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Te'o wins collegiate Butkus, ND commit Smith wins HS version
South Bend TribuneCall it a clean sweep for Notre Dame and the Butkus awards. Irish senior linebacker Manti Te’o on Monday was named the winner of the 28th annual collegiate Butkus Award while Irish commit Jaylon Smith was named the winner of the high school Butkus...Tags: Football, Schools, Landforms, Sports, Brian Kelly
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Pro Football Weekly falls prey to shifting media landscape
Pro Football Weekly didn't start as a mom-and-pop business. More accurately, it was a mom-and-son enterprise. When Arthur Arkush launched the Chicago area-based magazine in 1967, his only employee was his mother, Rose, who served as the bookkeeper....
Tags: Football, Sports, Detroit Red Wings, NBC (tv network), George Halas
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Bostic adds versatility to linebacker corps
ReutersThe Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Chicago Bears - INSIDE SLANT Linebacker Jonathan Bostic is a prime example of the value of prospects being in the eye of the beholder. While NFL scouts were concerned about his sideline-to-sideline speed, Chicago...Tags: NFL Pro Bowl, Troy Nolan, Kyle Moore, D.J. Williams (football, linebacker), Indianapolis Colts
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Bears to retire Ditka's No. 89
There seems to be a budding debate about whether the Bears can build a bridge to repair relations and retire the jersey number of a certain disgruntled former employee. It will happen this season. Dat's right. For Michael Keller Ditka Jr., the man...
Tags: Football, Sports, George Halas, Shea McClellin, Richard M. Daley
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Urlacher deserving of 54-gun salute
When Brian Urlacher held up that navy blue jersey for the first time on that April day in 2000, his face a little pimply and his scalp covered with closely cropped blond hair, no one had any idea what 54 would come to represent. After 13 seasons, it's...
Tags: Jerry Angelo, Football, National Football Conference, Lawrence Taylor, Sports
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No athlete since Jordan symbolized Chicago more than Urlacher
Whenever Brian Urlacher does something to confirm he hates attention as much as he loves football — grunt through a news conference, breeze by adoring fans, retire via Twitter — my mind goes back to 2003 in a corner of the Bears locker room....
Tags: NFL Pro Bowl, Arizona Cardinals, Football, NFL Draft, Lance Briggs
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Press Box: Ditka's 89 will be last Bears' number retired
ReutersThe Sports Xchange Press Box: Ditka's 89 will be last Bears' number retired Mike Ditka's No. 89 will be the last one the Chicago Bears retire. The Bears, who plan to honor Ditka during their game against the Dallas Cowboys on Dec. 9 at Soldier Field,...Tags: Denny Hamlin, Auto Racing, Coca-Cola Co., Sports, Brian Urlacher
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Bears to stop retiring numbers after Ditka's 89
ReutersThe Sports Xchange Bears to stop retiring numbers after Ditka's 89 Mike Ditka's No. 89 will be the last one the Chicago Bears retire. The Bears, who plan to honor Ditka during their game against the Dallas Cowboys on Dec. 9 at Soldier Field, have...Tags: Soldier Field, Dan Hampton, George McCaskey, Mike Ditka, Brian Urlacher
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Noon kickoff with Gators shows how far Miami, ACC have fallen
Running off at the typewriter … What does it tell you about how far Miami has fallen as a national draw and how little clout the ACC has among its TV partners when Miami's game against Florida on Sept. 7 is kicking off at noon on ESPN? That's...
Tags: Indianapolis 500, Arron Afflalo, Miami Hurricanes, NFL Draft, Tiger Woods
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Next stop for Urlacher is Canton
Like he did to so many NFL running backs in 13 years, Brian Urlacher hit Chicago hard Wednesday morning. To many fans who have bought his jerseys and loved his game, it hurt like a helmet to the gut. Urlacher announced his retirement via Twitter,...
Tags: Baltimore Ravens, Football, Lance Briggs, Sports, Ray Lewis
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ABC primetime schedule 2013-2014
Channel Guide MagazineABC announced its 2013-2014 prime time schedule on Tuesday, adding fourteen new shows and a Disney/Pixar special to its programming roster. “We are taking some big swings with groundbreaking shows this season, and staying close to our roots with... -
Ditka's 89 final number Bears will retire
Mike Ditka was a trailblazer at the tight end position for the Chicago Bears and he will also be the last of his kind. George McCaskey, the team’s Chairman of the Board, announced that when the Bears retire Ditka’s No. 89 jersey during a...
Tags: Super Bowl, Soldier Field, Board of Directors, Football, Mike Ditka
Dec 3, 2012
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Jun 5, 2013
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Jun 3, 2013
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May 23, 2013
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May 22, 2013
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May 22, 2013
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May 25, 2013
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May 25, 2013
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May 24, 2013
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May 22, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 24, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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