Chicago Bears

By Vaughn McClure, 8:21 p.m. ESPN's John Clayton reported that the Bears have $5,791,190 to spend on their 12 draft picks, according to sources. That's the fifth-highest pool total behind the Chiefs, Falcons, Dolphins and Rams. The Bears selected offensive...

By Vaughn McClure, 3:45 p.m. The Bears released defensive tackle Babtunde Oshinowo and guard Mike Jones Wednesday. Both players are local products, with Oshinowo from Neuqua Valley High School and Jones from Richards. Oshinowo was elevated from the practice squad...

By Vaughn McClure, 5:33 p.m. The Bears agreed to terms with the following rookie free-agents Tuesday: Punter Zacrey Atterberry from Lindenwood, defensive end Gerard Lee from Oregon State, guard Ryan Poles from Boston College, and tight end Marcus Stone from...

CHICAGO – The 13th annual Bears Care Gala was an overwhelming success Saturday night in the United Club at Soldier Field, netting more than half a million dollars for charity.

CHICAGO – Making his first public comments about Cedric Benson's arrest last weekend, general manager Jerry Angelo said Saturday night that the transgression was a 'lapse in judgment' but it would not cost the running back his job with the Bears.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Tommie Harris has traveled to Liberia to help build a school for an orphanage and to Iraq to visit U.S. troops. But no endeavor is more rewarding for the Bears defensive tackle than the charity work he's doing in his hometown.

What’s the lesson in the Cedric Benson arrest?  If you listen to Chicago Bears GM Jerry Angelo, he’ll tell you that Benson should never have put himself in that situation.  What was the situation? We seem to have reached a cross roads with professional sports between giant paychecks to athletes to throw or catch a ball [...]

It has been VERY busy week for the Chicago Bears so let’s take a deep breath and jump right in. SCHEDULING CONFLICT To put insult onto injury, the day of Cedric Benson’s court date in Austin, Texas on charges of operating a boat while intoxicated and resisting arrest is on May 19th.  This is significant because May [...]

Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson was arrested yesterday for boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest.  Benson was operating a 30-foot boat with 15 people aboard in Austin, Texas when a random safety inspection found he was intoxicated.  He failed a field sobriety test and was asked by the official to leave the boat and [...]