Jim McMahon

The Bears were exposed Monday night as the decidedly mediocre team most observers projected them to be this season. Flailing away on offense, the Bears dropped passes, bungled blocking assignments, served up interceptions and failed miserably to...

Magic returned to the Bears Saturday. They were able to take some windy Chicago weather on the road and turn Giants Stadium into a home-field disadvantage for the New York Jets. Just for the heck of it, the Bears won 19-6 and made the Jets virtually...

The Bears wrung the necks of the Dallas Cowboys Sunday and tightened the chokehold they have on the National Football League. They are beginning to put the squeeze on history. They smashed the Cowboys 44-0 in a game that was just as close as the score...

The Bears took an early lead and let their defense smother the New England Patriots 20-7 Sunday in Soldier Field. The victory set up an early NFC Central Division confrontation Thursday night between the Bears and Minnesota Vikings in Minneapolis. The...

Their homework is done, and the Bears still can't go out to play the way they would like. They are ready to graduate, and school isn't over yet. They almost called in sick Sunday before realizing the rules require a 16-game workload. So as long as class...

The Bears convinced the National Football League they are perfectly human Monday night when the Miami Dolphins ruined their perfect season and preserved history for themselves with a 38-24 victory. The Bears' 12-game winning streak and dreams of an...

Quarterback Mike Tomczak appeared to raise his stock with a near-flawless performance in the Bears' 28-20 exhibition victory over the Miami Dolphins Monday night. Question is: Will the Bears be willing to invest in his stock next year? Tomczak, who...

The final score of Saturday night's meaningless preseason game will soon be forgotten. But the image of Jim McMahon in a San Diego Chargers uniform, completing his first pass against his former Bears teammates, will be frozen forever in the minds of 60,...

This was a test. Had Saturday night's Bears-Cardinals contest been a regular-season game, Chicago fans would have been advised to become deeply concerned about the health and adequacy of the team's receiving corps. Without the services of injured wide...

If you're scoring at home, the Bears wound up their preseason with a 2-2 record. But questions remain as they head into the regular season next Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals. In what resembled an old American Football League scoring...

The Bears' 17-6 victory over the world champion Los Angeles Raiders felt so good to them Sunday it seemed worth the bad. By Monday Morning, when the bruises have outlasted the celebration, the price may be more than they would like to pay, even though...

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers don`t know any better, and the Bears don`t know any worse. That`s the main reason the Bears stayed undefeated Sunday and the Bucs stayed winless by a score of 27-19. It was the closest the Bears have come this season to...