One of the scariest injuries a player can receive is a head injury. Once the brain has to start healing itself instead of just thinking, all hell can break loose in a hurry. Football’s junkyard is littered with players who were perfectly able-bodied but whose brains betrayed them after one concussion too many. And for […]

Dwyane Wade has always embraced his hometown of Chicago. He played his college ball just up Interstate 94 in Milwaukee and he’s made his South Side roots the cornerstone of his public persona. He’s connected enough to his hometown that rumors fly every year about Wade potentially getting traded to the Bulls; it just seems […]

When Michigan offensive lineman Kurt Wermers left the team and transferred to Ball State last month, he blamed the move on the new culture surrounding the program, a claim quickly debunked by the fact that he was academically ineligible (and then further buried by Brian at MGOBLOG).

(One of the bad guys? Pleeease.)
In fact, Wermers had […]

Hey, it’s early August, so it’s that time of year to get really fired up about football and be let down again and again by the abyss of suck that is the preseason. The Hall of Fame Game was last night, and it was billed as Terrell Owens‘ big debut for the Bills against the […]

I’ve never held a fascination for Jay Mariotti, the Chicago-based columnist made infamous by his RPG-inspired ledes. But as I recently received a tip on his next career move, figured I might as well let you in on it.

(Will history repeat itself for SbB’s Pete Gaines? We can only hope!)
If you live outside of Chicago, […]