Chris Williams

Lovie Smith said Matt Forte has made progress with his sprained right ankle. But Forte did not practice all week and has been ruled out for Sunday's game against the Rams at Soldier Field. Both teams could be without their top backs as Steven Jackson...

By the end of Thursday's 23-10 beating in Green Bay, Bears quarterback Jay Cutler had completed his worst public relations meltdown since the loss to the Packers in the NFC title game when the club failed to announce the nature of the knee injury that...

GREEN BAY -- The coaching adage is that a team is never as good as it might look in a victory and never as bad as it might appear in a defeat. Keeping that in mind, we’ll try to maintain perspective with 10 thoughts coming out of another ugly loss...

If Charles Tillman had been playing for a job, he’d have been on the street by halftime of the Bears’ practice game against the Giants on Friday night. Twice Tillman was flagged for pass interference, once on a third-and-long, the other in...

Ten thoughts on the Chicago Bears after their 20-17 exhibition victory Friday night over the New York Giants in East Rutherford, N.J. 1. Lovie Smith always has said that it's hard to make final roster cuts, with plenty of hard decisions in the process....

Mike Tice could have used Sunday's post-practice media session as a forum to announce his starting left tackle. He didn't. Instead, the Bears offensive coordinator updated the state of the line, as a whole, coming off Friday's crucial third exhibition...

The coaching staff repeatedly raved about improvements second-year safety Chris Conte made during training camp. But with the starter out for Friday night's game against the Giants, Craig Steltz will slide into the starting lineup at MetLife Stadium....

Everybody’s watching left tackle, especially against the Giants’ Super Bowl-devastating pass rush and fearing for Jay Cutler’s life in New York this Friday when the Bears play their one moderately important practice game. Left tackle is...

TV SPORTS SATURDAY Soccer-Premier League, Sunderland vs. Arsenal, 8:50 a.m. (ESPN) Baseball-Junior League, Championship Game, 10 a.m. (ESPN2) Little League Baseball-World Series, Elimination Games, 11 a.m., 5 and 7 p.m. (ESPN), 2 p.m. (ABC)...

TODAY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' SOCCER Aberdeen Central at St. Thomas More, 8 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' SOCCER Aberdeen Central at St. Thomas More, 6 p.m. HIGH SCOOL BOYS' GOLF Aberdeen Central at West River Tournament in Spearfish, 8 a.m. Northeast...

Sixth in a 14-part series leading up to the start of Bears training camp. The further the Bears get away from their appearance in Super Bowl XLI, the better the offensive line for that team, built almost exclusively through pro free agency, looks. It...

BOURBONNAIS — The Bears considered Gabe Carimi at left tackle for two padded practices a year ago. The summer before that, then-line coach Mike Tice had the starting lineup for the offensive line set for the club's annual practice at Soldier Field,...