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Byline: Charean Williams FORT WORTH, Texas _ The more things change, the more they change. The NFL's silly season is under way, with some teams changing coaches and others changing [...]

Byline: George Diaz ORLANDO, Fla. _ The arthritic knees betray him every time he gets out of bed in the morning, particularly in the winter's chill. Both shoulders sting, too. [...]

Byline: Dale Hofmann CHICAGO _ And so in the Seinfeld of football games, the Green Bay Packers get the last laugh. They knew their regular season finale was about nothing, [...]

Byline: David Haugh CHICAGO _ When Chicago Bears running back Thomas Jones fumbled a handoff midway through the first quarter of Sunday's 24-5 loss to the Houston Texans, more than [...]

Byline: Bob Brookover PHILADELPHIA _ The Eagles could find themselves in a rare situation Sunday after they run through that large inflatable helmet and past the cheerleaders at Lincoln Financial [...]

Byline: Sean Jensen ST. PAUL, Minn. _ Vikings coach Mike Tice's word of the week was focus. As in focus_on the Chicago Bears, not their standing in the NFC North, [...]

Byline: Rick Morrissey CHICAGO _ The Chicago Bears often have been pleased that their telephone system at Halas Hall includes caller ID, but never more so than when Toll Free [...]

Byline: Tim Cowlishaw IRVING, Texas _ Bill Parcells changed quarterbacks at halftime and the Cowboys emerged from a halftime tie to beat the Chicago Bears, 21-7. A game was won. [...]

Byline: Fred Mitchell CHICAGO _ The numbers were staggering, the carnage exacted by the Indianapolis offense numbing. 'We definitely got beat up,' Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs conceded. Edgerrin James [...]

Byline: Reggie Hayes CHICAGO _ Edgerrin James, now all of 26 years old, remembers those foolish days of youth when he worried about the yards and records. A long, long [...]

Byline: Neil Milbert GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas _ Possibly the happiest people in Saturday's Breeders' Cup crowd of 53,717 at Lone Stone Park were a former Northwestern infielder and 'a poor [...]

Byline: Don Pierson The weirdest development of the season is having seven teams winless at home, including the Chicago Bears. What's weird is who they are. The Miami Dolphins are [...]

Byline: Ryan O'Halloran CHICAGO _ With an offense that only can be counted on for one _ maybe two_ solid scoring drives a week, the Washington Redskins' defense knows the [...]

Byline: John Mullin CHICAGO _ The Chicago Bears might have thought they had a solid veteran quarterback to serve as Rex Grossman's backup, but that is not what the Washington [...]

Byline: David Haugh CHICAGO _ In the quiet of the Chicago Bears' locker room a couple of hours before Sunday's game against the Washington Redskins, Jonathan Quinn will exchange his [...]

Byline: Bob Sansevere MINNEAPOLIS _ All last week, Vikings rookie offensive tackle Nat Dorsey squinted at footage of Chicago Bears defensive end Adewale Ogunleye. Dorsey knew they would be tangling [...]

Byline: Rick Morrissey CHICAGO _ If you get the opportunity, go check out the latest homage to Bears founder George Halas at Soldier Field. The sculpture is a kind of [...]

Byline: John Mullin CHICAGO _ To some of those who played with him and for him, Mike Ditka's exclusion from the sculpture honoring Chicago Bears founder George Halas is the [...]

Byline: Charean Williams FORT WORTH, Texas _ Pete Rozelle is leading cheers from his grave. The former NFL commissioner, who retired in 1989 and died in 1996, envisioned the league [...]

Byline: Bob Emanuel NFC NORTH CHICAGO BEARS 2003: 7-9, third. Coach: Lovie Smith (1st year). Players added: DE Adewale Ogunleye; RB Thomas Jones; QB Jonathan Quinn; FB Bryan Johnson; OG [...]

Byline: Bernie Miklasz ST. LOUIS _ The Rams offensive line is in such an advanced state of deterioration that I half expected to come to the Edward Jones Dome Thursday [...]

Byline: Don Pierson CHICAGO _ Of the seven new NFL coaches, the Chicago Bears' Lovie Smith inherits the team with the best record, 7-9. But the Bears also are making [...]

Byline: Jason Cole CHICAGO BEARS The cold-weather Bears went for a couple of serious athletes in Harris and Johnson, who may have been a bit of a reach in the [...]

Byline: Charles Bricker AFC EAST NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Record: 14-2. Coach: Bill Belichick. Key additions: P Josh Miller (released-Steelers), NT Keith Traylor (UFA-Bears). Key losses: DT Ted Washington (UFA-Raiders), G/C [...]

Byline: Don Pierson CHICAGO _ If the Chicago Bears draft Miami defensive tackle Vince Wilfork, as projected by more than one early mock look at the April 24 first round, [...]

