Bears

Bears Playoffs Hopes: What Needs To Happen

AP | ANDREW SELIGMAN | Posted 01.23.2009 | Chicago


LAKE FOREST, Ill. — It seemed so improbable just a few days earlier, the notion that the Chicago Bears would somehow slide into the playoffs. N...

Delirious Bears Fan Rescued After Hours In Cold

STNG/CBS 2 | Posted 01.23.2009 | Chicago


A Chicago Police officer is being credited with saving the life of a man who was found early Tuesday gloveless and in a near delirious state possibly ...

Problem At The Bears Game? Text Soldier Field Security

Chicago Sun-Times | Dave Newbart | Posted 01.22.2009 | Chicago


The Bears say they're getting 20 to 30 text messages a game from fans, under a new system put in place this season that lets fans text security at gam...

"The Cleveland Show," Featuring Arianna Huffington, Picked Up For Full Season By Fox

Animation World | Posted 12.11.2008 | Media


FOX has ordered an additional nine episodes of THE CLEVELAND SHOW, the FAMILY GUY spin-off, bringing the series to a full season order. Additionally, ...

Chicago Sports Teams Lobbying Against Tax Increase

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.17.2008 | Chicago


Chicago sports moguls are lobbying to block a City Hall squeeze play that might hurt their ability to compete for players. Mayor Daley want to raise ...

Bears Pummel Detroit 34-7

AP | LARRY LAGE | Posted 11.05.2008 | Chicago


DETROIT — Like many NFL players, Kyle Orton seems to love playing the Detroit Lions. Orton set career highs in passing yards, completions and qu...

Urban Life for Bears: Short and Violent

Dot Earth | Andrew C. Revkin | Posted 11.01.2008 | Green


The human species is now a mainly urban animal for the first time in history, according to the United Nations, and in at least some regions of the Uni...

Bears' New Tailgating Crackdown

Chicago Sun-Times | Mary Houlihan | Posted 10.23.2008 | Chicago


For years, Nick and Leslie Petramale have gone to Bears games without tickets to tailgate and take in the outside-the-stadium atmosphere. The Hoffman...

The Bears Military Man

The New York Times | Greg Bishop | Posted 10.13.2008 | Chicago


Growing up, Jason McKie lived the military moving plan. He went from California to the Philippines, back to California, then to England, Indiana, Flor...

Sarah Palin's Cruel Streak

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics


Glenn Hurowitz

One of Palin's first acts in office was to put a $150 bounty on the heads of her state's wolves, allegedly with the goal of increasing the moose and caribou population.

Kyle Orton Named Bears Starting Quarterback

Posted 09.18.2008 | Chicago


UPDATE Kyle Orton will be the Bears opening day quarterback, the team announced Monday afternoon. Coach Lovie Smith is expected to formally announce ...

Which One Starts?

Chicago Sun-Times | Brad Biggs | Posted 09.15.2008 | Chicago


The final training-camp practice didn't shed any light on the quarterback situation, as it was a walk-through working off cards for Saturday's game at...

Bears Launch Ad Campaign, First In Years

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.14.2008 | Chicago


The Bears announced the launch of their first advertising campaign in years Thursday: "One City, One Team." The multimedia effort attempts to emphasi...

Bear Wanders Through New Jersey McDonalds Drive-Through

AP | Posted 06.26.2008 | Home


SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. — The morning rush hour finds plenty of people in the drive-through lane at the McDonald's on busy Route 1 in South Brunsw...