Ratliff, 33, was placed on probation earlier this year from a DWI arrest in Texas in 2013. MORE: Players arrested in 2015 | Change comes at right time for Bears defense The former Cowboys standout is a four-time Pro Bowl selection. Rookie Eddie Goldman is expected to get the bulk of playing time at nose tackle for the Bears.
Forte rushed for two touchdowns in the third quarter, and the Bears beat Lovie Smith and the Buccaneers, 21-13, on Sunday. MORE: Bears-Bucs box score | Must-see images | Week 12 scoreboard, updates Jay Cutler threw a 2-yard TD pass to Alshon Jeffery as the Bears (5-6) scored 21 straight points to erase a 10-0 halftime deficit. Forte had a 13-yard run that put Chicago ahead to stay, and then added a 1-yard plunge that made it 21-10....
Chicago Sun-Times reporter Patrick Finley followed those rules, but he also wants to keep his followers informed. So he’s found a creative workaround to show Bears fans what’s going on while also adhering to the team’s guidelines. Instead of recording plays with his phone, he draws them on paper. Finley has been doing this all week as the Bears practice, and it’s become somewhat of a hit. Local TV station WGN even did a segment on the topic....
For Chicago, it knows both Green Bay and Detroit won in the NFC North on Sunday. Los Angeles saw Seattle lose, but both Arizona and San Francisco won in the NFC West. The quarterback headliners are Jared Goff and Nick Foles, but the marquee is stolen by two top defenses, led by 2014 first-round picks Aaron Donald and Khailil Mack. This figures to be one of the lower-scoring games of the week as both teams will grind with their pass rush, coverage and complementary rushing attacks....
The 21-year-old, who was tipped by many pundits as the next big star in the country, following his heroics with Ghana U20 side in 2015, became a benchwarmer at Hearts during the second-half of last season, deciding not to extend his contract after it expired last November. “Bechem is one of the rising clubs in the country and I always want to associate myself with the winning team. Looking at the players that have joined ahead of the season, it clearly shows that the club is ready to achieve success,” Bempah told Goal....
Last Sunday, the network aired a spot featuring Beck singing Young’s 1972 classic “Old Man” to promote the Week 4 “Sunday Night Football” matchup between Patrick Mahomes’ Chiefs and Tom Brady’s Buccaneers. Young wasn’t happy about it. LIVE: Follow Chiefs vs. Buccaneers on ‘Sunday Night Football' On Instagram, he posted a shot from his video for “This Note’s for You,” a song about taking a stance against the commercialization of music....
The White House believes that the ransomware attack was carried out by a group of Russian cybercriminals and directly confronted the Russian government over the issue after being informed of the attack by JBS. It happened only weeks after a similar attack brought down the Colonial Pipeline, causing gas prices in parts of the country to surge and fears of shortages to come to fruition as panicked motorists flocked to pumps....
But the bluebottle that made a beeline for the top of the vice president’s head was one of the biggest talking points of the night. The unlikely stage invader prompted political pundits—and even the politicians themselves—to inject a little humor into the closing stages of the 2020 election campaign. So, here we present a rundown of how the internet responded to the Harris-Pence debate. Joe Biden, Harris’ running mate, was quick off the blocks with a tweet urging supporters to donate $5 “to help this campaign fly....
Thousands of fans lined the snowy streets on Tuesday to watch the team take a victory lap in Boston. MORE: Tom Brady says someone stole his Super Bowl jersey Here are some of the best moments from Tuesday’s parade:
Stewart took over The Daily Show in 1999, but in 1993 he was providing commentary on a basketball game involving Flavor Flav, Mark Jackson, Danny Baldwin, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (coach) and many others. If you’re not familiar with “Rock N’ Jock,” here’s a brief summary, via Wikipedia. What the summary doesn’t tell you is just how crazy the games were. In the episode (third of the series) that features Stewart as an announcer, the first 25-point basket was introduced....
