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A charter member of the NFL, the Chicago Bears were known as the Decatur Staleys when A. E. Staley established the team in 1919 in Decatur, Ill. George Halas and Edward Sternaman were hired to run the team in 1920, and Halas bought the club from Staley in 1921, and moved the franchise to Chicago. Sternaman stayed on as a partner. The team became known as the Chicago Staleys that same year. In 1922, the name was changed to Bears and they began playing their games at Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs. In 1970, the team moved to a new lakefront stadium, Soldier Field, their current home. Halas was the head coach on and off...
A charter member of the NFL, the Chicago Bears were known as the Decatur Staleys when A. E. Staley established the team in 1919 in Decatur, Ill. George Halas and Edward Sternaman were hired to run the team in 1920, and Halas bought the club from Staley in 1921, and moved the franchise to Chicago. Sternaman stayed on as a partner. The team became known as the Chicago Staleys that same year. In 1922, the name was changed to Bears and they began playing their games at Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs. In 1970, the team moved to a new lakefront stadium, Soldier Field, their current home. Halas was the head coach on and off for 48 years. He became sole owner in 1932 and held the position until 1983. His daughter, Virginia Halas McCaskey, took over the ownership that year, and remains owner to this day. The Bears have won a total of eight NFL Championships and one Super Bowl (XX). In 1940, they clobbered the Washington Redskins 73-0 in the title game. The Super Bowl team is considered one of the best in history, after losing just one game in 1985 and winning the title, 46-10 over the New England Patriots. The Bears are a member of the North Division in the National Football Conference (NFC). Famous players include Halas, Bronko Nagurski, Red Grange, Sid Luckman, Bill George, Mike Ditka, Walter Payton, Dick Butkus and Gale Sayers. The Bears have 26 members in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, most in the league. The club's headquarters are in Lake Forest, Ill., a northern suburb of Chicago.
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Did a Gatorade shower kill George Allen?
FOOTBALL URBAN LEGEND: Did a Gatorade shower lead to the death of a Hall of Fame football coach? After leading the New York Giants to a victory in Super Bowl XLVI earlier this year, head coach Tom Coughlin earned himself his second post-Super Bowl...
Tags: Pneumonia, Breach of Contract, Super Bowl, George Halas, Tom Coughlin
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Junior Seau: Apparent suicide follows deaths of athletes with brain trauma
Former NFL star Junior Seau’s death by apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound follows a pattern of suicides by other high-profile football players who suffered from long-term effects of repeated brain injury. That list of players includes Andre...
Tags: Dave Duerson, Philadelphia Eagles, Concussion, Injuries and Wounds, Mayo Clinic
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Junior Seau's family revisiting decision to donate his brain
L.A. NOWThe family of Junior Seau is revisiting the decision to allow his brain to be examined for possible injuries from his football career.... -
Family of Junior Seau will allow his brain to be studied
OCEANSIDE -- The family of deceased NFL star Junior Seau has decided to allow researchers to study his brain for evidence of damage as the result of concussions, San Diego Chargers chaplain Shawn Mitchell said. "The family was considering this almost...
Tags: Medical Research, Dave Duerson, University of California, Los Angeles, Concussion, Injuries and Wounds
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UCLA quarterbacks ace test, but it's only a midterm
Brett Hundley is rarely so easily shocked.
But point out that all 32 NFL teams have passed on UCLA quarterbacks in the draft since Cade McNown was taken in 1999 and Hundley — a bright student with aspirations of being a doctor — gets that...Tags: College Football, Brock Osweiler, California Polytechnic State University, UCLA Bruins, University of California, Davis
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NFL draft: Bears take DE Shea McClellin of Boise State at No. 19
No. 19 Chicago Bears: DE Shea McClellin, Boise State –- McClellin is a farm boy from Marsing, Idaho, who has been taking care of at-risk animals since he was a child, including nursing baby skunks back to health. He’s a talented and relentless...
Tags: Football, Green Bay Packers, Sports, NFL Draft, Shea McClellin
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Peyton Manning to make Denver debut in prime time
Peyton in prime time?
It won't take long.
As the NFL revealed Tuesday with its schedule release, the Denver Broncos — Peyton Manning's new team — will play host to the first "Sunday Night Football" game of the 2012 season, against the...Tags: Oakland Raiders, New York Jets, Super Bowl, Mark Sanchez, Andrew Luck
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2012 NFL schedule
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Arizona Cardinals
Sept. 9 Seattle, 1:15 p.m.
Sept. 16 at New England, 10 a.m.
Sept. 23 Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m.
Sept. 30 Miami, 1:05 p.m.
Oct. 4 at St. Louis, 5:20 p.m.
Oct. 14 Buffalo, 1:05 p.m.
Oct. 21...Tags: Oakland Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, Arizona Cardinals, New York Jets, Carolina Panthers
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NFL draft preview: AFC and NFC North
The draft will be held Thursday (Round 1) , Friday (Rounds 2-3) and Saturday (Rounds 4-7) in New York. Times NFL writer Sam Farmer examines the needs for each team by division. Today, the North divisions: AFC North Cleveland picks fourth, and that could...
Tags: Matt Kalil, David Wilson, Super Bowl, Justin Blackmon, New Year's Day
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NFL mock draft: Luck of the draw
A year ago, when the NFL was slogging through its labor meltdown, there was plenty of hand-wringing that rookies wouldn't be as prepared to play as in seasons past. It was a reasonable assumption they would be shortchanged by a compressed off-season and...
Tags: Coby Fleener, Dre Kirkpatrick, Matt Kalil, David DeCastro, A.J. Green
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NFL draft: Off the clock and under review
ARIZONA Heady move: Fourth-rounder Bobby Massie of Mississippi can play right tackle, and some scouts had him going in the second. Head scratcher: In taking Oklahoma's Jamell Fleming in the third, the Cardinals picked up their ninth corner. ATLANTA...
Tags: Coby Fleener, David DeCastro, David Wilson, Kendall Reyes, Justin Blackmon
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Junior Seau death: Shrine grows at home of 'hometown hero'
L.A. NOWThe heaps of flowers and candles continue to grow outside the Oceanside home of Junior Seau, the all-pro linebacker who died Wednesday of what authorities said was a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. “Junior, you may have been a......
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