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Article from Chicago Sun Times:
If you have a compassionate bone in your body, you’re feeling sorry for the Bears these days.
They played in London on Oct. 6 and were treated rudely by the Raiders. Their best defensive lineman, Akiem Hicks, injured his elbow in the game, and it looks like he’ll be out awhile.
After the loss, they had a bye week to ponder how a potential Super Bowl team could have gotten off to a 3-2 start. While they were doing that, they came to the realization that three-time Pro Bowl offensive lineman Kyle Long needed to go on injured reserve because of a hip injury. His season is over.
Their next opponent, the Saints, are a surprising 5-1 – surprising because star quarterback Drew Brees has missed the last four games, all victories, with a thumb injury on his throwing hand. His replacement, Teddy Bridgewater, has been very good.
The worst part for the Bears? The worst part is that none of this is the worst part.
In a tweet Sunday, Pope Francis honored five saints who had been canonized that morning during a Vatican ceremony. Because the pope, with 18 million Twitter followers, is social media savvy, he added a hashtag before the word “saints.” A hashtag allows people looking for content on a specific subject to find it in one place. But when the Pope added a hashtag before “saints,” Twitter automatically added the New Orleans Saints’ logo, the fleur-de-lis, to his message. It’s part of the social networking service’s partnership with the NFL.
Full article:
chicago.suntimes.com
If you have a compassionate bone in your body, you’re feeling sorry for the Bears these days.
They played in London on Oct. 6 and were treated rudely by the Raiders. Their best defensive lineman, Akiem Hicks, injured his elbow in the game, and it looks like he’ll be out awhile.
After the loss, they had a bye week to ponder how a potential Super Bowl team could have gotten off to a 3-2 start. While they were doing that, they came to the realization that three-time Pro Bowl offensive lineman Kyle Long needed to go on injured reserve because of a hip injury. His season is over.
Their next opponent, the Saints, are a surprising 5-1 – surprising because star quarterback Drew Brees has missed the last four games, all victories, with a thumb injury on his throwing hand. His replacement, Teddy Bridgewater, has been very good.
The worst part for the Bears? The worst part is that none of this is the worst part.
In a tweet Sunday, Pope Francis honored five saints who had been canonized that morning during a Vatican ceremony. Because the pope, with 18 million Twitter followers, is social media savvy, he added a hashtag before the word “saints.” A hashtag allows people looking for content on a specific subject to find it in one place. But when the Pope added a hashtag before “saints,” Twitter automatically added the New Orleans Saints’ logo, the fleur-de-lis, to his message. It’s part of the social networking service’s partnership with the NFL.
Full article:
Lord, have mercy: Now the struggling Bears face the hashtagged Saints and their biggest supporter, Pope Francis
The Holy Father’s accidental tweet backs the Bears’ next opponent. Doesn’t it figure?
chicago.suntimes.com
