The Chicago Bears are sometimes called the Monsters of the Midway thanks to some of the historically great defenses to play in the Windy City -- perhaps none more famous than the 1985 team. How many ...

Football is a violent sport played by some of the strongest, most athletic, most determined, and intense individuals on the planet. The best teams play with an intensity that overwhelms their ...

CHICAGO — So maybe the Chicago Bears are for real, a 21st century reincarnation of the Monsters of the Midway. It sure looked that way Sunday when they delivered a 13-3 roundhouse to the NFC ...

Quarterback Caleb Williams addresses the media Wednesday at Halas Hall. Bears players Travis Homer, Josh Blackwell, Tory Taylor and Theo Benedet visited Naval Station Great Lakes as part of the team's ...

Chicago Bears star linebacker Brian Urlacher doesn't quite agree with those who compare him to Bears great Dick Butkus. After all, Urlacher never has gouged the eyes of any opponent or even bitten any ...

Some NFL coaches seem well suited for work as advertising writers, considering all the jargon and phrases they develop. Bears special teams coordinator Richard Hightower would be as adept at this as ...

The annual Monsters of the Midway bike race returned to the University of Chicago campus on April 26. This year marked the 31st installment of the event, having been recently revived last year after a ...

One of the great Monsters of the Midway, defensive lineman Steve McMichael died on April 23, 2025. He was 67. The longtime NFL legend won a Super Bowl with the Chicago Bears in 1985, one of many ...

A week ago, I was lionizing the new-look UVA defense as being our generation’s version of the Monsters of the Midway. “Yeah, go back to the basics,” head coach Tony Elliott said, addressing a question ...