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LAKE FOREST - Chicago Bears rookie defensive end Shea McClellin says he's been cleared and will play Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings as he recovers from a concussion. McClellin has been cleared by an independent neurologist. He is on track to...

San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said he is feeling better Friday, one day after undergoing a minor heart procedure due to an irregular heartbeat.

LAKE FOREST -- Whether Houston Texans defensive coordinator Wade Phillips was serious or not when he said Thursday that he'll double team Brandon Marshall on every play, it doesn't really matter to the Chicago Bears. They already expect it, which me...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- At 7-1 there is plenty of fun going on for the Chicago Bears. "One statement that always gets me, when things aren't going exactly the way you want, everyone says 'The guys have to start having fun,'" coach Lovie Smith said on...

LAKE FOREST - Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith doesn't subscribe to the theory that his team's 7-1 record is more a reflection of an easy first half of a schedule than of an elite team. Either way, after facing eight teams with a combined 27-39 rec...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Chicago Bears safety Chris Conte thought someone was playing a joke on him when he found an email at his locker stall saying he'd been fined $21,000 for contact to the head of Carolina Panthers receiver Brandon LaFell last Sunday...

Bears safety Chris Conte thought someone was playing a joke on him when he learned he'd been fined $21,000 for contact to the head of Panthers receiver Brandon Lafell last Sunday.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- For the first time since the inception of the award in 1986 two cornerbacks from the same team have won defensive player of the month awards after Charles Tillman followed teammate Tim Jennings as the NFC winner for October. ...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- The Chicago Bears are warning fans about an increase in counterfeit tickets after a 5-1 start to the season. Read the entire story....

The Chicago Bears are warning fans about an increase in counterfeit tickets after a 5-1 start to their season.

LAKE FOREST -- Sometimes a head coach of a 5-1 team has to invent ways to keep his team focused for a contest against a 1-5 squad. But Lovie Smith just needs to point to last year's game against the Carolina Panthers to keep his players interested. ...

LAKE FOREST -- Chicago Bears cornerback Charles Tillman won defensive player of the week -- without recording an interception -- due to his shutdown performance on Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson on Monday night. And the award comes aft...

DEERFIELD -- Add the Chicago Bulls to the growing list of people impressed by the Chicago Bears this season -- especially their defense and quarterback Jay Cutler. "I love the way (their defense is) playing," Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said Tuesday...

LAKE FOREST -- Early in the week, Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith said he wants to see more out of his team's kick return game. Then Devin Hester echoed those comments. But special teams coach Dave Toub is staying the course. He knows things will com...

LAKE FOREST -- Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher has 21 career interceptions to Lance Briggs' 15, but it's Briggs with current bragging rights having returned two for touchdowns over the last two games. He'll try for the trifecta Monday nigh...

LAKE FOREST -- It's been over 11 months since Chicago Bears wide-out Devin Hester has returned a kick for a touchdown. That doesn't sound like very long, but for one of the best return men in the history of the game it's starting to become a topic. ...