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A day after Mike Ditka made headlines by predicting the Bears would beat the Packers in Sunday's NFC championship game, another former Bears coach was upset no one's asking him for his thoughts on the match-up.

Pat Hughes may be the only one in the booth during games in 2011, but fans will still be able to enjoy that classic Hughes-Santo banter.

Sunday’s matchup between the Bears and Packers has forced ESPN to begrudgingly cover a sporting event not taking place in the Eastern Time zone.

First-year Seahawks coach Pete Carroll parachuted from a very successful tenure at USC last February right before the Trojans got hit with hefty NCAA sanctions for improper benefits received by star RB Reggie Bush during the 2004 season. Old habits have proven to die hard as Carroll this week attempted to pay RB Marshawn Lynch $10,000 as a reward for his outstanding play in the team's playoff win over the Saints last week.

Oney Guillen's remarks about former Sox closer Bobby Jenks earned the son of the controversial skipper criticism on virtually every sports talk show. Oney defended himself via Twitter this week.

While in town this week promoting his new film "The Dilemma," Lake Forest native and Blackhawks bandwagoner Vince Vaughn has dropped hints he might be ready to jump on the Bears bandwagon.

Riding the coattails of the sudden popularity of the Homeless Man with the Golden Voice, Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts announced Thursday that, although the organization is still searching for a replacement for Ron Santo, they have narrowed the field to only the homeless.