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Chicago Bears It's been 23 years since new Bears coach Marc Trestman first coached former NFL MVP Rich Gannon, and more than a decade since they helped lead Oakland to the Super Bowl. After watching the Bears practice Thursday at Halas Hall, Ganno...

The NBA Finals began last night, so there's plenty of news to discuss. Football is still three months away, and there's no good reason to celebrate the art of punt returns today. But Thursday morning Bill Barnwell passed along this video of Clarence ...

A look at a player entering a contract year on each NFC North team who must deliver in 2013: Chicago Bears: More than a half-dozen prominent starters have contracts set to expire after this season, including returner Devin Hester, center Roberto G...

Football Outsiders, a statistics-based analysis service, has been producing division-by-division Insider files on remaining team needs. You'll need a subscription to read the entire NFC North post , but below I've taken a few excerpts and written a f...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- It's impossible to predict if wide receiver Marquess Wilson will land on the Chicago Bears' final 53-man roster after the way his college career unraveled at Washington State. Wilson quit the team last year and accused Cougar...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Saturday's fifth-round choice of Louisiana Tech offensive tackle Jordan Mills is just the latest in a series of moves the Chicago Bears have made to overhaul the offensive line -- clearly the weakest unit on the team last season ...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Despite comments indicating a possible desire to retire in the wake of the firing of former head coach Lovie Smith, veteran Bears return man Devin Hester admitted Thursday his remarks came as a result of overwhelming emotion, not...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. - There is a possibility Devin Hester could be asked to do more than return kicks next season for the Chicago Bears. In addition to serving as the Bears' primary return man, Hester lined up on the second-team kickoff and punt-te...

Our friends at ESPNChicago.com will have thorough coverage of the Chicago Bears' first day of voluntary minicamp, at least soon as they can navigate away from the construction zone at Halas Hall and find a place to write. In the meantime, I'll weigh ...

As the offensive players broke for individual drills Tuesday at the Walter Payton Center on Day 1 of voluntary minicamp, Devin Hester stood on the sideline swinging his helmet alongside long snapper Pat Mannelly, kicker Robbie Gould and punter Adam P...

ESPNChicago.com continues its daily Bears draft preview with a look at the receivers. The Chicago Bears lost any semblance of a speed element for their 2013 offense at receiver when Johnny Knox was forced to retire, and the club decided Devin Hes...

Over on our still-churning Facebook page, Justin offers evidence that some of you have a better mental catalogue of this blog's archives than me. Justin pointed out this 2011 post on Chicago Bears returner Devin Hester's candidacy for the Pro Foot...

So on the occasion of April Fools Day, the Twitter accounts of two NFC North teams engaged in a friendly exchange of images. The Minnesota Vikings started it with this suggestion and photograph of a gang-sack of Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutle...

PHOENIX -- The Chicago Bears' new regime has been signaling for a while that it considers Devin Hester to be primarily a returner at this stage in his career. On Wednesday, coach Marc Trestman revealed how serious the team is about narrowing Hester's...

When we last heard from Chicago Bears returner/receiver Devin Hester, he had backed off his threat to retire but was still suggesting he might benefit from a fresh start with another franchise. Tuesday, Hester used a post on his Instagram account to ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Devin Hester's days of lining up at wide receiver in Chicago might be over. Bears general manager Phil Emery made no mention of Hester contributing on offense on Thursday when he responded to a question about the three-time Pro B...