Chip Shots: Random Shots: Bears Defense Gets Dealt Bad Hand

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Chip Shots: Random Shots: Bears Defense Gets Dealt Bad Hand

Random Shots: Bears Defense Gets Dealt Bad Hand

Random shots while wondering whatever happened to Bert Roberge:

The Bears have put Nathan Vasher on IR for the remainder of the season. This may actually improve their defense given the way he's played due to injury.
Here's what really gets coaches fired: When fans don't care enough to buy enough tickets to get the local blackout lifted. Be afraid, Norv Turner, be very afraid. (Pro Football Talk)
How exactly do you verbally abuse someone on a football field? Isn't that what football is, verbal and physical abuse. I don't get this P.C. NFL. (Pro Football Talk)
The Reds may be interested in White Sox outfielder Jermaine Dye. You think they would have learned their lesson with Adam Dunn. (MLB Trade Rumors)
All this weeping and wailing for the NFL to boot Detroit off the air on Thanksgiving is nonsense. Eventually, the Lions will be competitive again. Here's my solution: Put the Detroit game on the NFL network.. Then it will only be seen by six people. (TV Squad)
Memo to star athletes: If you have to sleep with a crazy, protect yourself. Or else.
There is not enough sugar on the planet to sweeten the bitterness that is Jason Whitlock. (Can't Stop the Bleeding)
The apple doesn't fall that far from the crazy tree. And for those of you keeping track, this is his OTHER son, not the one that got suspended last year.
This is a very sad story, but I swear I don't know why we haven't seen it before. High school press boxes are hard to access, especially for the older writers and broadcasters assigned to cover high school sports in the twilight of their careers. One time, we went to a game in Sullivan, IN and told them we were broadcasting for the visiting team and needed to find the press box. The custodian pointed to this small hut about 100 feet in the air that resembled an outhouse on stilts with the only access being what looked like a rickety ladder. My partner, a former college football lineman, refused to climb up there, so we wound up doing the game from the top row of the bleachers. (Deadspin)
This is a sign of the times. (23/6)
This is also a sign of the times.This is why I only shop online.(The Consumerist)
Today's list: 25 Worst Holiday Movies (EW.com)