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Iowa lineman Ferentz will be in Bears minicamp
The Chicago Bears will have some football bloodlines on display at rookie minicamp beginning today at Halas Hall. All eyes will be on first-round draft pick Kyle Long, the guard from Oregon whose father is Hall of Fame defensive lineman Howie Long. Kyle&...
Tags: New England Patriots, Iowa Hawkeyes, LSU Tigers, National Football League, New Orleans Saints
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Bears reaching for greatness
If the Bears had been picking 32nd instead of 20th, no one would have said boo about them selecting Kyle Long. But they were picking 20th, and they caught a lot of people by surprise. Based on my pre-draft research, I thought Long would be a second-...
Tags: Phil Emery, Henry Melton, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, National Football League
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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: Phil Emery, Shea McClellin, Marc Trestman, George McCaskey, Detroit Lions
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All they have to do is prove they can play
Following a similar trend that we saw during Phil Emery's first draft in 2012, the Bears general manager once again targeted rookie prospects over the weekend that bring size, speed and strength measurables to the NFL. The Bears are projecting talent at...
Tags: Brian Urlacher, Phil Emery, J'Marcus Webb, Marc Trestman, Henry Melton
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Van Horne knows Long's situation
Keith Van Horne has traveled the path Kyle Long must take as a lanky Bears offensive lineman drafted in the first round. The Bears selected Van Horne with the 11th overall pick in 1981 out of USC. Long was taken 20th Thursday night out of Oregon....
Tags: Phil Emery, Jermon Bushrod, Mike Ditka, National Football League, Football
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Long winding road ends at Halas Hall
Kyle Long's path to the podium at Halas Hall on Friday was anything but ordinary. Gave up football after high school. Drafted by the White Sox. Enrolled at Florida State to play baseball. Back to football as a defensive end in junior college. A position...Tags: Brandon Marshall, Football, Chicago White Sox, Sports, High School Sports
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All in the family for Longs
Down South, there is a saying about guys like Kyle Long. "He gets it honest." It means he is the product of his genes. Everything about him is pure and organic. Nothing is affected. His blessings — as well as his curses — have been...
Tags: Soldier Field, National Football League, Football, Urban Meyer, Chicago Bears
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Howie Long ecstatic his son landed with Bears
Howie Long didn’t pull any punches when he said he was partial to the Oakland Raiders because of his 13-year Hall of Fame career with the club. But he called the Chicago Bears “one of the crown jewel franchises in football,” and said,...
Tags: Oakland Raiders, Chicago Bears, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia)
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Bears make surprise pick in NFL draft
The Bears started rebuilding the offense under new coach Marc Trestman in free agency and continued the process in the first round of the NFL draft Thursday night, but doing so with a player no one expected. Leaving Notre Dame tight end Tyler Eifert on...Tags: Gabe Carimi, Syracuse Orange, Martellus Bennett, NFL Draft, Chicago Bears
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USC's Matt Barkley goes unpicked in first round of NFL draft; Geno Smith shut out, too
The wait continues for Matt Barkley. The first round of the 2013 NFL draft came and went Thursday without the quarterback from Mater Dei High and USC being selected. That would have been a shocking development after the 2011 season, when Barkley was...Tags: Radio City Music Hall, National Football League, Green Bay Packers, Syracuse Orange, ESPN (tv network)
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Bears play follow the leader
They have been called "big uglies," "hogs" and even "big hog mollies." But never before have they been called the most coveted players in the draft. The Bears' selection of Oregon offensive lineman Kyle Long was part of a trend — a big trend....Tags: Nick Fairley, Phil Emery, Ndamukong Suh, Football, Minnesota Vikings
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Chicago Bears first pick: Kyle Long
Name: Kyle Long Pick: No. 20, overall Position: Guard School: Oregon Height: 6-6 Weight: 313 On the field: Long comes with a terrific pedigree as the son of Hall of Fame defensive end Howie Long and the younger brother of Rams defensive end...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Andy Levitre, Football, Oregon Ducks, Sports
May 10, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Apr 28, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Apr 26, 2013
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Apr 27, 2013
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Apr 27, 2013
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Apr 27, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 26, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Apr 25, 2013
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