Phillip Daniels

For the second straight week it truly mattered not whether the Bears won or lost their exhibition game. It mattered only how they played--and this time they played it well where it mattered most. The final score was Bears 19, St. Louis Rams 17 in front...

Unofficially, the 2000 Bears season expired when still another Shane Matthews pass was deflected at the line of scrimmage Sunday, this one on fourth-and-3 with 1 minute 40 seconds remaining. But this was a game and a season that died many deaths. It...

First quarter The atmosphere was juiced for the Bears' first "Monday Night Football" game in five years. The fans at the University of Illinois' Memorial Stadium booed the visiting Green Bay Packers heartily and cheered the home Bears mightily. Although...

The Bears spent Monday much the same way they did the previous two Mondays—assessing injuries, contemplating personnel moves and getting ready for the next game. Except without the glow of a victory. With local angst rising, the Bears were left to...

Brett Favre performed as advertised. The Bears' defense didn't. Favre completed 22-of-33 passes for 359 yards and three touchdowns. When he wasn't picking the Bears' secondary apart, Favre was handing the ball off to Ahman Green, who rushed for 107 yards...

Marc, you've played both right guard and left tackle so far this season. Which position do you enjoy more, and where do you see yourself playing in the future? --David R. Gonzalez, El Paso, Texas I've played both of them and I'm just as comfortable...

If the Bears were any more banged up in the waning moments of Sunday's 24-17 loss to Seattle at Seahawks Stadium, their injury report might have needed a binder. Their offense had just scored to tie the game 17-17 with 4 minutes 12 seconds left on a...

The heads hung a little lower, the hugs lasted a little longer. For a game supposedly bereft of meaning, the finality of Sunday's 31-3 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs affected the Bears in a profound way. As players dressed amid hushed tones in a somber...

The debris, including at least one bottle aimed at an official, had barely settled on the field when John Shoop jogged into the dressing room under his own assault from above. "Shoop, you [stink]," his detractors yelled as the Bears' offensive...

The news just gets worse for the Bears. Linebacker Warrick Holdman, who left Sunday’s game late in the first quarter with a sprained knee, had surgery Monday to repair torn cartilage in his right knee and is out for the season. It's a three-month rehab...

The Bears landed with a sickening thud Sunday in their 23-20 overtime loss to the Detroit Lions. It was the sound of them falling below the once lowly Lions in the NFC North with their fourth straight defeat. Early in the game, the Bears turned the...

Last year, this particular tactic worked. It was even sort of charming. But then again, a lot of tactics worked last year for the Bears, including playing worse than their opponents and still coming out with the victory. Now when the Bears' defensive...