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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...

Chicago Bears Former safety Chris Harris retired from playing in the NFL last month. A day later, he was embarking on a new career after the Bears hired him to be their defensive quality control coach. Harris told ESPNChicago.com's Jeff Dickerson ...

We're Black and Blue All Over: The NFL's 2012 season concluded Sunday night with Super Bowl XLVII, although we in the NFC North have been on hiatus for a month already. Now, we all enter into the offseason mode of the kind of player movement that ...

We're Black and Blue All Over: One of the staples of Super Bowl media day is press gatherings with national television analysts. Most of them are former players who come armed with strong opinions on the league and its trends, and their job is to ...

The Bears' glimmer of hope doesn't feel very hopeful.

The actual game is only part of the joke that is the Pro Bowl. The voting process is far from ideal, as evidenced by the NFC North representation in the final fan balloting released Thursday. Fan voting weighs one-third of the total determination ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Here are Five Things We Learned in the Chicago Bears' 21-14 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday: 1. Hard to view the Bears as an 8-5 team: The situation the Bears find themselves in after dropping four of their last five look...

MINNEAPOLIS -- The worst thing a struggling offense can afford to do is to leave plays on the field. For the second straight week, the Chicago Bears' offense took sure points off the board because of its inability to make routine catches that wo...

Let's get inside the Friday injury report in the NFC North: Chicago Bears: Cornerback Tim Jennings (shoulder) was ruled out of Sunday's game against the Minnesota Vikings, joining linebacker Brian Urlacher (hamstring) and receiver Earl Bennett (co...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- The Chicago Bears ruled cornerback Tim Jennings (shoulder) out, but wide receivers Alshon Jeffery and Devin Hester are expected to play against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. Read the entire story....

The Chicago Bears ruled cornerback Tim Jennings (shoulder) out, but wide receivers Alshon Jeffery and Devin Hester are expected to play against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.

Let's take a quick spin through the Thursday practice report in the NFC North: Chicago Bears: Receiver Earl Bennett (concussion) was ruled out of Sunday's game against the Minnesota Vikings. Running back Michael Bush (ribs) and cornerback Tim Jenn...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- The Chicago Bears officially ruled out receiver Earl Bennett on Thursday for their matchup against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. Bears coach Lovie Smith said Bennett "is making progress," but won't be ready to play by Sund...

Let's wrap up a newsy day in the NFC North: Chicago Bears: Linebacker Brian Urlacher (hamstring) was officially ruled out of Sunday's game against the Minnesota Vikings. Four players sat out of practice because of injuries: receiver Earl Bennett (...

Chicago Bears receiver Devin Hester said Tuesday he's getting better every day as he recovers from a concussion, but he's not sure he'll be ready for Sunday's game against the Minnesota Vikings. "I'm getting better as the days go. I can't really t...

We're Black and Blue All Over: It turns out that Brian Urlacher's potentially season-ending hamstring injury was only the tip of the NFC North's personnel news Tuesday night. The Detroit Lions ended the season of receiver Titus Young, and possi...