Rick Telander is a sports columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times. He covers a wide range of topics within the sports realm, including football, baseball, and the business of sports, while also highlighting influential sports figures. Rick is featured in Knowledia and the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Is Williams really a bright spot on a bad team, or have the Bears simply not had time to ruin him yet?
By: Mark Potash, Rick Telander, Rick Morrissey, Jason Lieser
The Sun-Times' experts offer their picks for the Bears' home game Thursday night against the Seahawks (7:15 p.m., Amazon Prime Video):
Is Williams really a bright spot on a bad team, or have the Bears simply not had time to ruin him yet?
By: Rick Telander
I was at Sports Illustrated and early in my career as a sportswriter when I was assigned to write about the then-NBA rookie, who died in May at 71 years old.
By: Rick Telander
50 Cent's album ‘‘Get Rich or Die Tryin' '' ought to be on a loop in every Division I football locker room. It certainly should be at Colorado, the leader in college capitalism.
By: Rick Telander, Rick Morrissey, Jason Lieser, Mark Potash
The Sun-Times' experts offer their picks for the Bears' season finale Sunday at the rival Packers (noon, Fox 32):
Old-school thinking, personified by Virginia McCaskey, principal reason team finds itself in position it's in
By: Rick Telander
Williams is slow in recognizing developing pass routes. Not terribly slow but college-slow. That's part of the reason he led the league in sacks taken with 68.
We’re as competitive, hardworking, virtuous, nasty and corrupt as anything anywhere. Sometimes the good guys win, sometimes the bad guys do. You can see it all in the Hall.
By: Rick Telander
The Bears' hiring of the hottest coordinator is a needed sign of hope
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