Rick Telander

Bears get their men and fill their needs, while superstars like Myles Garrett get their money.

You might not have paid much attention, but players at Fresno State, Iowa, Iowa State and New Orleans have come under suspicion for gambling or fixing games in the last year or so.

Despite the devastating knee injury, Ball's story might have a happy ending yet.

Jordan or James? You can’t go wrong with either, but venom gives MJ the edge.

The Bears and their fans should come away from Super Bowl LIX feeling better about the future.

After enduring a tumultuous 2024 season in the spotlight, the Sky must target a complete overhaul of their culture.

Chiefs superstar is a marvel whom the Bears could have had, but don’t discount Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts.

The Bears won the job-search derby by landing the hottest head-coaching prospect on the planet.

We’re as competitive, hardworking, virtuous, nasty and corrupt as anything anywhere. Sometimes the good guys win, sometimes the bad guys do. You can see it all in the Hall.

Williams is slow in recognizing developing pass routes. Not terribly slow but college-slow. That’s part of the reason he led the league in sacks taken with 68.

Old-school thinking, personified by Virginia McCaskey, is the principal reason the team finds itself in the position it’s in.

50 Cent’s album ‘‘Get Rich or Die Tryin’ ’’ ought to be on a loop in every Division I football locker room. It certainly should be at Colorado, the leader in college capitalism.

I was at Sports Illustrated and early in my career as a sportswriter when I was assigned to write about the then-NBA rookie, who died in May at 71 years old.

Is Williams really a bright spot on a bad team, or have the Bears simply not had time to ruin him yet?

You remember when SMU got the so-called NCAA “death penalty’’? It was 1987, and the school had cheated so well that from 1981 to 1984, the Mustangs’ record of 51-5-1 was the best in all of football. Now, look who’s back! Because it’s all legal now.

One thing’s for certain: Anyone with high aspirations joins the franchise at their own risk.

After rallying in the last minute of regulation to tie the score and winning the coin toss in overtime Sunday, all the Bears had to do was score a touchdown and the game would have been over. Of course, they didn’t.

The team's hideous defensive shortcomings were all too apparent this past weekend.

Cornerback Tyrique Stevenson’s antics on the Hail Mary pass against the Commanders got things rolling downhill, and they haven’t stopped.

Kmet is a promising player, but the Bears seem to have no clue about how to use him.