R.W. McQuarters

The teams were a study in contrast, both on and off the field Sunday in the Bears' 13-6 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. The usually demonstrative Vikings were morose as they trudged up the hallway of the Metrodome to their locker room. They had...

Taking one look at the replay on the giant video board inside Ford Field with 1 minutes 26 seconds left in Sunday's 19-13 loss to the Detroit Lions, the Bears believed they had regained their mojo in Motown. Bernard Berrian, who had just scored the...

The Bears have done a lot of things to help themselves to the best record in the NFC. Now they have opponents finding unlikely ways to help them too. Sunday it was two-time Pro Bowl kicker Jason Hanson missing three field goals in one game for the...

Aside from Paul Edinger and R.W. McQuarters assuring themselves a standing reservation in any of St. Louis' finest restaurants and at least one kitchen table, it's impossible to determine immediately the effect of the Bears' season-ending victory over...

With their 27-24 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, the Bears answered some questions, specifically about their offense but more generally about themselves. They had not played particularly well the previous three weeks, escaping with...

No kids in Chicago enjoyed Halloween night more than the Bears' rookies. Rookie Nathan Vasher clinched a 23-13 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night at Soldier Field with a thrilling 71-yard interception return for a touchdown with 3...

Mike Singletary marched proudly onto the new Soldier Field for pregame introductions Monday night, hoisting a football toward a crowd hoping for a night of magic. Other Bears greats like Dick Butkus and Dan Hampton followed closely behind, but Singletary...

Q What is it about the Bears and Monday night? Seems like they usually lose. A The facts don't lie. The Bears are 6-20 on the road on "Monday Night Football" and 10-10 at home. There's something about the bright lights and national focus that brings...

With pained looks and pursed lips, they slowly followed the cart down the Metrodome hallway late Sunday afternoon. The cart carried Rex Grossman, sitting on the back with a tightly knotted silk striped tie around his neck and a bulky black brace...

When Bears running back Thomas Jones fumbled a handoff midway through the first quarter of Sunday's 24-5 loss to the Houston Texans, more than a football slipped through his frozen fingertips. "When the ball is that cold, sometimes it's hard to feel...

A look at how each player on the 2004 roster came to be a Bear. Thirty-three of the 53 players on the active roster (62.2%) were either draftees of the Bears or undrafted free agents signed with the Bears. Seventeen players joined the team via free...

Terry Shea wanted to call plays from the sideline instead of the press box so he could look eye-to-eye with Bears offensive players as they came off the field. In the first half of Friday night's 17-13 loss to the Saints, Shea probably felt like covering...