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The Chicago Bears placed Cedric Benson on injured reserve Tuesday, one day after announcing the running back injured his left ankle and needed season-ending surgery.
Cedric Benson's season is over. The Chicago Bears' running back needs surgery after injuring his left ankle Sunday — another setback for the team's first-round draft choice in 2005.
Robbie Gould salvaged the win and the Chicago Bears may have salvaged their season. Gould kicked a 39-yard field goal in overtime and the defending NFC champions gave their flickering playoff hopes a boost with a 37-34 victory over the Denver Broncos on Sunday.
Matt Hasselbeck came out on top in a matchup between the quarterbacks who led the NFC's previous two Super Bowl teams.
The Detroit Lions didn't set any league records this time. They simply made the Chicago Bears look bad.
Chicago Bears fan Barack Obama was in enemy territory Monday — Wisconsin, where the Green Bay Packers rule.
Adrian Peterson showed the Chicago Bears why he was the first running back taken in this year's draft with an electrifying, record-setting rushing performance and three touchdowns for the Minnesota Vikings.
The Green Bay Packers coughed up five turnovers and their chance to remain undefeated, blowing a second-half lead and handing a 27-20 victory to the Chicago Bears at Lambeau Field Sunday night.
Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs will be under court supervision for a year and must perform 120 hours in community service after crashing his Lamborghini alongside an expressway and leaving the scene.
Brian Griese is in. Rex Grossman is out. Yet, despite numbers indicating the Chicago Bears needed to make a change with their starting quarterback, when it finally happened the news jarred Grossman.
Rex Grossman reportedly will be benched by the Chicago Bears for Sunday's game at Detroit, with Brian Griese starting at quarterback.
Tony Romo looked desperate early on, scrambling, rushing throws and doing all he could to avoid the Chicago defense. The only thing he didn't do was go away.
Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs said he panicked after crashing his new Lamborghini along a highway early Monday morning and initially reported his car stolen after abandoning the mangled vehicle.
Chicago Bears fullback Obafemi Ayanbadejo said he might sue the maker of an over-the-counter supplement after the NFL suspended him for the first four regular-season games without pay for violating the league's policy on anabolic steroids and related substances on Thursday.
Tank Johnson tried the patience of the Chicago Bears numerous times. Still, they provided support, visited him in jail and gave him more than enough chances to turn his life around and advance his career.
Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher was fined $100,000 by the NFL for wearing a cap during Super Bowl media day that promoted a sponsor not authorized by the league.
Chicago Bears fan Scott Wiese is no Peyton Manning after all.
Pro Bowl linebacker Lance Briggs reiterated Tuesday that he will not play another down for the Chicago Bears and is ready to sit out next season after they designated him as their franchise player.
The Indianapolis Colts are celebrating their franchise's first Super Bowl title in 36 years after their overpowering performance in a 29-17 victory over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI last night.
Chicago Bears defensive tackle Tank Johnson will play in the Super Bowl — with court approval and a warning from a judge to stay out of trouble.
The Chicago Bears know how to make a Super Bowl memorable. They're making this one historic long before it's played. Dissed all season long, Rex Grossman and Co. are heading to the big game for the first time since 1985 after rolling over the New Orleans Saints 39-14 Sunday, and Da Coach leading them there makes it all the more special.
Two swings of the foot by Robbie Gould were all the Chicago Bears needed to offset any shortcomings in Rex Grossman's arm. And the Chicago Bears got their first playoff win since 1995, moving them one step from the Super Bowl.
If, indeed, this was his last game, Brett Favre went out in style. The rocket-like passes that defined his career were on full display, zooming between helpless defenders and into receivers' hands. And when it was over, his voice cracked. Tears flowed.
The Detroit Lions' latest miserable season can't end soon enough for their disappointed fans. About 100 spectators left their seats midway through the second quarter of the Lions' 26-21 loss to the Chicago Bears on Sunday and called for the firing of general manager Matt Millen as they gathered in Ford Field's atrium.
Rex Grossman wasn't the only starter pulled early in the fourth quarter, when the Chicago Bears were on their 7-yard line and trailing by a point. It was just the most obvious change.