Byline: Don Pierson CHICAGO _ The Chicago Bears don't like to use the word 'rebuilding,' but their off-season focus on the offensive line and a running back is as basic [...]

Byline: Don Pierson CHICAGO _ The only thing the Chicago Bears could do now to upstage the shocking return of coaching legend Joe Gibbs to the Washington Redskins on Wednesday [...]

Byline: Don Pierson Defensive coaches made their mark in the first round of the NFL playoffs, which might be why general manager Jerry Angelo apparently has yet to interview an [...]

Byline: John Mullin BALTIMORE _ If Chicago Bears general manager Jerry Angelo is serious about offense being a priority consideration in his hiring of a head coach, Tennessee Titans offensive [...]

Byline: David Thomas Atlanta Falcons (3-11) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-7) When: Saturday, 12:30 p.m. Line: Buccaneers by 7 The Falcons win if ... They show up in the first [...]

Byline: Don Pierson CHICAGO _ If there is going to be a next Chicago Bears head coach, and there usually is, Mike Mularkey fits the profile better than most. The [...]

Byline: Tom Silverstein MILWAUKEE _ As far as the Green Bay Packers are concerned, this is not exactly an ideal time for the Chicago Bears to be trotting out a [...]

Byline: Don Pierson The Chicago Bears and the Arizona Cardinals almost beat the St. Louis Rams the last two weeks, which earns them the consolation prize of finding out if [...]

Byline: David Haugh CHICAGO _ The significance of the question hung in the air longer than the question itself. Asked Monday if a healthy Chris Chandler would remain the Chicago [...]

Byline: Milo F. Bryant DENVER _ The Denver Broncos came to a dramatic realization Sunday: Their team is mediocre. Through hushed voices, player after player tried to explain what happen [...]

Byline: Don Pierson CHICAGO _ Chicago Bears general manager Jerry Angelo was pondering the uncertain state of the NFC recently and said, 'The Carolina Panthers are like us.' Exactly. Except [...]

Byline: Don Pierson CHICAGO _ Patience is the final virtue required for players to get elected to pro football's Hall of Fame. Chicago Bears defensive end Richard Dent was the [...]

Byline: David Thomas St. Louis Rams (6-3) at Chicago Bears (3-6) When: Sunday, noon TV: DirecTV/Ch. 708 Line: Rams by 6 The Rams win if ... QB Marc Bulger breaks [...]

Byline: David Haugh CHICAGO _ It would be impossible not to see that the guy who protects the blind side of the Chicago Bears' quarterbacks has encountered his share of [...]

Byline: David Thomas Chicago Bears (3-5) at Detroit Lions (2-6) When: Sunday, noon TV: DirecTV/Ch. 711 Line: Lions by 2 The Bears win if ... RB Anthony Thomas remains healthy. [...]

Byline: David Thomas Oakland Raiders (2-5) at Detroit Lions (1-6) When: Sunday, noon TV: DirecTV/Ch. 711 Line: Raiders by 2 { The Raiders win if ... Marques Tuiasosopo (24 years [...]

Byline: Don Pierson Just when the NFL's instant-replay system does the Chicago Bears a favor, there is a minor uprising again to get rid of it. After three years of [...]

Byline: Fred Mitchell CHICAGO _ The Chicago Bears are a bunch of sad sacks; the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox will have to wait for another day game; and [...]

Byline: David Thomas New Orleans Saints (2-4) at Atlanta Falcons (1-5) When: Sunday, noon Line: Saints by 1 { The Saints win if ... The offense can perform like it [...]

Byline: David Thomas Oakland Raiders (2-3) at Cleveland Browns (2-3) When: Sunday, noon Line: Browns by 3 The Raiders win if ... The team that showed up in Chicago on [...]

Byline: David Haugh Nobody questions how hard Anthony Thomas runs. Only how often. Through three games this season, the Chicago Bears have used Thomas as if he gets paid by [...]

Byline: Terry Bannon A team doesn't fall to the bottom of the National Football League in just three weeks. It takes years of misfortune and mistakes. In the Chicago Bears' [...]

Byline: Don Pierson CHICAGO _ Michael McCaskey calls the opening of Soldier Field a 'glorious day.' There were times the board chairman of the Chicago Bears thought it never would [...]

Byline: Dan Manoyan LAKE FOREST, Ill. _ The Chicago Bears quarterback is on the hot seat, and their head coach is on the hotter seat. The team has one legitimate [...]

Byline: David Haugh CHICAGO _ Stewart is on upswing A ringing endorsement it wasn't, but coach Dick Jauron credited quarterback Kordell Stewart for improving his play against the Minnesota Vikings. [...]