Brett Basanez News

Let's dip into the mailbag for a question that I have received from a number of readers: Q: Why haven't the Bears placed Pisa Tinoisamoa on injured reserve yet? What are the Bears doing? Why wait? Patrick F., Miami A: That's a good question, and I think there are probably a couple explanations to it.

Nick Roach, the starting linebacker for the Chicago Bears and former Northwestern football player, Weinberg '07, will be grand marshal at Friday's Homecoming parade.

LAKE FOREST – Ervin Baldwin's locker at Halas Hall is a few feet away from $33 million man Adewale Ogunleye, but the dark blue carpet between them might as well separate two worlds.

If there is one thing I learned from my years covering the Northwestern Wildcats, it's that each team has an identity.A The 2005 team always had a comeback in them, as was shown against Iowa when the 'Cats recovered on onside kick.A That was the game now-Minnesota Viking Chad Greenway laid out now-Chicago Bear Brett Basanez with a helmet to helmet ...

The Chicago Bears signed linebacker Darrell McClover to a one-year contract on Tuesday and released cornerback DeAngelo Smith.

Had Terrell Owens put up the kind of numbers that Northwestern quarterback Mike Kafka did at Syracuse on Saturday, he'd have held a midweek news conference and taped a reality show about it.\ But Kafka has avoided prolonged reflection after he accounted for three touchdowns passing and one each receiving and rushing in a 37-34 loss against the ...

Chicago Bears cornerback Charles Tillman is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against Green Bay as he continues to recover from offseason back surgery.

The Bears pose all sorts of questions. Foremost among them is whether they begin the playoffs tonight at Green Bay or merely the regular season? Seriously, it seems the Bears already played a full 16-game schedule since acquiring Jay Cutler in the spring.

James G. Robinson is the director of Web analytics at The New York Times and former editor-in-chief of BaseballLibrary.com. Preseason football games have their purposes.

Johnny Knox leaves Cleveland's Brandon Anderson in his wake during 50-yard kick off return in the 3rd quarter.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. Seven players who were waived by the Bears during final cuts Saturday where placed on the team's eight-man practice squad Sunday.

Brett Basanez looks to a pass during NFL football training camp in Lake Forest, Ill., Wednesday, June 10, 2009.

Quarterback Brett Basanez and cornerback Roderick Hood were among the notable players released by the Chicago Bears on Saturday, as the team reached its 53-player maximum.

Jay Cutler handed off right. He handed off left. And after each handoff he backed up like Michael Jackson moonwalking away from a Pepsi fire.

An 18-yard touchdown catch from Brett Basanez Thursday night against Cleveland was too little too late for wide receiver Brandon Rideau.

Jay Cutler did not attempt a pass and the Bears' first-team offense did the best thing possible Thursday night at Soldier Field, it got out of the meeting with the Cleveland Browns without sustaining an injury.

Brett Basanez threw for 144 yards and a touchdown on 10-of-13 attempts, leading Chicago over the Browns, 26-23, in the preseason finale for both clubs, as Cleveland failed to shed light on its apparent quarterback controversy.

One more opportunity to win the Browns starting quarterback job will be the prize on Thursday night, when Cleveland visits the Chicago Bears in the final preseason game for each club.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. Former Broncos star Jay Cutler wasn't the only Bears player to make a memorable return in Sunday night's 27-17 preseason win in Denver.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. Maligned as a weak link by some, Bears wide receivers stepped up and delivered several key plays in Saturday night's 17-3 preseason win over the New York Giants at Soldier Field.