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McClellin ranks near middle of class

With the 15th pick of the NFL draft in April, the Seahawks chose defensive end Bruce Irvin. Four picks later, the Bears chose defensive end Shea McClellin. If the Bears had picked 15th and the Seahawks 19th, it's possible Irvin would be a Bear and...

Tags: Sports, Matt Forte, Whitney Mercilus, Mike Martz, Lance Louis

Loss will be lamented little

If a career falls in Lake Forest and no one around cares to hear it … Brian Urlacher's extraordinary career with the Bears ended with a resounding whimper Wednesday as an afternoon news release confirmed what long has been expected — that...

Tags: Sports, Shea McClellin, Rod Marinelli, Brian Urlacher, Jerry Angelo

Emery's bold choice could be inspired -- or disastrous

For a guy who comes across as a button-down football conservative, Bears general manager Phil Emery continues to take bold risks that defined his first year on the job. For such a humble man, Emery sure seems intent on proving he is the smartest guy in...

Tags: Sports, Brian Billick, Marc Trestman, Jon Gruden, NFL Pro Bowl

Bears should have ample choices to fit pressing need

The Bears will be at the mercy of the 18 teams picking ahead of them in the first round Thursday when the NFL draft begins, the quality of players available and their own evaluations. But if everything flows the way it might in general manager Phil...

Tags: Sports, Jacksonville Jaguars, Whitney Mercilus, Dontari Poe, Philadelphia Eagles

Mercilus wants to prove worth to Bears

In the April draft, the Bears chose Shea McClellin in the first round and passed over Illinois' Whitney Mercilus. On Sunday, during his first visit to Soldier Field, Mercilus would like to offer them a not-so-subtle reminder of that — perhaps by...

Tags: Sports, San Diego Chargers, Shea McClellin, Rod Marinelli, J.J. Watt

Hey Bears, don't get cute in 1st round of draft

Unable to find the remote control recently in my Brooklyn hotel room between Bulls playoff games, I took it as a sign to educate myself on Thursday's NFL draft by watching a show about the Bears that popped on the television. Well, technically, the TV...

Tags: Sports, Marc Trestman, Phil Jackson, Shea McClellin, Devin Hester

Trestman gets high marks from 49ers boss

If you believe former 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr., going from the Canadian Football League to the Bears for a head coach as smart as Marc Trestman requires no more adjustment than, say, switching from Molson to Goose Island for a beer connoisseur....

Tags: Sports, Marc Trestman, Shea McClellin, NFL Pro Bowl, Canadian Football

McClellin looks like he was made to play for Bears

Shea McClellin wasn't born wearing shoulder pads, but he plays like it. That's why the Bears general manager Phil Emery made him his first draft pick ahead of Whitney Mercilus, Nick Perry, Chandler Jones, Courtney Upshaw or any other defensive end who...

Tags: National Football Conference, Kansas City Chiefs, Sports, Shea McClellin, Whitney Mercilus

Bears top pick — nice story, maybe

On a 20-acre farm off Chicken Dinner Road in Marsing, Idaho, Shea McClellin developed the work ethic that made him into a first-round NFL draft pick. McClellin helped the grandparents who raised him care for animals that roamed their land: goats,...

Tags: Sports, Iowa Hawkeyes, Whitney Mercilus, Rod Marinelli, NFL Pro Bowl

Super Bowl XLVI: NFL Network at the Senior Bowl, Pro Bowl and Super Bowl

2012 NFL Draft TV schedule on NFL Network

Ravens-Patriots game could come down to battle on the line

Although cameras will attempt to capture every move by New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and other key players like Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, running back Ray Rice and inside linebacker Ray Lewis, the grunt work on the offensive and...

Tags: Sports, Ma'ake Kemoeatu, NFL Pro Bowl, Logan Mankins, Terrence Cody