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<title><![CDATA[Tradition helps ease loss of Urlacher]]></title>
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We don't know much about quarterbacks in Chicago; how could we if the best one we ever had played so long ago he wore a leather helmet?  We don't kno...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 22, 2013 17:42:57 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chicago Bears' linebacker tradition helps ease loss of Brian Urlacher]]></title>
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The Bears will miss Brian Urlacher, but history shows there will be another for the linebacker-blessed franchise.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 22, 2013 12:43:11 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Urlacher's farewell tough to bear]]></title>
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It's a surprise when it ends amicably in the NFL, when the Hall of Fame-bound superstar finishes his career with the same team he's led for a dozen or...]]></description>
<pubDate>March 21, 2013 12:18:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wilbon: Urlacher's farewell tough to bear]]></title>
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Brian Urlacher is another casualty of an NFL system that shows no mercy -- even for icons.]]></description>
<pubDate>March 21, 2013 09:46:13 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wilbon: Playoff miss could spark change]]></title>
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Bottom line is that if the Bears miss the playoffs, even if they beat the sorry Cardinals and Lions to go 10-6 ... if they miss the playoffs it will b...]]></description>
<pubDate>December 16, 2012 16:09:59 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Panic? No, just reality check for Bears]]></title>
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SAN FRANCISCO -- One of the surest bets in the NFL is the Chicago Bears getting clowned in Candlestick Park. They don't just fly out and lose; the Bea...]]></description>
<pubDate>November 19, 2012 21:26:28 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chicago Bears get reality check from San Francisco 49ers]]></title>
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The Bears leave San Francisco -- as usual -- in crisis mode.]]></description>
<pubDate>November 19, 2012 18:31:13 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bears prove they just aren't ready]]></title>
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Turns out the experts and Las Vegas oddsmakers were right about the Chicago Bears, at least for now. They can't handle an opponent of consequence. The...]]></description>
<pubDate>November 11, 2012 21:58:45 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Why not the Bears as NFL's best?]]></title>
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The entire football world is searching for, if not a historically great team, at least a team to believe in.   Why not the Chicago Bears?   OK, 13...]]></description>
<pubDate>October 22, 2012 23:02:07 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Feisty Jay is right Jay for Bears]]></title>
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Apparently it's been so long now people have forgotten that December Monday night in 1985 at the Orange Bowl in Miami when the Chicago Bears lost the ...]]></description>
<pubDate>October 05, 2012 06:48:59 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chicago Bears better off with feisty Jay Cutler]]></title>
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The Bears should just let Cutler do his thing, and they might be better off for it.]]></description>
<pubDate>October 05, 2012 03:47:23 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wilbon: Bears' defense still leading the way]]></title>
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DALLAS -- How dare we think offense would be the calling card of this team, that the defense would be along just for the ride? How dare we think Urlac...]]></description>
<pubDate>October 01, 2012 22:14:23 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Defense still leading way for Chicago Bears]]></title>
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The Bears' defense is aging, but it put on a dominant display in Dallas.]]></description>
<pubDate>October 01, 2012 20:07:23 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Can't count on Cutler, Bears]]></title>
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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- You can assemble all the shiny new toys in the world, all the pass catchers and runners and freakish athletes. But an offense, any ...]]></description>
<pubDate>September 13, 2012 22:09:52 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Can't count on these Chicago Bears]]></title>
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The Bears needed a strong showing but delivered a debacle at Lambeau.]]></description>
<pubDate>September 13, 2012 19:50:26 PDT</pubDate>
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