Hugh Douglas

Bears quarterback Jim Miller did his best last week to fire up his team with tough words of warning. And it worked to the extent that his teammates were unanimous in saying they were a little extra charged for Sunday's game against the Philadelphia...

The Bears haven't been the same since they were pushed around in the playoffs by the Philadelphia Eagles on a cold January night at Soldier Field. The Eagles, on the other hand, have been rolling since. They're 5-2, compared to the Bears' 2-5, and they'...

Derrick Burgess spent nearly a year wincing from pain. There was the pain from the season-ending foot fracture he suffered in the Philadelphia Eagles' 2002 season opener at Tennessee. Surgery followed, then injury rehabilitation workouts. An...

There were the Bears, rolling up 207 yards of offense and taking a 13-7 lead on the powerful Philadelphia Eagles. They were outgaining the Eagles and frustrating Pro Bowl quarterback Donovan McNabb to the delight of the crowd of 54,049 that at one...

Five members of the 2001 Bears made the NFC Pro Bowl team. Phillip Daniels believes it should have been six. Daniels, a seven-year veteran defensive end, didn't have the sack total of New York's Michael Strahan or the sack reputation of Philadelphia's...

Only Duce is still loose. The Philadelphia Eagles signed first-round draft pick Jerome McDougle to a contract Thursday, leaving veteran running back Duce Staley as their only training camp holdout. McDougle — the Miami of Florida defensive end the...

The magic carpet ride that was the Bears' 2001 season ended in tatters Saturday. It closed with a 33-19 loss to the visiting Philadelphia Eagles that was capped ignominiously by Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb scoring on a 5-yard run and dunking the...

Tearing off his helmet in disgust, left tackle Qasim Mitchell exhibited the most obvious agitation among the Bears. But there was enough angst for everyone. Wide receiver David Terrell ran straight off Soldier Field into the tunnel shaking his head....

If the Philadelphia Eagles had to move up that Sept. 8 opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and play it today, the heir to Hugh Douglas at right defensive end would not be rookie first-round pick Jerome McDougle. The heir to Douglas also would not...

For the shaken and reeling Bears, Sunday's game against the Philadelphia Eagles in Champaign looms as nothing short of a shot at redemption. Not necessarily redemption for the season; that will take more than one game since no Bears team has ever lost...

Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid welcomed a happy new training camper to Lehigh University Friday. ''I think the first thing he said to me, he cursed me,'' newly signed first-round draft pick Jerome McDougle said. ''He said, 'McDougle, get your over...