1985 Bears

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Ditka released from hospital after heart attack: ‘Mike is doing really well’

The legendary Bears coach had been in the hospital in Florida since Wednesday when he was rushed to get medical care because he was not feeling well.

By Michael Sneed

Bears legend Ditka hospitalized in Florida after heart attack, gets pacemaker

By Michael Sneed

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Rev. Michael Pfleger wants school walkout extended to include Chicago victims

The Rev. Michael Pfleger wants three minutes added locally to the 17-minute school walkout on March 14 in honor of students killed in Florida.

By Michael Sneed

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1985 Bears adding heft to Garry McCarthy fundraiser Sunday

SNEED: A gaggle of legendary defensive football greats is heading to McCarthy’s fundraiser Sunday for his potential mayoral bid.

By Michael Sneed

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Bears documentary shuffles ’85 memories into a must-see time capsule

ROEPER: Players and famous fans share hilarious anecdotes about that magnificent team, at first struggling and later unstoppable.

By Richard Roeper

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SNEED: Mike Ditka’s advice to new Bears coach: Do it your way

Da Coach says of new coach Matt Nagy: “I’m happy for him and I’m happy for them. It’s such a privilege to be a coach.”

By Michael Sneed

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SNEED EXCLUSIVE: Mike Ditka on NFL controversy: ‘Just play football’

Legendary Bears coach Mike Ditka wishes football players would just focus on football.

By Michael Sneed

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Dan Hampton-Jim McMahon feud best thing to ever happen to Jay Cutler

MORRISSEY: Cutler could have won 4 Super Bowls? Only in Hamp’s world.

By Rick Morrissey

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What the Hall? Hampton: ’80s Bears would have won 4 SBs with Cutler

“If my team had Jay Cutler at quarterback, we would have won four Super Bowls,” Hampton said.

By Chris De Luca

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Star sightings include Rumer Willis, Busta Rhymes

SEEN ON THE SCENE: The new Flamingo Rum Club in River North has been attracting a raft of celebs lately, including actress Rumer

By Bill Zwecker

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Brown: Park Ridge woman made a difference; now her cat does, too

It wouldn’t be completely accurate to say Taffy, the Calico cat, left an estate worth over $121,000 when she died. But you could view it that way.

By Mark Brown

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Memories of the great ’85 Super Bowl-winning Bears hit WTTW

UPDATE: Due to a technical glitch, the ’85 Bears Super Bowl documentary will now air at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7 on WTTW-Channel 11. The film was

By Bill Zwecker

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Sneed: Ditka reaffirms support for Trump, rips GOPers who don’t

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By Michael Sneed

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Buddy Ryan, and his ’46’ defense, was ‘ahead of his time’

To call Buddy Ryan the architect of the NFL’s greatest defense is too passive.

By Patrick Finley

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Former Bears defensive guru Buddy Ryan dead at 85

Former NFL coach had suffered from multiple illnesses

By Patrick Finley

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Mike Ditka: Buddy Ryan bond ‘respectful,’ if not always ‘rosy’

Mike Ditka and Buddy Ryan weren’t best friends, maybe they were something else, the Bears coach said.

By Patrick Finley

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Buddy Ryan was the heart, soul and rough exterior of ’85 Bears

RICK MORRISSEY: Architect of 46 Defense has died.

By Rick Morrissey

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Telander and Morrissey: Is Jay Cutler a modern-day Jim McMahon?

Their conversation quickly moved to a comparison of Jay Cutler and Jim McMahon.

By Matt Schwerha

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1985 Bears Coverage: `Forgotten’ rookie sharp in intrasquad scrimmage

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — The way Thomas Sanders and the Bears see it, the injury that sidelined him for his entire 1983 season at Texas A&M – and very nearly ended his football career – had its positive side.

By Matt Schwerha

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1985 Bears Coverage: Perry negotiations beginning to thaw

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – The chances of signing first-round draft choice William Perry soon are “very good,” Bears’ general manager Jerry Vainisi said yesterday at the team’s intrasquad game.

By Matt Schwerha

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1985 Bears Coverage: Perry signs

William “The Refrigerator” Perry, the Bears first-round draft choice, signed a four-year contract today, ending a two-week holdout.

By Matt Schwerha

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1985 Bears Coverage: Bears feed Perry lightly

Every day of the 2015 Chicago Bears season, Chicago Sun-Times Sports will revisit its coverage 30 years ago during the 1985 Bears’ run to a

By Matt Schwerha

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1985 Bears Coverage: Rookies shine at talent show

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – GM Jerry Vainisi, confident that William “the Refrigerator” Perry can be signed soon, believes Steve McMichael will follow once the Icebox cometh.

By Matt Schwerha

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1985 Bears Coverage: Four Bears in contract disputes

Four Bears – offensive tackle Keith Van Horne, safety Todd Bell and linebackers Al Harris and Mike Singletary, remain out of camp in contract disputes.

By Matt Schwerha

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Dan Hampton joins WFLD, says he is a Jay Cutler ‘believer’

Hampton, 57, was a member of the Super Bowl champion 1985 Bears and was inducted into the NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002.

By Matt Schwerha

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1985 Bears Coverage: Ryan terms Perry wasted draft choice

Bear defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan said first-round draft choice William Perry was “a wasted draft choice” last night after Perry’s second day in training camp.

By Matt Schwerha

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1985 Bears Coverage: Perry’s shape irks Ditka

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – Signing William “Refrigerator” Perry to a contract that includes incentive clauses for being in shape is one thing.

By Matt Schwerha

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1985 Bears Coverage: Butler headaches cause for concern

The fourth-round pick from Georgia complained of headaches.

By Matt Schwerha

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1985 Bears Coverage: Bears drop a yawner

With high-80s temperatures blanketing Busch Stadium last night, it was a good time for a nap.

By Matt Schwerha

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1985 Bears Coverage: First-rounder gets Ryan-ordered sack, high praise for Perry

ST. LOUIS – William “The Refrigerator” Perry got a high-five from Buddy Ryan Friday night and high marks from St. Louis left guard Doug Dawson.

By Matt Schwerha