New Book Alleges Walter Payton Was Suicidal, Used Drugs
A revealing new book accuses former Bears running back Walter Payton of using drugs, cheating on his wife and being suicidal.
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A revealing new book accuses former Bears running back Walter Payton of using drugs, cheating on his wife and being suicidal.
I was steeling myself for an afternoon of mawkish sentimentality, with Fox Sports presenting a football game through the prism of death – cameras tracking Brian Urlacher all afternoon, announcers consumed with his feelings after he buried his mother just the day before. Thanks to the tone set by Urlacher himself and reflected by Lovie Smith, however, it turned out I was wrong.
On Friday, the Chicago Bears' Israel Idonije was introduced as one of the three finals for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award.
Any time a Chicago sports team is in contention for a title, new eyes and ears are brought to computer screens, papers and airwaves.
The Bears and Packers played a memorable and infamous game on Nov. 3, 1985.
For just the second time in the history of the Chicago Bears a player has gone over 1,000 yards rushing and 500 yards receiving in the same season as Matt Forte did so yesterday.
Walter Payton and Dick Butkus are two of the greatest Bears players of all time. But where do they rank in the recent list of top 100 players in NFL history?
Eleven years ago today, we lost perhaps the greatest Chicago Bear of all time. On November 1st, 1999 Walter Payton lost his battle with primary sclerosing cholangitis, a rare liver disease.
