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We're Black and Blue All Over: Good mid-morning. Things got wild Thursday night in the NFC North, which welcomed a 3-D glasses-wearing pass-rusher, the son of a Hall of Fame defensive end, a trio of new Minnesota Vikings and a total of four lineme...

Has the Chicago Bears' coaching transition paved the way for a Detroit Lions resurgence? Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders advanced that theory in this "First Take" video. "I certainly have a lot of hope for this year," Sanders said of the 2...

Chicago Bears kick returner/receiver Devin Hester is 29. So it's reasonable to assume the actual debate on his candidacy for the Pro Football Hall of Fame is at least 10 years -- and probably a few more touchdown returns -- away. Already, however, He...

Former Chicago Bears defensive end Richard Dent will be inducted Saturday into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. And over at ESPNChicago.com, Melissa Isaacson offers a great read on how Dent rose from a skinny eighth-round draft choice to one of the bes...

We spent a good part of last week discussing the careers of the NFC North's top two tailbacks. We projected what the Minnesota Vikings' Adrian Peterson must do to reach the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and we debated the merits of Matt Forte's cross-pl...

We've been casting a skeptical eye since last week on the possibility of the Chicago Bears actually playing their Aug. 7 preseason opener in the annual Hall of Fame game. Wednesday, the NFL appeared ready to relent. League executive vice president...

We noted earlier Monday that the Chicago Bears should soon find out if they will open training camp later this week and/or play in the Aug. 7 Hall of Fame game, as scheduled. The Minnesota Vikings are also facing a deadline, originally announced to b...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Welcome back from what will probably be the NFL's last dark weekend for the next six months. Owners and players are hoping to reach a handshake agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement within the next 48 ho...

Tuesday, Chicago Bears tailback Matt Forte expressed hesitation about playing in the Aug. 7 Hall of Fame game if the NFL lockout delays the start of training camp. Wednesday, we bring you stronger sentiment from Bears kicker Robbie Gould, who is a...

SportsNation asked you/me/us to pick the most deserving Pro Football Hall of Fame candidate from a group of five former players who finished their careers with more than 100 sacks. The results were clear: At week's end, two-thirds of nearly 14,000...

Another in a series on NFC North players whose career trajectories put them on a path to consideration for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. NFL teams value pass-rushing more than any skill outside of quarterbacking, and here in the NFC North we have...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Shortly after he suffered a season-ending wrist injury in 2009, we debated whether Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher had done enough in his career to merit enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Our con...

A jarring sight awaited if you happened to land on the home page of the Chicago Bears' website Friday. At the far right was a video of former defensive end Richard Dent discussing his recent election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. On the left w...

DALLAS -- I wish I had an explanation for what many of you are already asking: What is keeping former Minnesota Vikings receiver Cris Carter out of the Pro Football Hall of Fame? When Carter retired in 2002, he ranked second on the NFL's all-time ...

DALLAS -- Saturday was old hat for Richard Dent. For six of the past seven years, he sat idle while the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee passed on his candidacy. He passed through the expected phases of disappointment: From anger to frus...

We're Black and Blue All Over: I guess everyone wants to make Hall of Fame running back Gale Sayers eat crow now that the Chicago Bears are one step away from the Super Bowl. After all, it was Sayers who expressed serious doubts in May about the B...