Bobby Engram

If the Bears have not exactly embraced their fate as participants in one of the worst football seasons in their history, they have now, it seems, accepted it. With an odd sense of detachment at 1-10, they numbly go through the motions of analyzing each...

The Bears and the Packers have played 165 times, at least twice a year every season since 1925 (except during the 1982 players' strike). With that much water having passed beneath the bridge, it's no wonder that Packer games make a Bear fan's blood boil....

Late in the first quarter, Bears quarterback Chris Chandler was sacked by Jets defensive end John Abraham. Left tackle Mike Gandy, who was beaten for the sack, approached Chandler afterward. "I have him," Gandy reassured Chandler. "Don't worry."...

It fluttered toward the uprights in an elapsed time of about 10 minutes, more than enough time for an entire football team's throats to close up, its coaches' hearts to constrict and a beleaguered kicker to watch his life and maybe a few others pass...

It wasn't just the way it happened or how it happened or where it happened. It was all of it. Beating the Packers. Winning one for Walter. Handing their most despised rivals their second humiliating loss in less than a week. It was so much to...

On any given Sunday, three fumbles, six sacks of your quarterback and one mixed-up punter stands a good chance of losing a road game in the NFL. On this given Sunday, however, one fumble, a couple of key drops, two missed field goals and a penchant for...

No longer does it matter how the Bears' quarterback competition is defined or where its genesis can be traced. For the first time since Rick Mirer was acquired from the Seattle Seahawks last winter, all the principals involved are acknowledging it. More...

So, maybe Curtis Conway had a point. Less work, not more, the wide receiver said a week ago, was just the tonic a lethargic and recently defeated Bears team needed to find itself. And lo and behold, after a week in which travel time from Ireland exceeded...

The Bears' quarterback derby took a sudden and dramatic turn Sunday night at Soldier Field, and it had nothing to do with the play of Erik Kramer or Rick Mirer. Rather, it is the broken collarbone sustained by their most potent weapon, wide receiver...

They were too weary to do much more than raise their grimy arms in triumph, too relieved to keep from falling into their teammates' giddy embraces. This victory could not have been any bigger, any sweeter, any more dramatic for the Bears than if they...

Here's the update you've been waiting for: The Soldier Field crowd cheered respectfully for Mike Ditka. Ditka shook hands with Mike McCaskey. The Saints can't score and the Bears can't tackle. And, oh yeah, Dave Wannstedt made the right decision on...

It was as good as it gets for a little while Monday night. Good enough for the Bears' defense to feel truly proud of itself. Good enough for Rashaan Salaam and Raymont Harris to believe the running-back combination could actually work. Good enough even,...