Desmond Clark

A day after making Jay Cutler happy by hiring Jeremy Bates as quarterbacks coach, Lovie Smith filled out his coaching staff for the Chicago Bears. Tim Holt was hired as the offensive line coach to work under Mike Tice, who was promoted from line ...  

After putting new GM Phil Emery in place, the Chicago Bears are wasting no time filling other key roles for the team. The Bears and head coach Lovie Smith have announced the hiring of their new offensive line coach, Tim Holt. With this hire, the Bears should have their coaching...  

Phil Emery is a Lovie Smith guy. He was Monday, at least. The Bears’ new general manager not only accepted Smith as his head coach for the 2012 season — he had no choice — but he embraced him. Emery sounded more like Smith’s colleague than his boss at his introductory news conference at Halas Hall. There was no hint of a win-or-else standard for next season after the...  

Now that Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith has picked Phil Emery to be the team's new general manager, the Bears' dysfunctional organization is now complete.OK, technically, team president Ted Phillips picked Emery, but Phillips also said during the search process that the new GM candidate would be required to retain Smith and would have to work well with him.In other words, Lovie gets to pick the new GM.Hiring a new GM who is impotent...  

WASHINGTON--Barack Obama and Mitt Romney campaigns hosted fund-raisers in Indianapolis over the weekend, to tap into the pockets of folks in town for Super Bowl XLVI. The Obama Saturday night event featured Bears Coach Lovie Smith. President Obama did not ...