2nd Story

My story has come along slowly. I was set to do interviews last week, but they rescheduled for this week. Also, I read the Web site wrong. They broke ground on the hall of fame. That is going to change my story a little bit.

Most Wonderful Time of Year?

With the Final Four ending and baseball beginning, this brings up a serious question.

What is the greatest sports month?

February has the Super Bowl, the Pro Bowl, the NHL and NBA All-Star games and the Daytona 500.

April has the Final Four, the start of baseball, the Masters, Wrestlemania and the end of the NHL and NBA regular seasons and the start of the playoffs.

May has the Kentucky Derby,the Preakness, the UEFA Finals and the Indy 500.

June has the Stanley Cup and NBA Finals, the College World Series and the Belomont Stakes, the US Open, French Open and interleague play begins in baseball (Sox vs Cubs, Yankees vs Mets).

October has the World Series, pro and college football and the NHL begins.

November has pro and college football, the NHL and the NBA and college hoops.

These are, for the most, the big events in each month. I think it comes down to April and June.

What do you think?

Beyond-the-game.com

Check out Beyond-the-game.com. It is a Web site that has been set-up by students at Columbia College Chicago in the advanced sports reporting class. I have two stories and video links about violence at basketball games at Chicago Public Schools.

And This is Why They are the Bears

I have to comment on the Cutler situation. I do like him a lot, but they gave up way too much. The Bears need help in so many other areas.

People will say that Cutler put up numbers that no Bear quarterback has done in a while,but he had receivers to throw to. Brandon Marshall, Eddie Royal and Tony Sheffler to name a few. The Bears do not.

Orton did a fine job last year and the Bears could've and should've built around him. He is a young guy just as Cutler.

The Bears need o-line help (no Orlando Pace doesn't count), receivers as I mentioned before, improvment on the defensive side (they aren't getting any younger) and help for your best player, Matt Forte.

The Bears find it not necessary to address those issues. Instead, they give up a first round pick this year and next, as well as, a third round this year.

I only believe in trading first round picks if you are only a player away from getting you over the hump.

The Bears need more than that.

I salute the Denver Broncos and declare them the winner in all of this. The 12th and 18th pick this year and two first rounders next year. They have a lot to work with and to build on.