Durkin: Bears' 2014 Free Agency Primer
The Bears currently have about $6.9 million in cap space, but more can be created.
The Bears currently have about $6.9 million in cap space, but more can be created.
Sometimes you have to read between the lines, so Hub Arkush is here to help.
From Julius Peppers' future to retaining Mel Tucker to free agency, here's the latest Bears news.
The defensive scheme, Shea McClellin and contract negotiations will be topics of note Thursday.
A step-by-step, player-by-player look at the offseason script for the Bears to follow.
Can a defense be overhauled in one year? Is Jay Cutler the answer at quarterback in the short term? These are questions Phil Emery is paid to answer, and it's far easier to develop those answers with cap space room.
Alshon Jeffrey is now in the top 11 among receivers in yards after the catch with 351 yards.
If there's such a thing as earning a loss, the Bears did just that.
Hoping the other team fumbles is not a strategy.
Bears left tackle Jermon Bushrod will see a lot of Robert Quinn on Sunday in St. Louis
Josh McCown credited the unseen hand of divine power.
The Bears weathered the storm, literally and figuratively, in a 23-20 marathon win over the Baltimore Ravens.
After dropping six straight in Lambeau Field and six straight to the Packers, the Bears were able to grind out a 27-20 win, creating a three-way tie atop the NFC North.
No one can blame Jay Cutler for not wanting to talk about DeAngelo Hall, the Redskins cornerback who picked him off four times in one game back in 2010.
The big problem is Morris. Since stopping RGIII is the primary goal of any defense trying to stop Washington, Morris is going to get his opportunities.
Time-travel stories never really work, upon inspection.
It's been a rough year for the highest-paid player on the Bears.
There's no getting around the fact that the Bears' defensive line has underwhelmed this season.
The Bears are at a critical point in the schedule and while they have suffered a couple of missed steps against the Lions and the Saints, they are still in a strong position to get their season back on track.
Against teams like New Orleans, mistakes can be magnified.
How do you prevent Jimmy Graham, Darren Sproles and Marques Colston from beating you?
A number of key players were held out of practice Wednesday, but Bears head coach Marc Trestman expects all of them to be fine for Sunday's game against the New Orleans Saints at Soldier Field.
It wasn't exactly how the Bears usually do it, but they finally got pressure on the QB.
Jay Cutler played a composed, if not spectacular, game.
Who is going to fill the void at the all-important three-technique in the Bears' Tampa-2 scheme?
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"Your Voice" is part of a greater effort to redesign the Aurora city website, with a full rollout planned for early next year.
"It's a way for me to reconnect with that background, as well as a way for us to be really, truly connected to our food."
Still, Ravinia is capitalizing on the situation with a limited-edition shirt—reading, "Ravinia Interrupta," and calling the cicada buzz the loudest song of summer.
The store said in a post on X that the window displayed a Palestinian flag with a sign calling for a ceasefire.
Guidice said he left City Hall on good terms.
Mayor Brandon Johnson denied that the Bears' shiny new dome could end up costing taxpayers a pretty penny.
Bears president Kevin Warren said the new stadium would include replacing Soldier Field with additional parks and public sports fields, while preserving the stadium's iconic colonnades, which were built as a war memorial for American veterans.
Jurors in former President Donald Trump's trial in New York heard testimony from a former media executive about his efforts to bury negative stories about Trump before the 2016 presidential election.
Regulators prohibit new noncompetes, which impede millions of U.S. workers from getting a better job.
Employees at dozens of now-closed Foxtrot Market and Dom's Kitchen stores, now jobless, wonder what comes next for them as their paychecks will soon end.
The family didn't get their cut of the estate sale, not hearing back from the salesman until CBS 2 got involved.
The Better Business Bureau warns that anyone buying an event ticket should watch out for fake ticket scams.
Financial records show Paul Croft and J.D. Frost raised about $30 million for a hydrogen plant that was supposed to be, at one point, in Indiana. It never existed, an attorney says.
Anyone with these sausages in their refrigerators should throw them away or return them to the store.
The city's measles dashboard said a total of 63 measles cases have been confirmed in Chicago this year, with one new case this week.
The department said anyone who visited the Sam's Club at 9400 S. Western Ave. in Evergreen Park one day last week may have been exposed to someone with measles.
Health officials are warning consumers not to consume Infinite Herbs basil sold at some Trader Joe's and Dierberg's stores after 12 people were sickened.
Officials said there was no known link between this case and the recent outbreak of measles at a migrant shelter in Chicago.
