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Chicago Bears: QB Caleb Hanie Won’t Return in 2012, Backups Are Needed
It's no surprise that the Chicago Bears will let quarterback Caleb Hanie reach the free agent market next week, choosing to not tender him another deal.Hanie stepped in to start four games in 2011 after Jay Cutler suffered a broken thumb on his throw
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Chicago Bears: Team Releases OT Frank Omiyale, DT Anthony Adams
It's no surprise that the Chicago Bears announced the release of veteran defensive tackle Anthony Adams, considering Adams himself let that information slip last week. Unexpected, however, was that the Bears chose to cut offensive tackle Frank Omiyal
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Could the Chicago Bears Be an Ideal Landing Spot for WR Hines Ward?
The Pittsburgh Steelers announced yesterday that they would be releasing veteran wide receiver Hines Ward after 14 years with the team. Not long after, Ward issued a statement that included mention of his intention to continue to play football.The 36
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Franchise Tag Deadline Nears for Chicago Bears, RB Matt Forte
For Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte, no news may be good news. There have been few, if any, updates on contract talks between Forte and the team, which reportedly restarted over the weekend at the scouting combine.Head coach Lovie Smith, speaki
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What We Learned from This Week’s NFC North Media Coverage, 2/17 Edition
This week in the NFC North, the dominant storyline for the Minnesota Vikings has been the team's ongoing struggle to get a new stadium built.The Minneapolis Star-Tribune covered this issue on Tuesday, breaking down the entire debacle. The Star-Tribun
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Jerry Angelo Is Gone, but Chicago Bears Are Still a Mess
Jerry Angelo, the now-former general manager of the Chicago Bears, has been long thought to have been poisoning the organization from the inside out, making terrible personnel and draft decisions, allowing mismatched coaching pieces to lead the team
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Should Lovie Smith Have Followed Angelo and Martz out of Chi-Town?
There was a major shakeup in the Chicago Bears' front office and coaching staffs today as general manager Jerry Angelo, offensive coordinator Mike Martz and quarterbacks coach Shane Day are all out of jobs after a disappointing 8-8 2011 season.The ho
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Johnny Knox Injury: The Latest Buzz and Prognosis on Chicago Bears WR
Chicago Bears wide receiver Johnny Knox suffered one of the scariest injuries of the 2011 season in Week 15.In the first quarter of the Bears-Seahawks contest, Knox was hit while scrambling to recover a pass that was knocked out of his hands, his bac
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4 Crazy Details You Need to Know About Sam Hurd’s Stunning Drug Bust
Chicago Bears wide receiver Sam Hurd was arrested on federal drug charges on Wednesday night after attempting to procure 500 or more grams of cocaine from a north Texas supplier. However, the criminal complaint goes even further than that.Hurd is all
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Chicago Bears: 10 Things We Learned in Loss Versus New York Giants
Last night, the Chicago Bears were handily defeated by the New York Giants, 41-13. The only Chicago touchdown came with 31 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter; kicker Robbie Gould was 2 of 3, netting Chicago's only other points.While the Bears ma
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