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Dent and Hampton understand numbers game
Richard Dent and Dan Hampton certainly were more than just a number when they spearheaded the Super Bowl XX champion Bears defense. They turned out to be Hall of Fame defensive linemen worthy of having the storied franchise retire their jersey numbers....Tags: Sports, Chicago Bears, Football, National Football League, Make-A-Wish Foundation of America
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Reader Q&A: Dan Pompei's Bears mailbag
The Bears' starting front four is going to be a force this season and hopefully for years to come, but after the starters the roster doesn't look so great. I'm wondering, what percentage of snaps the starters are expected to play and how important it is...
Tags: Brandon Marshall, Shea McClellin, Israel Idonije, Roberto Garza, Jay Cutler
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Bears to retire Ditka's No. 89
There seems to be a budding debate about whether the Bears can build a bridge to repair relations and retire the jersey number of a certain disgruntled former employee. It will happen this season. Dat's right. For Michael Keller Ditka Jr., the man...
Tags: Richard M. Daley, Shea McClellin, George Halas, National Basketball Association, Dan Hampton
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Urlacher special to Bears
Typical of how a giddy little brother of a probable Hall of Fame middle linebacker would react, Casey Urlacher couldn't stop gushing over Brian Urlacher's endless accomplishments in 13 NFL seasons. Yet there was one yearly deed the younger Urlacher...
Tags: Lovie Smith, Israel Idonije, Phil Emery, Marc Trestman, Minnesota Vikings
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Ditka's 89 to be last in long line of Bears' retired numbers
When Jim Morrissey came to the Bears in 1985 as an 11th-round pick from Michigan State, he was surprised to receive No. 51, figuring it had been put away long before in honor of Dick Butkus. Then, a couple of months later Morrissey was sitting in the...
Tags: Philadelphia Eagles, George Halas, University of Chicago, Dan Hampton, Busch Stadium
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Bears Chairman McCaskey's statement on Urlacher retirement
Chicago Bears Chairman George McCaskey issued this statement Wednesday on Brian Urlacher's retirement: “How lucky we were that Brian Urlacher was a Chicago Bear. “Brian announced his retirement in the same, understated way in which he...
Tags: Brian Urlacher
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Press Box: Ditka's 89 will be last Bears' number retired
ReutersThe Sports Xchange Press Box: Ditka's 89 will be last Bears' number retired Mike Ditka's No. 89 will be the last one the Chicago Bears retire. The Bears, who plan to honor Ditka during their game against the Dallas Cowboys on Dec. 9 at Soldier Field,...Tags: Tony Stewart, NASCAR, Denny Hamlin, Stewart-Haas Racing, Boston Marathon
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Bears to stop retiring numbers after Ditka's 89
ReutersThe Sports Xchange Bears to stop retiring numbers after Ditka's 89 Mike Ditka's No. 89 will be the last one the Chicago Bears retire. The Bears, who plan to honor Ditka during their game against the Dallas Cowboys on Dec. 9 at Soldier Field, have...Tags: Chicago Bears, Dick Butkus, Walter Payton, National Football League, George Halas
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Ditka statement on Bears retiring his number
Mike Ditka's statement, in part, on the Bears retiring his No. 89: "It's something that I didn't anticipate or expect. I can't say that there's any greater honor. I'm very humbled by it and very thankful (Chairman George McCaskey) made the decision....Tags: Mike Ditka
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Urlacher exits NFL stage quietly
Twitterwas launched in 2006, six years after the Bears selected Brian Urlacher with the ninth overall pick in the 2000 draft. Jack Dorsey, the Twitter creator has said the name was chosen because he ran across a definition of the word that was a perfect...Tags: New Products, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Lovie Smith, Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers
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Urlacher void much bigger than hole at linebacker
Over the past several weeks Bears quarterback Jay Cutler made it known to new coach Marc Trestman and others in the organization that he sought to assert himself even more entering his fifth season in Chicago. According to two sources familiar with...
Tags: Nick Roach, Oakland Raiders, Lovie Smith, Jay Cutler, Marc Trestman
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