Health department officials said the case does not appear to be linked to new migrant arrival shelters in Chicago, and the source of infection is unknown.
Mayor Brandon Johnson denied that the Bears' shiny new dome could end up costing taxpayers a pretty penny.
Employees at dozens of now-closed Foxtrot Market and Dom's Kitchen stores, now jobless, wonder what comes next for them as their paychecks will soon end.
The company announced Tuesday that it received a stalking horse bid to purchase its operating assets.
Dozens of typewriters clutter the shelves of the 24-year-old business owner's workshop inside his parents' home in Downers Grove.
The closure affects both Dom's locations in Chicago, and all 33 Foxtrot stores in Chicago, Texas, and the Washington D.C. area.
Still, Ravinia is capitalizing on the situation with a limited-edition shirt—reading, "Ravinia Interrupta," and calling the cicada buzz the loudest song of summer.
The singer was found deceased at her home, a representative said.
Anticipation was growing at a fever pitch before Taylor Swift's latest album, "The Tortured Poets Department," dropped at midnight EDT. But it turned out it's actually a double album.
Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, "Ramblin' Man," has died.
Colbert lived in Chicago for 11 years, performing and "cutting his comedy teeth" at the legendary Second City and attending Northwestern University. His show will broadcast from Chicago's storied Auditorium Theater Aug. 19-22 on CBS.
In point of fact, the 17-year periodical cicadas that are coming this year in the Chicago area are expected be gone before gone before opening night. CBS 2's Sara Machi reports.
CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has a look at the extended forecast.
It happened around 6 a.m. at the Women and Children First bookstore at 5233 N. Clark St. Chicago police said an unknown number of people broke the window – classifying it as criminal damage to property.
Earth Day is inspiring a week's worth of celebrations as CBS 2's Jamaica Ponder takes viewers to a greenhouse that's not filled with flowers but with delicious, fresh produce.
When asked why he left when he did, Guidice said he told Mayor Johnson he would "stick around for one year." CBS 2's Dana Kozlov talked with Guidice one-on-one.
Bears president Kevin Warren said the new stadium would include replacing Soldier Field with additional parks and public sports fields, while preserving the stadium's iconic colonnades, which were built as a war memorial for American veterans.
"As a parent because I never want to see my son go backward from where he's grown so much in this school, and it's heartbreaking to see."
The civil rights lawsuit filed by Reed's mother accuses police of using "brutally violent, militarized policing tactics" during a traffic stop on March 21.
Crime stats of those who were carjacked, robbed, shot, or killed give an overwhelming sense of a society unmoored. But the spectacle of crime can evoke fear, often overshadowing those who are truly affected: the victims.
"Your Voice" is part of a greater effort to redesign the Aurora city website, with a full rollout planned for early next year.
Police arrived at the scene sooner than if they had waited for the first 911 call.
Anthony Robinson's attorney said his previous defense lawyer failed to present evidence that showed it was physically impossible for him to be the shooter.
The village board is working on a resolution to hire Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor before her lone term as Chicago's mayor, to investigate claims Henyard has been misusing public funds.
DCFS Director Heidi Mueller was asked Thursday why some kids in the system are being held in psychiatric hospitals longer than medically necessary.
CBS 2 discovered the woman, Whitley Temple, was hired by the City of Chicago while awaiting trial.
Williams is the only quarterback with whom the Bears met ahead of a draft, in which five of the first six could be QBs.
Bears president Kevin Warren said the new stadium would include replacing Soldier Field with additional parks and public sports fields, while preserving the stadium's iconic colonnades, which were built as a war memorial for American veterans.
The Sox joined Cincinnati in 2022, Detroit in 2003, the St. Louis Browns in 1936 and the Cleveland Spiders in 1899 as teams to start 3-20.
Cody Bellinger also hit a two-run homer in the first off J.P. France.
Right-hander Kyle Hendricks and left-hander Drew Smyly were placed on the 15-day injured list by the Chicago Cubs before a series opener against the Houston Astros.
Police said the thieves used different types of force to make off with large quantities of cigarettes and bottles of alcohol in each incident.
School officials said police arrested the gunman and recovered a gun.
One of the men sprayed him in the face with pepper spray, while the other had a knife in his hand, police said. Both men beat until he fell to the ground, police said.
The task force isn't only responding to thefts on retail strips such as the Magnificent Mile or making arrests. They are working directly with businesses.
Two boys were shot as a large group of teens flooded the streets in the South Loop near Roosevelt and Canal on March 2.