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Ditka's 89 final number Bears will retire
Mike Ditka was a trailblazer at the tight end position for the Chicago Bears and he will also be the last of his kind. George McCaskey, the team’s Chairman of the Board, announced that when the Bears retire Ditka’s No. 89 jersey during a...
Tags: Super Bowl, Gale Sayers, Dallas Cowboys, National Football League, Mike Ditka
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On The Fly: Desperate NBA Teams Eyeing Celtics' Rivers
The Hartford CourantDoc Rivers has three years left on his contract with the Celtics, but that's not stopping some desperate teams from making a run at the Celtics coach. The Brooklyn Nets asked the Celtics for permission to talk to Rivers, but ESPNBoston.com reports that...Tags: Super Bowl, Gale Sayers, ESPN (tv network), National Football League, Walter Payton
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Butkus and Ditka both got over estrangement
When the Bears retire Mike Ditka's No. 89 jersey Dec. 9 at Soldier Field, a blinding snowstorm might provide the proper background. After all, the last two Bears to have their numbers retired were Dick Butkus and Gale Sayers during a torrential downpour...
Tags: Super Bowl, Gale Sayers, George Halas, National Football League, Michael McCaskey
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Noon kickoff with Gators shows how far Miami, ACC have fallen
Running off at the typewriter … What does it tell you about how far Miami has fallen as a national draw and how little clout the ACC has among its TV partners when Miami's game against Florida on Sept. 7 is kicking off at noon on ESPN? That's...
Tags: Orlando Magic, Auburn Tigers, NBA Draft, Miami Hurricanes, Dion Waiters
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The truth about Urlacher
Those of us in the opinion-making business are guilty of wanting it both ways. We require our superstar athletes to dazzle us not only with their performances, but also fill our notepads with colorful quips. Then when a jock offers total transparency...Tags: Super Bowl, ESPN (tv network), National Football League, Chicago Bears, Brian Urlacher
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Bears to retire Ditka's No. 89
There seems to be a budding debate about whether the Bears can build a bridge to repair relations and retire the jersey number of a certain disgruntled former employee. It will happen this season. Dat's right. For Michael Keller Ditka Jr., the man...
Tags: Gale Sayers, James Anderson, George Halas, Sculpture, Chicago Bears
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No athlete since Jordan symbolized Chicago more than Urlacher
Whenever Brian Urlacher does something to confirm he hates attention as much as he loves football — grunt through a news conference, breeze by adoring fans, retire via Twitter — my mind goes back to 2003 in a corner of the Bears locker room....Tags: NFL Pro Bowl, Atlanta Falcons, National Football League, Chicago Bears, Brian Urlacher
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Next stop for Urlacher is Canton
Like he did to so many NFL running backs in 13 years, Brian Urlacher hit Chicago hard Wednesday morning. To many fans who have bought his jerseys and loved his game, it hurt like a helmet to the gut. Urlacher announced his retirement via Twitter,...
Tags: ESPN (tv network), National Football League, Ray Lewis, Chicago Bears, Brian Urlacher
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Star LB Brian Urlacher says he's retiring after 13 seasons with Bears
AP Sports WriterCHICAGO (AP) — Brian Urlacher wasn't sure how dominant he could be any longer, so he's calling it a career after 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears. And what a career it was: —Eight Pro Bowl seasons; —Defensive Player of the Year in...Tags: Super Bowl, Social Media, NFL Pro Bowl, National Football League, Jim Schwartz
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Urlacher deserving of 54-gun salute
When Brian Urlacher held up that navy blue jersey for the first time on that April day in 2000, his face a little pimply and his scalp covered with closely cropped blond hair, no one had any idea what 54 would come to represent. After 13 seasons, it's...
Tags: Jerry Angelo, Derrick Brooks, Troy Polamalu, Atlanta Falcons, New York Giants
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ABC primetime schedule 2013-2014
Channel Guide MagazineABC announced its 2013-2014 prime time schedule on Tuesday, adding fourteen new shows and a Disney/Pixar special to its programming roster. “We are taking some big swings with groundbreaking shows this season, and staying close to our roots with... -
Warren Sapp: From picking oranges in Plymouth to Bucs Ring of Honor
TAMPA – "Just a little boy from Plymouth, Florida," Warren Sapp says, wiping away a single tear zigzagging down his cheek. A little boy who had a ginormous dream. "If they ain't laughing at your dreams," Sapp says, "you ain't dreamin' big...
Tags: Super Bowl, ESPN (tv network), Derrick Brooks, National Football League, Chicago Bears
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May 22, 2013
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May 22, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 2, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
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