And Allen’s real claim to fame? He invented a game called “All-Star Baseball” that was manufactured by Cadaco-Ellis and became the best-selling baseball board game of all time. MORE: Watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN Before the Ping-BOOM-Splat!-Bonk of the video age, sports games for children involved throwing dice, spinning a wheel or pointing a piece in the right direction. No quick hands or hand-eye coordination were necessary....
He came into the season with high expectations, and he's lived up to those so far. The 5x5 stats are easy to see, but some statistics that are a little harder to find explain his hot hitting. Here's a look at how Abreu and a few others are faring in some other hitting categories. Extra-base hits: Abreu is tied with Arizona’s Paul Goldschmidt with eight extra-base hits and 12 runs created....
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Russia’s Vladimir Putin, has allowed Moscow to use Belarusian territory as a staging ground for the invasion of Ukraine, but has not directly taken part in the conflict. That could change as soon as Monday, a senior U.S. intelligence official with direct knowledge of current U.S. intelligence assessments told The Associated Press. The official said whether Belarus enters the war depends on the talks between Russia and Ukraine....
One of Baker’s key political operators, she talks frequently to former deputy at State. Did she use that connection to press for the search of Clinton’s files? Elizabeth Tamposi Odd woman out at State, she claims a colleague invoked the White House in pressing her to search the files. Did she read too much into what Steven Berry said? James Baker The president’s campaign boss learns about the politically motivated search earlier than he initially lets on....
Sterling was the hero for Premier League-leading City on Wednesday, his 96th-minute goal sealing a 2-1 win against the visiting Saints. Raheem 5/6 to score v West Ham Sterling – with 13 goals in all competitions this season – curled home a sublime winner from the edge of the penalty area in the sixth minute of stoppage time to restore City’s eight-point lead atop the table after 14 matches....
Of the 900 drivers who service the airport at Minneapolis-St. Paul, three quarters are Somali immigrants, and most of these are observant Muslims who believe that carrying, selling or imbibing alcohol is sinful. Several years ago some drivers began turning down passengers who visibly carried alcohol—a bottle from the duty-free shop, for example. According to the airport authority, passengers were refused nearly 5,000 times over the past four years. In those cases, a dispatcher would send the driver to the back of the line and the passenger would get the next available cab....
“I realized recently I’m actually pansexual and I didn’t know that,” she said. “Somebody explained to me really thoroughly what that is and I am pan.” Someone who identifies as pansexual is attracted to a person of any gender and any kind of sexuality. It is defined as, “not limited in sexual choice with regard to biological sex, gender, or gender identity.” Thorne explained, “You like beings. You like what you like....
Now, the American-bred venerable warriors will step into the cage for a rematch of their May 2011 battle when they clash in the main event of Bellator 231 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., and live on DAZN, on Friday night. Join DAZN and watch Bellator 231: Mir vs. Nelson on Oct. 25 Mir edged Nelson by unanimous decision back in May 2011, when the two scrapped in the UFC....
Ozil hails ‘one of the greatest’ Ronaldo The Spanish youngster has established himself as a key member of Arsene Wenger’s first team, after signing from Barcelona in 2011. And while the Catalans have long been linked with a reunion with the former La Masia student, agent Albert Botines has affirmed that talks over a new deal are close to a conclusion. “We are speaking and are now a lot closer than we were two weeks ago....
Roma duo Daniele De Rossi and Lorenzo Pellegrini became the latest names added to a lengthy casualty list ahead of the crucial World Cup qualifiers against Macedonia and Albania. Italy 18/1 to win World Cup Coach Gian Piero Ventura was already without Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Marco Verratti and striker Andrea Belotti of Torino after the pair were both hurt while playing for their respective clubs at the weekend. Atalanta’s Cristante could now win his maiden international cap for Italy having rejected the opportunity to represent Canada, the country of his father’s birth....
