How does each NFC North team look at running back, and what still needs to be done? Chicago Bears: If you were drawing up plans for an experienced but diverse backfield, you could do a lot worse than modeling after the Bears. Starter Matt Forte is a...
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The Chicago Bears will retire Mike Ditka's No. 89 on Dec. 9 during halftime of their Monday Night Football game against the Dallas Cowboys at Soldier Field, the team announced Friday.
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Mike Ditka's final season as a player for the Chicago Bears was in 1966. His last season as their coach was 1992. So why did it take 47 years after hi......
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We're Black and Blue All Over: Thursday, we broached the topic of whether the Chicago Bears would retire the number of middle linebacker Brian Urlach......
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ESPN | Friday, May 24, 2013
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Jeff Dickerson and Jonathan Hood talk with James Williams, Gil Brandt, and Kevin Seifert....
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The Chicago Bears took out full-page ads in two Chicago newspapers to thank linebacker Brian Urlacher, who announced his retirement Wednesday after 13 seasons. "Few play for a storied franchise. Even fewer write their own chapter. Thanks, Brian," the...
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I first became interested in the Detroit Tigers because of this 1973 Topps card. I was struck by the Tigers’ home uniform, with the Old English “D” set against a...
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The following is the transcript from the latest edition of The Superfans show live from Ditka's Pat - Welcome everybody to the annual Bill Swerski's Superfans Prediction special, and as you can plainly see I am not Bill Swerski.Carl - No you're not Pat,...
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Kids born in the year of the Chiefs last playoff win are now adults - Arrowhead PrideKids born in the year of the Chiefs last playoff win are now entering the work force. Relevance is hard to come by these days. Alex Smith prefers to focus on wins not...
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Teams not buying 'Easter Bunny' excuse for moving NFL Draft to May - Don Banks - SI.comEven if you happen to believe in the Easter Bunny theory, or that the NFL had to move next year's draft to May solely because of a scheduling conflict with a Radio...
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CHICAGO — Hall of Famer Mike Ditka will have his No. 89 retired by the Chicago Bears next season.The Bears said Friday the number will be retired at halftime of their Monday night game against the Dallas Cowboys at Soldier Field on Dec. 9, a fitting...
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It's hard to fathom, but 12 other players wore No. 89 for the Bears after Mike Ditka left the team following the 1966 season. Here's a quick look at the players, some of them even coached by Ditka, who were the number that will be retired on Dec. 9....
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Now that both Brian Urlacher and Ray Lewis have opted for retirement just months apart, maybe their defining accomplishment is that over the span of their long and illustrious NFL careers, nobody personified the evolution of the middle/inside linebacker...
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We've spent a good part of this week discussing feuds of varying degrees, from the dissipating animosity between Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers to the now-healed relationship between Mike Ditka and the Chicago Bears. Those situations have me thinking:...
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We've spent a good part of this week discussing feuds of varying degrees, from the dissipating animosity between Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers to the now-healed relationship between Mike Ditka and the Chicago Bears. Those situations have me thinking:...
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Our Confidence Check series has been pretty positive in relation to the Bears depth charts at quarterback and running back. On the running back confidence poll, only 2% had a low level of confidence for the position, and only two votes out of 310 had...
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Out are the thumpers, in is the need for speed. Brian Urlacher and Ray Lewis are retired, but their biggest impact is still evident in defenses across the league, Don Banks writes....
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Admit it -- when you read this headline, you thought to yourself, "Wait a minute -- didn't the Chicago Bears already retire Mike Ditka's number at some point in time?" Well, no. But the organization will right that obvious wrong when the Bears take on...
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The following is a Sports Bank flashback piece from summer 2008. It’s written by former TSB contributor Sarah Spain. It’s very likely that Sarah Spain will soon leave ESPN 1000 for Fox Sports 1. In light of today’s events; and the fact that’s...
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A member of the Green Bay Packers is going to miss Brian Urlacher? That's right. Aaron Rodgers said on The Jim Rose Show that the Bears middle linebacker, who retired Wednesday, was his "favorite player to play against." Read the entire story....
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The Chicago Tribune reports the Bears don't want to cut G/T Gabe Carimi.
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How does each NFC North team look at running back, and what still needs to be done? Chicago Bears: If you were drawing up plans for an experienced but diverse backfield, you could do a lot worse than modeling after the Bears. Starter Matt Forte is a...
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2012 REGULAR SEASON: 164-91*-1 (.643) PLAYOFFS: 7-3 (.700) SUPER BOWL: 1-0 (1.000) COLTS PREDICTIONS: 13-4 (.765) Life isn't easy for a Predictificationist - especially during this NFL offseason. After I correctly predicted the Baltimore Ravens as Super...
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For pro football fans, the offseason is like a barren desert, desolate and parched, with only the hope of the coming season to draw us onward. OK. Maybe that metaphor is just a tad overwrought, but you know what I mean. As fans, we miss football, and...
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The Chicago Bears finally will retire No. 89, the jersey worn by iconic tight end and Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Ditka. In 1985, Ditka led "Da Bears" to their only Super Bowl championship.
