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Another obscure draft pick for Bears GM
Dressed comfortably for a long Thursday night in blue jeans and a Bears jacket, team Chairman George McCaskey entered Halas Hall and promptly placed a stack of 2013 pocket schedules on the receptionist's desk. How misleading. Nothing else the Bears...Tags: NFL Draft, Sports, Chicago White Sox, Chris Williams, Chicago Bears
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Former Bears coach Jack Pardee dies at 76
Jack Pardee, a Texas football legend who was Walter Payton's first head coach in the NFL and guided the Bears to a playoff appearance in 1977, died of cancer, his family announced Monday. He was 76. Pardee coached the Bears from 1975 to 1977 and is...
Tags: Houston Chronicle, Sports, Chemotherapy, Gallbladder Cancer, Skin Cancer
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Urlacher calls Bears' offer 'insulting'
It didn't have to end this way. Not in Brian Urlacher's eyes. The eight-time Pro Bowl middle linebacker and future Hall of Famer yearned to be a Bear for life. He wanted to walk off Soldier Field on his terms. When the Bears sent out a news release...
Tags: Brian Urlacher, Soldier Field, Lance Briggs, Tim Jennings, Sean Lee
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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: Brian Urlacher, Sports, Nick Roach, Lovie Smith, Chicago Bears
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Bears show willingness to pounce on free agents
PHOENIX — Perhaps they should rename them the Chicago Vultures. Somewhere along the way, the Bears have become scavengers, sustaining themselves on what other teams have left behind. If you had to project the Bears' 2013 starting lineup in...
Tags: Sports, Chris Williams, Dan Bazuin, Brandon Hardin , Baltimore Ravens
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Bears embrace change at the top
PHOENIX — At the 2010 NFL meetings at the Ritz Carlton in Orlando, the Bears front office was represented in part by Chairman Michael McCaskey, President Ted Phillips, general manager Jerry Angelo and coach Lovie Smith. At the 2013 NFL annual...
Tags: Michael McCaskey, Jerry Angelo, Phil Emery, National Football League, George Halas
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If Bears actually respected Urlacher, they'd have made a decision already
It’s this simple: If Brian Urlacher can play, then the Bears should sign him. If he can't, then they shouldn’t. Any questions? The reality appears to be the Bears don’t believe their Hall-of-Fame-bound middle linebacker can play. OK....
Tags: Brian Urlacher, Sports, National Football League, Phil Emery, Chicago Bears
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Rosenthal: Bears court consumer confidence
On a Wednesday night in December at Halas Hall, the Chicago Bears' Lake Forest headquarters, spec samples of playoff tickets were passed around among a select group of season-ticketholders, invited by the team's marketing department to offer feedback at...
Tags: Entertainment, Consumer Confidence, Sports, Lovie Smith, Chicago Bears
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Is it Cutler's fate to be next George?
Of all the former Bears players Chairman George McCaskey could have compared Jay Cutler to the other day, he chose George Halas. Who last played in 1928. Who played end. Who never contributed to getting a head coach fired because, well, he was the head...
Tags: Entertainment, Tim Tebow, Tom Brady, Brett Favre, Sports
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Bears offense neglected for far too long
There is no need for Phil Emery to be locked into hiring a head coach with an offensive background. But there is an overwhelming need for him to be locked into hiring someone who has foolproof answers on how to fix the offense. And that probably means...
Tags: Mike Ditka, Sports, Lovie Smith, Chicago Bears, Jim Caldwell
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In Emery we must trust
Phil Emery will hire the right head coach for the Bears. Nobody can say so yet, of course. Nobody can draw a fair conclusion about Lovie Smith's successor until next season at the earliest. But Emery gave the Bears every reason to believe that...
Tags: Brian Urlacher, Sports, Kellen Davis, Jerry Angelo, Lovie Smith
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Coaches like Smith hard to find
Getting rid of Lovie Smith does not make the Bears a better team. Only replacing him with a better coach would. Jon Gruden? Hearing he's not coming down from the press box. Bill Cowher has gotten too comfortable wearing makeup. Mike Holmgren? He...
Tags: Mike Ditka, Tony Sparano, Sports, Pat Shurmur, Jerry Angelo
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Dec 31, 2012
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