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Butkus and Ditka both got over estrangement
When the Bears retire Mike Ditka's No. 89 jersey Dec. 9 at Soldier Field, a blinding snowstorm might provide the proper background. After all, the last two Bears to have their numbers retired were Dick Butkus and Gale Sayers during a torrential downpour...
Tags: Dick Butkus, Sports, Mike Ditka, Soldier Field, Gale Sayers
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A timeless classic
To one generation, he is a salesman of opinions and pork chops. Ditka. To a previous generation, he was the only coach for the Bears. Ditka. And to another generation, he was the NFL's first great tight end, a player defenses had no answer for....
Tags: Stroke, Sports, Mike Ditka, Football, Heart Attack
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Fans' love of Urlacher is unrequited
To the men in the graying goatees who pull those ridiculous-looking navy No. 54 jerseys over slight paunches every Sunday, and the women who proudly wear the pink model, you don't matter to the Bears franchise player. To young kids across Chicagoland...
Tags: Sports, Soldier Field, United Center, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers
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Lean, healthy, Bears' Smith in it for long haul
Going into his ninth season with the Bears, lean and healthy Lovie Smith sure appears to have staying power. If he wins this season — which he should — Smith is likely to last at least as long as Mike Ditka as head coach of the Bears....
Tags: George McCaskey, High Blood Pressure, Mike Ditka, Heart Attack, Diabetes
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Bears' McCaskey doesn't like to deal with hypotheticals
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — After becoming chairman of the board last May, George McCaskey has overseen an interesting year for the team his grandfather George Halas founded. McCaskey sat down with the Tribune at the NFL meetings to discuss the state of...
Tags: Matt Forte, New Orleans Saints, Sports, Eli Manning, Chicago Bears
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Emery takes solid approach with meticulous search
A strong possibility exists that Bears general manager Phil Emery has learned more in the last week than any other NFL executive trolling for a head coach. Well then, shame on him. How dare he work so hard to educate himself. Those who think too...
Tags: Sports, San Francisco 49ers, Bill Belichick, Chicago Bears, Jon Gruden
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Reader Q&A: Bears mailbag
Who's the best edge rusher in the draft? RaiderNation4Life, from Twitter It’s Georgia’s Jarvis Jones. Forget about his slow 40 time. He has the burst to defeat a blocker, and he can close on the quarterback. He fits better in a 3-4 as an...
Tags: Julius Peppers, Ryan Clady, Alshon Jeffery, Dan Hampton, Henry Melton
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Too bad Bears-Cardinals local rivalry thing of past
For those who remember the bitter local rivalry that once existed between the Bears and Cardinals when both played in Chicago, Sunday's game in Glendale, Ariz., conjures up thoughts of what could have been a monumental civic clash. With the Bears in...
Tags: Corey Wootton, Sports, Brian Urlacher, Football, Washington Redskins
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18 holes with ... Joe Buck
After Joe Buck completed a round at the annual celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe a few years back, playing partner Carson Palmer asked him, "How do you not curse on the air?" It's a good thing Fox pays him to call World Series and NFC title games...
Tags: Major League Baseball, Baseball, Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Joe Buck
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Bears embrace change at the top
PHOENIX — At the 2010 NFL meetings at the Ritz Carlton in Orlando, the Bears front office was represented in part by Chairman Michael McCaskey, President Ted Phillips, general manager Jerry Angelo and coach Lovie Smith. At the 2013 NFL annual...
Tags: George McCaskey, Michael McCaskey, National Football League, Chicago Bears, Phil Emery
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Trestman has answers for what ails Bears
Making a strong case for future Bears success like the trained lawyer he is, Marc Trestman methodically worked off note cards the longtime NFL assistant had prepared over the last two decades for this moment. Never in 22 years of calling plays had...
Tags: Marc Trestman, Sports, Canadian Football, Chicago Bears, Phil Emery
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Given history, Smith might be best fit for Bears
The Bears may appear to be going nowhere, but that doesn't mean Lovie Smith is headed anywhere. Smith effectively can seal another contract with a victory over the Packers on Sunday. Beating the Packers is important to Bears ownership, and Smith could...
Tags: Julius Peppers, Charles Tillman, Pete Carroll, Rex Ryan, Romeo Crennel
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