Chris Chandler

The Bears made their last Monday night appearance of the season by playing the cooperative guest at someone else's party. They caused no trouble but encountered some more, possibly losing quarterback Jim Miller for what's left of the season with a knee...

While wide receiver Marcus Robinson was earning a standing ovation from the crowd of 36,535 Friday for his first touchdown catch of the exhibition season, the Bears were giving their strongest sign yet they are just about ready for the regular season to...

For a while, the Bears stayed close. Then, for the eighth straight week, it didn't matter. The Bears once again proved unable to make a play at a decisive moment to take control of a game, losing 21-16 to the St. Louis Rams on Monday night and tying a...

Friday October 20, 2000      Is it live or is it Memorex? Is it a diamond or is it authentic cubic zirconium? Is the feeling in "Pay It Forward" genuine or is it a carefully created emotional forgery, the kind of fake tinsel that's been a Hollywood...

Q Why did the Bears line up Brian Urlacher as a wide receiver on that two-point conversion in the first half? A The Bears tried to get fancy with a special-teams formation. Following their second touchdown, the Bears lined up as if to attempt a two-...

Walking slowly off the field Sunday at 3Com Park after the Bears' humbling 49-7 loss to the 49ers, Brian Urlacher seldom looked up and never removed his helmet. His team didn't show up during the game, and Urlacher felt ashamed to show his face after it....

For most of his career, Wayne Chrebet has been the little engine that could, an undersized, underrated wide receiver repeatedly burning doubters. Sunday, Chrebet became the high hurdler who shouldn't. With the game, the season and the New York Jets'...

The only certain way to win NFL games in this century is to blend a talented passer with a talented running back and a strong defensive force. At San Francisco next Sunday in a Week 9 revival of an old rivalry, the Rams plan to hold first place in the NFC...

Chris Chandler, like most veteran quarterbacks, has learned to negotiate that ambiguous line between playing with reckless abandon and resorting to caution and guile. A half-dozen concussions, assorted broken bones and some sprained ankles are his badges...

The Bears saw some things they wanted to see and a few they didn't want to see in their final exhibition game, a 24-22 loss to the Miami Dolphins before an announced crowd of 57,113 Thursday night at Pro Player Stadium. The Dolphins scored on three of...

Denver Coach Mike Shanahan, carefully directing a third-string quarterback, Danny Kanell, guided the Broncos to the one-point lead they carried into the last half minute Monday night at Mile High Stadium. Then New England Coach Bill Belichick's first-...

A perfect, early fall Minneapolis evening is wasted in this plastic palace. Outside, the Loverboy was cranking, the Webers were alit and the purple jerseys were everywhere. There were a few bold souls wandering around the streets brave enough to don the...