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I am not sure what is going to be worse this week as we prepare for the showdown in the NFC Championship game between the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers: the anticipation that, at times, will be too much to bear (no pun intended).
The big game this weekend has many people shopping for big TVs.
Feel free to be as crazy as you want at Soldier Field on Sunday. Fortify yourself with your drink of choice, wave a sign with whatever risqué taunt you can create, wear your superfan-finest or be that shirtless guy, but promise one thing:
Before the ball is kicked off on Sunday, every element of the NFC Championship game will be analyzed over and over again. And as it has before this season, the turf at Soldier Field is becoming a topic.
The biggest sellers this week might not be stocks on Wall Street, but tickets to this Sunday's Bears-Packers match-up at Soldier Field.
Bears tight end Kellen Davis predicts that the team will beat the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, and move on to the Super Bowl for the first time in four years.
John "The Rock" Mamola says the players themselves aren't interested in hurting each other; fans would disagree.
Allegiances are split among the denizens of Kenosha, Wisc. between the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers, the teams that go head to head in a classic showdown this weekend.
The Chicago-Green Bay rivalry, and post-season play, is driving up ticket prices for this weekend's showdown at Soldier Field.
This time it looks like the real deal. Brett Favre will end his NFL career after 20 seasons.
In his fifth year in the NFL, Jay Cutler made his playoff debut with a chance to play the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship on the line.
It's the matchup that people dreamed of once all six NFC playoff teams had secured their seeds.
So when and where can you get tickets for the hottest game in town?
Resistance is futile. As the clock ticked down to the Bears' victory over Seattle and the NFC Championship date with the Packers became reality, I committed to growing a Ditka mustache by morning.
The Chicago Bears took care of the Seattle Seahawks in impressive fashion, but they're not the only team playing in the NFC Championship who's been playing well lately.
The last time the Bears met the Packers in a playoff game was on Dec. 14, 1941. Needless to say, Chicago was a very different place back then.
Fans are revving up – and pulling no punches with their trash-talking – as the Bears prepare to take on the Green Bay Packers in the playoffs for the first time in nearly 70 years.
Think back to the hot days of the summer. The Bears were just heading to training camp and shortly there after they finished the pre season campaign at 0-4. Did you in your wildest imagination think at that time that the Bears now would be one step away from going to the Super Bowl?
With their win over the Seattle Seahawks, the Chicago Bears will move on to play for the NFC Championship and a trip to the Super Bowl.
The Atlanta Falcons had an early lead keeping the Green Bay Packers scoreless after the first quarter. The Packers turned it around scoring four touchdowns in the second quarter and held the Falcons back.
For sports fans everywhere, one of the most fun things to do is play the "what if" game. You know what I am talking about.
The NFL's regular season was full of TV ratings that shattered former records. And it appears as if those records will continue to fall now that we've reached the playoffs.
As soon the Packers' late interception of Michael Vick sealed the certainty that the 8-9 Seattle Seahawks -- the worst NFL team to ever win a playoff game -- would face the Bears Sunday at noon, the sides of my head started doing what they do…
Saturday kicked off the NFL playoffs with the Wild Card to determine who the Chicago Bears will play. Everyone was expecting the New Orleans Saints to win, but the Seattle Seahawks surprised everyone. Then Sunday, Green Bay toppled the Eagles 21-16.
Playoffs. It's a pretty simple concept right? I mean, what better way to determine who will lift the championship trophy than by settling it on the field. Sure, the "best" team may not always win the title, but that is what makes the playoff system so great.
