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‘Hard Count with Brian Urlacher’ coming to Comcast SportsNet

By  Mark Potash
   
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Brian Urlacher (54) played his entire 13-year career with the Bears from 2000-12. He was an eight-time Pro Bowl selection and NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2005. (Richard A. Chapman/Sun-Times)

Former Bears great Brian Urlacher will be a featured contributor to Comcast SportsNet’s Bears coverage with a weekly show, “The Hard Count with Brian Urlacher,” which will air Thursdays at 10:30 p.m. beginning Sept. 15.

Urlacher, an eight-time Pro Bowl linebacker and one of the greatest Bears of all-time, will be joined on the show by host Mark Schanowski, former Bears quarterback Jim Miller and former Bears head coach Dave Wannstedt to preview the upcoming Bears game.

Former Bear Alex Brown also will be part of CSN’s Bears coverage as a studio analyst on “Bears Pregame Live” and “Bears Postgame Live,” beginning with the Bears’ regular-season opener on Sept. 11 against the Houston Texans.

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