Our resident handicapping maven Mark Potash gives you the winners for Week 11 in the NFL. Who will win the Bears' game? Our pick might surprise you!

It's time to put up, so the Bears are going to shut up when it comes to the NBC pregame show Sunday night. That's the message coach Lovie Smith delivered after practice Thursday as the Bears made final preparations for the Philadelphia Eagles in what amounts to a must-win game for both teams if they hope to remain alive in the NFC playoff race.

Neil Hayes: Let's not overcomplicate a process that already should have begun at Notre Dame. If Jack Swarbrick decides Brian Kelly is his top candidate, he should make the Cincinnati coach an offer. Notre Dame's athletic director should give him an exclusive, 48-hour negotiating window after which any potential deal will be withdrawn.

In the final days of last season, there were quite a few who believed the Bulls would have been better off missing the playoffs and gaining a lottery spot.

The Blackhawks got their six-game road trip off to a rousing start Thursday night, crushing the Calgary Flames 7-1 in a game that was all but decided after the second period.

NEWARK, N.J. -- Retired NBA star Jayson Williams will not be in a New Jersey courtroom Friday to enter a plea in the 2002 shooting death of a driver.

Ricky Williams rushed for 119 yards and two touchdowns and caught a touchdown pass, leading the Miami Dolphins to a 24-17 victory over the Carolina Panthers on Thursday in Charlotte, N.C.