Chris Gardocki

The Bears traveled halfway around the world in search of an offense. The pursuit will continue Monday in Platteville, Wis. The San Francisco 49ers benefited from the Bears' failed mission Saturday, sticking a 21-7 preseason loss on the Chicagoans in...

There was nothing fake about the Bears' 30-10 dismantling of the Green Bay Packers on Sunday at Lambeau Field. Sure, the well-conceived chicanery of a fake punt led to the Bears' first touchdown and a 10-3 second-quarter lead. But more substantive...

One second left. Wind at his back. Game on the line. Fans on their feet. Kevin Butler was loving it. No kicker craves the spotlight more than the Bears' nine-year veteran from Georgia. For the fifth time this season, the Bears were in excellent...

Suddenly, the Bears are in need of a designated driver to get them to the playoffs. They relinquished the driver's seat in the NFC Central title race Sunday by losing 13-10 to Tampa Bay, which left them with a 7-6 record and Green Bay and Detroit...

This one might have been a little tougher to digest than your Thanksgiving Day turkey. But after the Bears' 10-6 victory Thursday over the Detroit Lions, Dave Wannstedt smiled and gave thanks to his assistant coaches and players. Terry Obee gave...

The Bears were exposed Monday night as the decidedly mediocre team most observers projected them to be this season. Flailing away on offense, the Bears dropped passes, bungled blocking assignments, served up interceptions and failed miserably to...

Jim Harbaugh looked like a sore loser after Sunday's seven-sack afternoon at Lambeau Field. Bruises on his back, scratches on his legs, swelling on an ankle, Harbaugh was the poster boy for the Bears' 17-3 loss to the Green Bay Packers. Including...

The Bears were evicted from their National Football Conference playoff residence Sunday. A 20-14 loss to the Detroit Lions, coupled with Minnesota's 30-10 victory over Kansas City, left the Bears with a 7-8 record and left out in the cold heading into...

The Bears were halfway there Sunday. They moved the ball effectively enough between the 20-yard lines, while the defense frustrated New Orleans Saints quarterback Bobby Hebert into 3-for-14 passing futility in the first half. The Bears led—albeit rather...

If, as advertised, this Bears team is fit to hit, they must be leaving their best plays on the practice field. For the second straight week, the Bears turned in a half-day's work, stumbling to the finish line against the previously winless New York...

Ominous dark clouds scudded overhead and driving rain bursts and swirling winds whistled through Joe Robbie Stadium, creating eerie special effects for the Bears and Miami Dolphins to perform in the theater of the bizarre. Maybe the victory was a fluke....

Scoot over, Minnesota. Step aside, Green Bay. Jump back, Detroit. For a team that was merely trying to remain in the background of the playoff picture, the Bears wound up posing in the front row Sunday with the heavy hitters. A 20-10 victory over the...