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Dent and Hampton understand numbers game
Richard Dent and Dan Hampton certainly were more than just a number when they spearheaded the Super Bowl XX champion Bears defense. They turned out to be Hall of Fame defensive linemen worthy of having the storied franchise retire their jersey numbers....Tags: Super Bowl, Chicago Bears, Mike Ditka, Sports, Make-A-Wish Foundation of America
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Reader Q&A: Dan Pompei's Bears mailbag
The Bears' starting front four is going to be a force this season and hopefully for years to come, but after the starters the roster doesn't look so great. I'm wondering, what percentage of snaps the starters are expected to play and how important it is...
Tags: Chicago Bears, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Matt Forte, Turk McBride, Shea McClellin
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Bears to retire Ditka's No. 89
There seems to be a budding debate about whether the Bears can build a bridge to repair relations and retire the jersey number of a certain disgruntled former employee. It will happen this season. Dat's right. For Michael Keller Ditka Jr., the man...
Tags: Cheta Ozougwu, Chicago Bears, Soldier Field, National Basketball Association, Richard M. Daley
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Urlacher special to Bears
Typical of how a giddy little brother of a probable Hall of Fame middle linebacker would react, Casey Urlacher couldn't stop gushing over Brian Urlacher's endless accomplishments in 13 NFL seasons. Yet there was one yearly deed the younger Urlacher...
Tags: Target, Chicago Bears, Marc Trestman, Israel Idonije, Football
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Ditka's 89 to be last in long line of Bears' retired numbers
When Jim Morrissey came to the Bears in 1985 as an 11th-round pick from Michigan State, he was surprised to receive No. 51, figuring it had been put away long before in honor of Dick Butkus. Then, a couple of months later Morrissey was sitting in the...
Tags: Gale Sayers, Chicago Bears, Football, Soldier Field, Pittsburgh Steelers
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Bears Chairman McCaskey's statement on Urlacher retirement
Chicago Bears Chairman George McCaskey issued this statement Wednesday on Brian Urlacher's retirement: “How lucky we were that Brian Urlacher was a Chicago Bear. “Brian announced his retirement in the same, understated way in which he...
Tags: Brian Urlacher
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Press Box: Ditka's 89 will be last Bears' number retired
ReutersThe Sports Xchange Press Box: Ditka's 89 will be last Bears' number retired Mike Ditka's No. 89 will be the last one the Chicago Bears retire. The Bears, who plan to honor Ditka during their game against the Dallas Cowboys on Dec. 9 at Soldier Field,...Tags: Chicago Bears, Gale Sayers, Tony Stewart, Soldier Field, Boston Marathon
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Bears to stop retiring numbers after Ditka's 89
ReutersThe Sports Xchange Bears to stop retiring numbers after Ditka's 89 Mike Ditka's No. 89 will be the last one the Chicago Bears retire. The Bears, who plan to honor Ditka during their game against the Dallas Cowboys on Dec. 9 at Soldier Field, have...Tags: Gale Sayers, Mike Ditka, Chicago Bears, Dick Butkus, National Football League
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Ditka statement on Bears retiring his number
Mike Ditka's statement, in part, on the Bears retiring his No. 89: "It's something that I didn't anticipate or expect. I can't say that there's any greater honor. I'm very humbled by it and very thankful (Chairman George McCaskey) made the decision....Tags: Mike Ditka
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Urlacher exits NFL stage quietly
Twitterwas launched in 2006, six years after the Bears selected Brian Urlacher with the ninth overall pick in the 2000 draft. Jack Dorsey, the Twitter creator has said the name was chosen because he ran across a definition of the word that was a perfect...Tags: Chicago Bears, Ray Lewis, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Football, Green Bay Packers
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Former Bears coach Jack Pardee dies at 76
Jack Pardee, a Texas football legend who was Walter Payton's first head coach in the NFL and guided the Bears to a playoff appearance in 1977, died of cancer, his family announced Monday. He was 76. Pardee coached the Bears from 1975 to 1977 and is...
Tags: UAB Blazers, Chicago Bears, Health Treatments, Football, Soldier Field
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