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Tight end Zach Miller will be presented with the Bears’ 2018 Ed Block Courage Award Tuesday at a luncheon at Manzo’s Banquets in Des Plaines. The prestigious awards are presented to one player on all 32 NFL teams who best exemplifies a commitment to sportsmanship and courage and serves as an...

The Bears on Tuesday announced their 2019 preseason opponents and weekends. The reigning NFC North champions will kick off their preseason schedule by hosting the Carolina Panthers the weekend of Aug. 8-11 at Soldier Field. The Bears will then play back-to-back road contests at the New York...

Tight end Zach Miller was honored as the Bears’ recipient of the Ed Block Courage Award Tuesday by Maryville Academy at Manzo’s Banquets in Des Plaines. The prestigious awards are presented to one player on all 32 NFL teams who best exemplifies a commitment to sportsmanship and courage and...

Even though I anticipate a smooth transition at defensive coordinator from Vic Fangio to Chuck Pagano, it will be difficult for the defense to exactly replicate its sterling performance from 2018 when the unit led the NFL in points per game (17.7), takeaways (36), interceptions (27)...

After transforming their receiver position from a weakness into a strength last year, the Bears are excited to see what their pass-catchers do for an encore in 2019. In their first seasons with the team last year, Allen Robinson II, Taylor Gabriel and rookie Anthony Miller helped lead the...

As you’d expect, George McCaskey is extremely proud of his family’s heritage and marvels at his mother, who was born three years after the NFL was founded and has had an up close-and-personal view of the league’s tremendous growth over nine-plus decades. “She amazes me on a daily basis,”...

The Bears on Wednesday re-signed long-snapper Patrick Scales to a one-year contract. Scales, 31, has appeared in 37 games in four seasons with the Bears. He served as the team’s long-snapper in the final five contests in 2015 and all 16 contests in 2016 before missing the entire 2017 season...

The Bears won’t wear triple-digits on their uniforms this season. But they will don four different jerseys in 2019: their traditional navy and white jerseys in addition to an alternate orange jersey and a new classic jersey. The Bears will also commemorate their 100th season by wearing a...

The Bears on Monday bolstered their defense by re-signing outside linebacker Aaron Lynch to a one-year contract. Lynch, 26, appeared in 13 games with three starts in his first season with the Bears in 2018, recording 16 tackles, three sacks, one interception and four tackles-for-loss. “Where...

“It's difficult to think of a better landing spot than Chicago, where the Bears will be able to surround him with one of the best defenses in football. New defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano and Clinton-Dix could take the blame if an otherwise-returning Bears defense declines in 2019 when the...

One can’t-miss highlight at the Bears100 Celebration in June will be a legacy panel featuring Bears Hall of Fame middle linebackers Dick Butkus, Mike Singletary and Brian Urlacher. The three superstars all played their entire careers with the Bears, combining to appear in 480 games. Singletary...

OK, so the Bears really won’t be wearing triple-digit jerseys this season. But the No. 110 jersey that quarterback Mitchell Trubisky wore in the team’s April Fools’ Day prank video is being auctioned off to benefit Bears Care. The authentic one-of-a-kind jersey—which Trubisky will autograph...

Do you think there’s a chance that Cody Whitehair could switch from center to guard with James Daniels moving from guard to center? I know that the Bears planned to start Whitehair at guard before Hroniss Grasu got hurt and Daniels played center his last two years at Iowa. Paul R. Virginia...

“We just kept working on them. We said, ‘Hey, we’re a charter franchise. We’re the only team celebrating its 100-year anniversary, and this will be for one year only.’ It took some doing. We wore them down a little bit. They finally said, ‘OK, for 2019 only.’” Trubisky also needed to be...

Subbing for injured starter Chris Carson in a Week 4 win over the Cardinals, Davis rushed for 101 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries. “I thought he had really good vision,” said coach Matt Nagy. “He was a guy that can make you miss between the tackles. He has that in him. We liked that. We...

The Bears on Friday re-signed safety DeAndre Houston-Carson to a one-year contract. Selected by the Bears in the sixth-round of the 2016 draft out of William & Mary, Houston-Carson has appeared in 32 games in three seasons, primarily as a special-teams contributor. He has recorded four...

The cohesiveness between Pace and Nagy was a significant factor in the Bears’ resurgence in their 99th season. The dynamic duo helped lead the team to the NFC North championship with a 12-4 record, completing a worst-to-first turnaround. “The word I keep coming back to is their ‘collaboration’...

Why did the Bears sign kick returner Marvin Hall after they landed one of the top kick returners in the game in Cordarrelle Patterson? Roger B. Oregon The Bears have had their eye on receiver Marvin Hall for a little while, primarily because of his blazing speed. The feeling at Halas Hall is...

The Bears on Thursday traded running back Jordan Howard to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for a 2020 sixth-round draft pick. Conditions of the trade could potentially flex the pick to a 2020 fifth-rounder. Selected by the Bears in the fifth round of the 2016 draft out of Indiana, Howard...

PHOENIX – Bears owner Virginia McCaskey is featured prominently in a documentary that premiered Monday night at the NFL’s annual meeting at the Arizona Biltmore resort. “A Lifetime of Sundays” offers an in-depth look at the history of the NFL from the unique perspective of four iconic female...