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Former NFL Wide Receiver Sam Hurd Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison
Sam Hurd, the former Cowboys and Bears receiver, faced up to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to drug trafficking earlier this year. At a hearing today in a U.S. District courtroom in Dallas, judge Jorge Solis sentenced Hurd to 15 years in federal prison....
Does Former NFLer Sam Hurd Deserve Life Without Parole For Coke Bust?
Be sure to take time to read The MMQB's long look at the fall of Sam Hurd, the former Cowboys and Bears receiver who will be sentenced today after pleading guilty to drug trafficking back in March. Michael McKnight's story outlines the complex series of events that led two years ago to Hurd's arres...
Video: Bears Fan Tasers His Packers-Fan Wife To Settle A Bet
Finally, video has emerged of Bears fan John Grant using a stun gun on his wife, after he won a bet on the outcome of last week's Monday Night Football game. (She's a Packers fan, you see.) ...
The '85 Bears At The Obama White House: A Historic Photo, Annotated
In 1986, shortly before the Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears were prepared to make the annual champions' trip to the White House and meet President Ronald Reagan, the Challenger exploded. The Bears' White House visit was canceled and subsequently forgotten—until, that is October 2011, when rabid Be...
Bears Fan Tasers Packers-Fan Wife After <em>Monday Night Football</em> Bet
John Grant is a Bears fan. His wife is a Packers fan. The two made a friendly bet before last night's game. Whoever's team won, they would get to use a stun gun on the other. It's a very NFC North love story....
The Hockey Legend Thinks Your Epiphany Is Stupid
The Stacks' Alex Belth has a fun interview with Rich Cohen, author Monsters, the book about the '85 Bears that we excerpted yesterday. There's a lot of good stuff in there, but I'm particularly taken with the anecdote below, which isn't about the Bears at all....
What Was So Great About The '85 Bears? An Interview With Author Rich Cohen
Here's a shorter version of my interview with Monsters author Rich Cohen. Check out an excerpt from the book on Deadspin. For the full interview, swing by Bronx Banter....
Secrets Of A Hitter: How Doug Plank Inspired The NFL's Meanest Defense
Adapted from Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), available now. ...
Book Excerpt: Shane Comes To The Metrodome
We've got a bunch of goodies for you this week on Monsters, Rich Cohen's winning new book about the 1985 Chicago Bears. First, dig this excerpt over at SI.com:...
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Jay Cutler Injured, Questionable To Return [Update: Out]
Congratulations Jay Cutler! You just became the most-sacked Bears quarterback of all-time, with the 158th punishing blow coming courtesy of Washington's Chris Baker. How are you going to celebrate? By heading to the locker room with a groin injury? Oh....
So Many Manningfaces: Your Giants-Bears Roundup
Bears 27, Giants 21: A game on short rest was the least helpful thing to the Giants' 0-5 woes. New York actually held it together for the most part, though, and their defense gave the team a chance. Unfortunately, Eli Manning's turnovers severely hindered the offense. Matt Schaub knows how you're ...
Bears Believe Former Teammate Gave Lions Their Defensive Calls
Reggie Bush was preternatural, racking up 173 all-purpose yards. Maybe it's a case of a team finally figuring out how to use him. But Chicago's belief that former Bear and current Lion Israel Idonije was feeding Detroit their defensive schemes would certainly explain some of it....
Waiting For Ditka
Rich Cohen's new book Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football drops next month and it's a ton of fun (more on Rich and the book in the weeks to come). Meanwhile, here's a story on Mike Ditka he wrote for the Atlantic a few years ago:...
Pittsburgh Stinkers: Week 3 Sunday Night GIF Roundup
Bears 40, Steelers 23: Ben Roethlisberger threw for 406 yards, but the Bears still demolished the Steelers. Even though Chicago allowed Pittburgh to cut down a 24-3 lead, the team stymied a full comeback by Mike Tomlin's crew. The Bears are 3-0, and although this team was talented before Marc Trest...
Martellus Bennett Said His Coach Reminds Him Of Willy Wonka
Martellus Bennett seems like a lot of fun. On Tuesday, Jay Cutler's new favorite target went on the radio and compared his head coach to Willy Wonka. Specifically, he said Marc Trestman reminded him of Gene Wilder's Wonka, not version 17 of the Depp-Burton-face-powder collabo. ...
Jay Cutler Finds Martellus Bennett For The Winning Score, Bears 2-0
In an ugly game that saw seven turnovers and three touchdowns scored by defense or special teams, it was Jay Cutler and his new favorite toy that made the difference. Down six, Cutler led the Bears 66 yards in three minutes, hooking up with TE Martellus Bennett for the winner....
