Instead of booing, try this
Whenever I see people booing athletes, it takes all my strength to not turn to them and yell THIS. So last week, I wrote a column stating that sports fans...
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Stow the boos, Bears fans
Training camp is over, and we are poorer for it. I'm jacking that opening sentence from Hunter Thompson, a man who loved pro football and considered it as powerful and...
Boom! The Bears on their biggest hits
All team sports are physical, but among America's "big four" sports, only football is defined by a player's ability to hit someone. RedEye asked the Bears to talk about the...
Chicago woman attacked on charity trip plans next journey
A young woman in a bright yellow, single-occupant rowboat scooted into the Chicago Yacht Club and docked her boat. Waiting for her were a throng of supporters as well as...
Preseason is the real deal
The Bears begin their preseason Friday at the Carolina Panthers, and if you are not brimming with excitement, well, we understand. It "doesn't count," right? RedEye took that topic to...
Chicago’s athletes have a new game
Playing video games online against strangers is fun, and controlling your favorite athletes through video games is fun too. But what if the stranger you played against was also your...
Hunter Hillenmeyer has a game ball Devin Hester gave him. Here’s why.
Before my interview with Hunter Hillenmeyer at his home Monday morning, August 5, for a RedEye story about Bears video game players, Hunter showed me his few pieces of memorabilia...
50 is the new … 50
When the Bears retired Mike Ditka's old No. 89 in May, they announced that his would be the team's final retired number. And no wonder: their 14 retired numbers is...
That’s cold, Alex Brown
There aren't too many guys who would take on Brian Urlacher. But when it came to pranks at Bears training camp, Alex Brown could hold his own. The former defensive...
How Hunter Hillenmeyer survived training camp
Hunter Hillenmeyer wore a Bears uniform for eight seasons, so there's no question he knew his way around training camp. He's now the co-founder of OverDog, a company that lets...