Contrary to published reports, the NFL has not discussed moving Thursday's Bears-Redskins game to another date, according to league spokesman Greg Aiello.
Eli Manning has felt the pressure on him the last three weeks, and he knows he is likely to feel the Bears' pass rush in Chicago on Sunday, too. But he's not worried. He's not scared. And he's definitely not "skittish," as Giants GM Jerry Reese suggested this week.
What's wrong with this picture? Many of you may say nothing. But for black and other minority coaches in college football, and even the NFL, it's déjà vu: another high-profile head coaching job opens up, and they don't even get a shot to interview for the job.
A little more than 5 1/2 minutes remained in regulation Sunday and the Denver Broncos led the Bears by 14. Rex Grossman was staggering through a three-turnover day. Cedric Benson was on crutches after suffering a first-half ankle injury.
No player in the Bears locker room, outside of wide receiver Bernard Berrian, might benefit more from Rex Grossman's return than Cedric Benson. That could explain why the running back was so cheery Thursday as he talked about his quarterback.
The Bears (4-5) will look to climb to .500 for the first time since Week 2 with the former first-round pick at the helm based on the fact that he was with the first team during the beginning of Wednesday's practice and Brian Griese was sidelined, recovering from a bruised left …
Three reasons each to go with Rex Grossman and Brian Griese. And three reasons not to.
Bears coach Lovie Smith called Oakland Raiders coach Lane Kiffin ''a man of his word.''
It's week 10 in fantasy football, and that means that The Sports Watchers has yet another week of rankings and predictions for quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends and defenses.
At first, everything seemed so certain. The football skidded past Bears quarterback Brian Griese on a bad snap by center Olin Kreutz, and there was Eagles safety Sean Considine swooping in to scoop up the ball and take it for a tie-breaking touchdown in the fourth quarter Sunday.
'If the ball was snapped between the quarterback's legs, he has to be the one to get the ball,'' assistant supervisor of officials Art McNally said. ''Under those circumstances, it has to be ruled a false start.
The Bears drove 97 yards for the game-winning touchdown in the game's final two minutes and stunned the Eagles, 19-16, yesterday at the Linc.
Andy Reid says "nothing is impossible." After watching his defense let the Chicago Bears' 28th-ranked offense drive 97 yards in the final 1:52 without a timeout to score the winning touchdown in a 19-16 Bears victory, he might be rig
The league revealed Urlacher was fined $7,500 for unnecessary roughness on a tackle of Vikings running back Chester Taylor in the second quarter.
DE Anderson, others need to bounce back against Eagles. If the Bears have proved anything lately, it's that they're not immune to embarrassment.
You want to talk superbugs, let's talk Super Bowl-itis, a virulent malady that reduces the runner-up in the NFL's annual circus maximus to a bunch of bumbling buffoons.
Brian Urlacher, the face of the Bears, frowned at any assumptions that his ailing back has caused a drop in production. "No. I'm fine. None. Good," he said Thursday.
The Eagles admire the elite speed, strength and wiggle of kick returner Devin Hester, who leads the Chicago Bears with four touchdowns. They're also tired of hearing about him.
Brian Griese has come a long way since that day nine years ago when he made his NFL debut against the lowly Ray Rhodes Eagles.
Tommie Harris stood in the middle of the locker room Wednesday afternoon listening intently to tape of a Donovan McNabb conference call from 90 minutes earlier.
Bears defensive tackle Darwin Walker was careful not to say he'll play against his former team Sunday. But it's hard to believe he would ask former Eagles teammate Donovan McNabb for help with 30 tickets if Walker planned to stand in street clothes.
Some Bears admit they may have lost their hunger after tough Super Bowl loss, writes David Haugh.
Former Mt. Carmel standout likely will remain with Eagles. Yes, there is a good chance Donovan McNabb will be coming to Chicago in 2008.
Andy Reid would rather have a root canal -- maybe two -- than openly discuss his game plan, but the Eagles coach made no bones about his preferred strategy against explosive Chicago Bears kick returner Devin Hester on Sunday.
Bears middle linebacker Brian Urlacher consistently has set a high standard of play. So when he fails to reach that standard, inquiring minds want to know why.
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