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New linebacker James Anderson will be the first Chicago Bear to wear No. 50 since Mike Singletary retired in 1992, and the Hall of Fame linebacker assured the team it's fine by him. Read the entire story....

Former Ravens receiver Qadry Ismail says the 2000 Baltimore defense was superior to the vaunted 1985 Bears' defense that carried Chicago to its first and only Super Bowl win. "That 2000 defense it's up there with the all-time, if not the all-time ...

ESPN NFL analyst Mike Ditka is in the hospital after suffering a minor stroke. Read the entire story....

We thought the 1985 Bears defense was one of a kind, but this year's version is proving to be on par, Adam Schefter writes in his 10 Spot.

The Bears are on an historic takeaway pace, but is this defense better than the one that went 15-1 and won Super Bowl XX? Steve "Mongo" McMichael states the case for the 1985 Bears, although he did say the current squad has the edge at one positi...

Mike Ditka refused to engage in a war of words with Hall of Fame defensive Richard Dent, who said Wednesday that Ditka was the reason the 1985 Chicago Bears didn't repeat as Super Bowl champions. Read the entire story....

CHICAGO -- Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon, who is suffering from early-stage dementia, has told a Chicago television station that while he appreciates what football has done for him, if he could do it over, he would play baseball. Re...

Former Chicago Bears defensive tackle Steve "Mongo" McMichael said Thursday that he intends to run for mayor of Romeoville, Ill. McMichael, 54, is the head coach of the Chicago Slaughter of the Professional Indoor Football League and also is an an...

MUNCIE, Ind. -- The family and friends of the late NFL star Dave Duerson have begun a program to help high school and middle school athletes in his hometown of Muncie who suffer head injuries. The Dave Duerson Muncie Community Schools Athletic Saf...

Former Chicago Bears QB Jim McMahon says repeated blows to his head during his playing days are taking a toll on him today, which is why he is among the hundreds of former players suing the NFL....

Jerry Markbreit still has the newspaper photos framed in his den. The first shows Packers defensive tackle Charles Martin on one knee with Bears quarterback Jim McMahon lying on the Soldier Field turf. The second has the NFL veteran referee escorting...

Chicago Bears Hall of Famer Dan Hampton doesn't buy for a second that the Green Bay Packers didn't impose a bounty on the heads of various Bears in the season following Chicago's Super Bowl XX win. "Charles Martin ... he put numbers on his towel t...

Former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka said he would have stopped any bounties if he learned of them, but there were money pools based on different statistical categories. "Not that I know of," Ditka said when asked if bounties existed during his t...

CHICAGO -- The family of former Chicago Bears player Dave Duerson has filed a wrongful death suit against the NFL over his suicide. Read the entire story....

LOS ANGELES -- The Securities and Exchange Commission is suing former Chicago Bears wide receiver Willie Gault and five others, accusing them of a scam to artificially inflate the stock of a heart monitoring device company. Read the entire story....

LOS ANGELES -- Police say the stolen 1985 Super Bowl ring of Chicago Bears wide receiver Willie Gault has been recovered from a downtown Los Angeles jewelry store. Read the entire story....