Bears Unveil A New Look To Acknowledge A Controversial Past
The classic 1936 jerseys are part of the 100th season celebration and the jerseys are from a time when black players were banned from the NFL.
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The classic 1936 jerseys are part of the 100th season celebration and the jerseys are from a time when black players were banned from the NFL.
"I didn't think this would come this soon but it's a good feeling. It was an emotional kick from what everybody has been through, honestly, it was just an amazing feeling."
Bears Kyle Fuller and Charles Leno, Jr. talked with students at Jordan Community School on the North Side about making the good decisions in life and staying on the right path. But their heads were still spinning over the roller coaster of emotions from their wild win over the Denver Broncos.
CBS 2's Matt Zahn has the three things to look for as the Bears face the Denver Broncos.
The Chicago Bears travel to Colorado to play the Denver Broncos on Sunday. Kickoff is 3:25 p.m.
"He knows the type of players we have here. Also the type of guys we have on defense. He knows our strengths and also our weaknesses."
A 2016 tweet of a photo of a white woman smiling as she cuts dreadlocks from a black boy's head has resurfaced, and its bringing scrutiny to the Crushers Club.
Finally, the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers open the NFL season tonight.
The NFL has turned Grant Park into football fantasy land to kick off the league's 100th season as the Chicago Bears prepare to host the Green Bay Packers in the season opener at Soldier Field on Thursday night.
In advance of the NFL-100 kickoff, several former players joined Commissioner Roger Goodell for a cleanup of Douglas Park on the city's West Side.
As the Monsters open the 100th NFL season against rival Green Bay on Thursday, CBS 2's Ryan Baker looks at the keys to the Bears' 2019 campaign.
According to a new survey, 15 percent of the American adult population will wager on NFL games this season.
"Finally at long last, the two statues we've waited 100 years for. It's only fitting that these two most colossal of all figures in a long line of gigantic characters of the Chicago Bears will forever be immortalized."
In January 2011, they faced off for the NFC title and a trip to the Super Bowl. Aaron Rodgers and a staunch defense silenced Soldier Field, building a 14-0 lead and 21-7 lead and won their third successive road game in the postseason. Two weeks later, the wild-card Packers beat Pittsburgh for, appropriately, the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
"The guy who makes plays is the guy who makes plays, whether it's in the CFL or whether it's down here. I'm glad that door has been open so that guys like me can take advantage of it."
"There's a balance. Every player's a little different based off who they are, what was their history? We feel we want to give all these guys a fair opportunity, whatever their history was, let's have a clean slate here."
Their solution for backsliding following a 12-4 season is how much they believe in quarterback Mitchell Trubisky's development.
"What I did was unacceptable. By human standards and a teammate without question. What I'd I'd was uncalled for. Over the line."
"He's physical, he has ball skills. It's what we saw on tape. He does have great energy and he's smart."
Coach Nagy said the whole team was dragging a bit Monday, which he said is normal at this point of training camp.
The Bears biggest off-season acquisition is finally taking part in camp. HaHa Clinton-Dix was taken off the physically unable to perform list and back on the practice field for the first time since a knee injury sidelined him on final day of off-season training activities in June.
It was Elliott Fry's turn to kick today and he did it in the elements and he did pretty well. Fry made a 47-yarder into the driving rain. He ended up eight of 10 in his field goal kicks. Eddy Pineiro will get his chance to kick again tomorrow.
Along with the petting zoo, there are six ponies for pony rides. Animals in the petting zoo include chickens, goats, a mini cow, llama, bunny, alpaca, ducks and sheep.
The first open practice of Bears training camp kicked off Saturday.
Cohen and the rest of his Bears teammates arrive at camp with the highest expectations they've had in years coming off a division championship. Cohen even mentioned wanting to build a dynasty.