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I didn’t plan it this way, but what the hell. On the same day that I’ve come to Cleveland for a cameo in the Kevin Costner film Draft Day, we’re concluding the Mt. Rushmore nomination process with the Cleveland Browns. In the comments, nominate...
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Each and every year, hundreds of college players look forward to hearing their names called during the NFL draft. While some ultimately hear their names get called, many sit through the three-day ordeal without getting a phone call.While it may seem...
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- Saints head coach Sean Payton is the highest paid coach in US sports, earning an estimated $8 million in 2013 according to Forbes, a publication that would quickly cease to [...]The post KSK Kontent Klearinghouse: Bongos, More Player Photoshopped...
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Henry Hynoski was to undergo surgery today to repair the knee injury he suffered Wednesday during an OTA at the Timex Performance Center. The New York Giants fullback said Thursday that returning for the Sept. 8 season opener vs. the Dallas Cowboys is...
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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees talks about the guys competing for the left tackle job now that Jermon Bushrod is gone to the Chicago Bears.
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The Chicago Bears will retire Mike Ditka's No. 89 on Dec. 9 during halftime of their Monday Night Football game against the Dallas Cowboys at Soldier Field, the team announced Friday. Read entire story....
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Recently one of the best linebackers in NFL history decided to call it a career and hang up his cleats. Brian Urlacher had an amazing career that took him from an All-American safety at New Mexico and made the successful transition to inside linebacker...
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CHICAGO -- There seems to be a budding debate about whether the Bears can build a bridge to repair relations and retire the jersey number of a certain disgruntled former employee.
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Bears to retire Mike Ditka’s number - Larry Mayer: The Bears will honor legendary former player and coach Mike Ditka by retiring his No. 89 jersey at halftime of a Dec. 9 Monday night game against the Dallas Cowboys at Soldier Field. Relentless Trestman...
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For fans of Da Bears, there won’t be another Ditka. And for the Bears, there won’t be another 89. According to Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune, the Bears will retire Mike Ditka’s number during a Dec. 9 Monday Night Football appearance against...
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With all-time great Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher having recently retired, rookie Jon Bostic faces the question: Can he fill Urlacher's cleats in Chicago? Urlacher was widely considered to be the second-best middle linebacker of his time...
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Reports say the Chicago Bears will finally retire No. 89, the jersey worn by iconic tight end and Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Ditka.
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NFL.com | Friday, May 24, 2013
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Brian Urlacher will be a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame some day, and it's OK if it's not on the first ballot. There's a chance he will be a fist ballot guy, but if he isn't, it's nothing to gnash your teeth over. Many Bears fans want to bang...
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People in the know claim they don’t believe Brian Urlacher is a sure-fire candidate for the Hall of Fame, and Mike Florio agrees....
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Recently retired former Chicago Bear linebacker, Brian Urlacher, gave tremendous praise to retired Baltimore Raven Ray Lewis today when he stated: “If I am lucky enough to go in [to Canton] with Ray, I will say this: I think I am pretty good, but Ray...
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"The Atlanta game was such an oddball," Peyton Manning began. "I kind of put an asterisk by it when we studied ourselves in the offseason." The situation is burned into the minds of many a Broncos fan. There the Broncos stood, in only the second game...
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Brian Urlacher told "The Rich Eisen Podcast" he retired because he realized he just wasn't the same player anymore. Would he have continued his career if the Dallas Cowboys were interested?
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For being one of the greatest players in Chicago Bears franchise history, Brian Urlacher had a lukewarm relationship with the club's fan base in recent years. And that's a shame. We all make mistakes, and certainly Urlacher is human like the rest of...
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Recently retired middle linebacker Brian Urlacher acknowledged during an interview Tuesday with ESPN 1000's "Waddle an Silvy Show" that he would "one-hundred percent" still be playing for the Chicago Bears if the organization had not fired long-time...
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Peyton Manning revealed on Thursday that his former team, the Indianapolis Colts, hoped that recently retired Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher would fall to them in the 2000 NFL Draft. But with Indianapolis sitting at No. 28, there's no way that would...
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As the recently retired Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher looks back on his career, there’s one missed tackle in particular he wishes he could have back. Urlacher said on the Dan Patrick Show that it still sticks in his craw that when the Patriots beat...
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The retirements of Brian Urlacher and Ray Lewis—two of the iconic defensive players of the last 15 years—has opened the door for the next era of dominant middle linebackers to get their due. The shadows of Urlacher and Lewis now lifted, Patrick...
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Brian Urlacher didn't wait around to see if a market for his services would ever develop, but up until Wednesday when the middle linebacker announced his retirement, many in league circles believed it was only a matter of time before a team signed the...
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One of the most important jobs in New Orleans is protecting quarterback Drew Brees’ blind side. And at the moment, the first option is just watching, as has been too often the case. According to Katherine Terrell of the New Orleans Times-Picayune,...
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The Seahawks have reportedly offered former University of Minnesota-Duluth and Wisconsin G/T Jake Bscherer a free-agent contract, and he'll be signed pending a physical. Bscherer and his complete disregard for normal vowel-consonant principles was one...
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