 3-for-3 MVP performance in the 2007 MLB All-Star Game (including the first inside-the-park home run in All-Star Game history), Mariners center fielder Ichiro Suzuki had a lot to say - and fortunately, not all of it to Jeanne Zelasko!
Manager John McLaren had shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt in his original lineup Sunday, but Betancourt had to sit the game out because of some back stiffness. In his place, Willie Bloomquist moved to shortstop for the day. Add Betancourt to the list of Seattle players for whom the three-day All-Star break will be a time of healing.
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