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Dear NFL: Please Explain Your Punishment Scale
Thanks to the Bears' dismal performance on Thursday night , I'm pretty sick of football right now, so I'm gonna keep this short and sweet. Over the past few days, the NFL has levied fines from incidents that happened in three separate games in Week N
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Thursday Night Football: Stick a Fork In The Bears
I don't just mean because they're done. I literally want to stick a fork in some of the Bears. Let's be honest for a minute, the Bears' chances of winning the NFC North pretty much went out the window when Brian Urlacher was lost for the season in We
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A Chicago Sports Fan’s Dream Day: Live Blog from Wrigley & Soldier Field
It all started with a thunderstorm. On June 16, I was all set to attend the first game of the Crosstown Classic between the Cubs and the White Sox at Wrigley Field. Then Mother Nature struck, postponing the game. Instead of playing a double hea
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Should the Chicago Bears Take a Look at Charles Rogers?
New Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler says he is happy with the wide receivers currently on the Bears' roster. "I’m 100 percent comfortable [with the wide receivers], I think we added some depth with some younger guys and then some of
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Farewell Mike Brown: A Chicago Bears Fan Says Goodbye
Chicago fans are a special breed. They'll welcome players with open arms, cheer them when they perform, and turn on them in an instant when things go sour. Fans in the Windy City won't hesitate to tell, and show, their players exactly how they really
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How the Chicago Bears Can Meet Lofty Expectations in 2009
Expectations are a funny thing when it comes to the Chicago Bears. Since I became a devoted fan in 2001, things have often gone the opposite way of what I envisioned. When I expect the team to be awful, the Bears pleasantly surprise (2001, 2005, and
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NFC North Division Preview: Jay Cutler Makes the Chicago Bears the Favorite
The battle for the 2009 NFC North division title is a three team race. Although the Detroit Lions have made improvements coming off the first 0-16 season in NFL history, they are the main reason that the North is home to the three easiest stren
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How Jay Cutler Changes the Chicago Bears’ Offense
According to Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith, “We [the Bears] get off the bus running the ball." Now that the Bears have quarterback Jay Cutler on the bus, does the offensive strategy change? The short answer is no. The Bears a
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The Chicago Bears’ Alex Brown: 30 Questions for the DE
When choosing which member of the Chicago Bears I would want to interview, I had three criteria: First, I wanted it to be a member of the defense. Defense has been the cornerstone of Bears football for decades, but it has struggled the last few
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The 2001 Chicago Bears: My All-Time Favorite Team
No, that is not a typo in the title; it is not supposed to say 1985. The '85 Bears were an unbelievable team, and the best in my lifetime. However, the 2001 Chicago Bears turned me into the football fanatic that I am today. Com
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