Warrick Holdman

All week, the Bears vowed to make some noise in the 86th season opener in franchise history. Instead, they couldn't hear because of it. Kyle Orton, the first rookie quarterback to start a Bears opener since Zeke Bratkowski in 1954, had his helmet...

In the Halas Hall parking lot Thursday, a black SUV proudly displayed a Chicago Bears license plate "55'' on the back bumper. The vehicle didn't belong to Lance Briggs because Briggs was parked in the players' lot. The organization was holding Alumni...

CLEVELAND - Before the Ravens can get back on the path to the Super Bowl, they must first map out how to reach the red zone. Before they set their sights on another AFC North title, they have to make sure they keep their eyes on opposing receivers....

A look at how each player on the 2003 roster came to be a Bear. Thirty-two of the 53 players on the active roster (60.4%) were either draftees of the Bears or undrafted free agents signed with the Bears. Only one player (R.W. McQuarters) was acquired via...

What's up with the change to Leon Johnson on passing downs? Can Thomas not pass block, or is there something else going on? --Brad Marsh, Santa Rosa, Calif. As I outline in my Tuesday story, a lot is going on, even though the Bears aren't calling Thomas'...

The Bears' foundation—running the ball—cracked severely in their 25-7 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, one of the NFL's poorest run-stopping teams. The Bears' top rusher was backup quarterback Henry Burris, who scrambled for 19 yards in two series of...

The game plan was simple and one the Bears had talked about all week: Jump out on the vulnerable Detroit Lions early and the Lions would shut down, as a lot of one-win teams would do at this time of a lost season. The Bears did exactly what they wanted...

OK, everybody. Let's hope this game is as exciting as last week. If you're joining us for the first time, welcome. If you're joining us for the second time, well, welcome to you, too. Hopefully this play by play will be of help to you. Football soon....

Details, details. If it's the new code word for bad habits that characterize losing teams, then at least that explained why it came out of the mouth of every Bear who chose to open his after Sunday's 33-27 overtime loss to Buffalo. Does a penalty on...

Of all the blows taken by Bears defensive players in the loss to Buffalo, none may have been as harsh as the ones delivered Sunday or that will be dealt out this week by coordinator Greg Blache. Blache ripped into his players as well as himself after the...

If this had been a street football game, Drew Bledsoe would have told his top receiver to run 15 yards beyond the parked car in Mr. Smith's driveway, spin around the lamp post and look over his right shoulder for the football. This was no street football...

The 2002 injury nightmare worsened for the Bears on Sunday. Already without their best pass-rushing defensive lineman, they lost their best run-stopper when Pro Bowl tackle Ted Washington went out after turning his left ankle early in the second quarter....