A linebacker gets his due
The off-season is often the best season for the Bears and so it was Wednesday, when they made another middle linebacker their highest-paid player ever. Somewhere Bill George, Dick Butkus...
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Going to Pottsville? Cards may lose 1925 title
If the NFL strips the 1925 Chicago Cardinals of their title and awards it to the Pottsville (Pa.) Maroons, as Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has requested, there apparently will be...
Why NFL won’t expand playoffs now, if ever
It is unlikely National Football League owners meeting Tuesday and Wednesday in Philadelphia will approve expanding from 12 to 14 playoff teams next season, a proposal tabled in March. The...
Soldier Field patrons in for pleasant surprise
They are ready to play in Soldier Field. Beach volleyball, that is. Bulldozers moved a sand base into place last week for the heated grass field that remains on schedule...
Soldier Field patrons in for pleasant surprise
They are ready to play in Soldier Field. Beach volleyball, that is. Bulldozers moved a sand base into place last week for the heated grass field that remains on schedule...
Packers deny having interest in Grossman
Did the Bears steal Rex Grossman from the Packers? The Packers say no. General manager/coach Mike Sherman said he would have selected his pick, Oregon State linebacker Nick Barnett, over...
Grossman the man–or else
This is the Rex Grossman draft. Nothing else matters for the Bears. General manager Jerry Angelo has staked his future and the future of coach Dick Jauron on the kid...
Bears’ success picking in top 5 a good harbinger
This is only the 17th time in 68 drafts the Bears have had a top-five pick. It may seem like more because the last one, running back Curtis Enis in...
Hampton: Draft Palmer
The Cincinnati Bengals are expected to announce Southern Cal quarterback Carson Palmer as their No. 1 draft pick any day now, and Bears Hall of Famer Dan Hampton wants general...
Balancing future vs. present need
When the Bears go on the clock next Saturday with the fourth selection of the NFL draft, they arrive at the intersection of urgency and imagination. It requires some imagination...