Bryan Robinson

The Bears used the final pick of the sixth round of the 1998 draft on a long snapper from Duke. Fifteen years later, Patrick Mannelly still is the team's long snapper and the franchise's longest-tenured player. On Thursday he will play in his 29th Bears-...

THURSDAY UPDATE: It looked like a horrific car crash, but what took place Wednesday afternoon at the intersection of Collins and Brown in Arlington was also a deadly shooting. Police said 27-year-old Thomas Lester Harper drove his SUV through the...

Buzz Stafford pitched a shutout and recorded a pair of big hits on offense Saturday to power the Robinwood Little League Dodgers to a 5-0 shutout of the Brewers in Majors division action. Stafford limited the Brewers to just two hits, the same number...

Padres Edge Yankees The Seaview Little League Majors Division game between the Yankees and Padres on April 28 was a pitching duel. The Yankees' Adam Cavecche, Jake Froehle and Jack Andros, as well as the Padres hurlers Nolyn Jacobs, Zac Ciulei and Jacob...

One year after the Patriots [team stats]' pursuit of perfection was extinguished by the Giants, the Super Bowl is once again upon us. This season's Super Bowl XLIII matchup of the Steelers and Cardinals is nowhere near as sexy and is unlikely to approach...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Their Steel Curtain shredded, Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh offense ended a Super Bowl of incredible swings with a final-minute touchdown for a historic victory. Santonio Holmes made a brilliant 6-yard catch deep in the right...

Bears receiver Marcus Robinson could see his first game action against Jacksonville on Friday since undergoing knee surgery 10 months ago. Bears coach Dick Jauron said Monday the final decision rests with Robinson. Robinson said he wants to play. "It'...

The Bears need a quarterback. With injury-prone Jim Miller and Chris Chandler and ineffectual Henry Burris on the roster, it's safe to say the team will pursue a veteran QB this off-season. Whether he turns into just a quarterback or the quarterback,...

A look at how each player on the 2003 roster came to be a Bear. Thirty-two of the 53 players on the active roster (60.4%) were either draftees of the Bears or undrafted free agents signed with the Bears. Only one player (R.W. McQuarters) was acquired via...

Monday in lake Forest, Brian Urlacher's defensive teammates were still talking about his leap over Atlanta running back Warrick Dunn Sunday. Late in the third quarter with the Bears up 14-13, Urlacher charged in on a blitz. Dunn tried to block the...

The Bears defense had no answer for the defending Super Bowl champions Sunday and few plausible explanations after yet another unlikely twist in their bizarre season. Blowing a 21-point third-quarter lead, the Bears saw two challenged plays go against...

It's New Orleans this week. Home of paper-bag-wearing fans, the Neville and Marsalis clans, crawfish Po' Boys, Girls Gone Wild and Super Bowl XX. Bears 46, Patriots 10. Grab your beignets and café au lait. Aiee! This game's in Champaign, I'm told....