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| Bears honor Payton at halftime |
NFL Football |
11/01/2009 |
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CHICAGO (AP) -Ten years to the day he died, Walter Payton was honored by the Chicago Bears with a ceremony at halftime of Sunday's game against the Cleveland Browns. The crowd roared during a video tribute that showed highlights of his career and included praise from Mike Ditka and owner Virginia McCaskey, along with former teammates such as Otis Wilson and Richard Dent. Besides dodging and leaping over defenders, Payton was also known for his work ethic and his tendency to pull pranks. The video show |
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| Bears to honor Payton at halftime |
NFL Football |
11/01/2009 |
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CHICAGO (AP) -Ten years to the day he died, the Chicago Bears will honor Walter Payton with a ceremony at halftime of Sunday's game against the Cleveland Browns. There will be a video tribute. His family will gather at midfield and his wife Connie will address the crowd at Soldier Field during the ceremony. The NFL's all-time leading rusher when he retired, Payton was first diagnosed with a rare liver disease called primary sclerosing cholangitis and then cancer before he died on Nov. 1, 1999.Copyrigh |
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| Browns K Dawson active against Bears |
NFL Football |
11/01/2009 |
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CHICAGO (AP) -Cleveland Browns kicker Phil Dawson is active Sunday against the Chicago Bears after missing five weeks with a strained left calf. Dawson, tied for second with Don Cockroft on the Browns' career field goal list with 216, has not played since Sept. 20. He has made all four attempts this year. Billy Cundiff, who filled in for Dawson, was inactive, and tight end Robert Royal (hamstring, finger) missed his fourth game. The Bears are not missing any key players, but did shake up their lineu |
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| Bears need to get well against sickly Browns |
NFL Football |
10/31/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - What began as a season of optimism is quickly turning to disappointment for the Chicago Bears. How could things get worse for the club? Well, a loss to the Cleveland Browns this Sunday at Solider Field would certainly be a low point. The Bears will be aiming to a avoid a third straight loss this Sunday. Chicago won three in a row heading into its Week 5 bye after a season-opening loss to Green Bay, but has lost both of its games since, to Atlanta (21-14) and Cincinnati (45-10). Aiming to |
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| Browns' TE Royal questionable |
NFL Football |
10/30/2009 |
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| Berea, OH (MySportsbook) - Cleveland Browns tight end Robert Royal is questionable for Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears with hamstring and finger issues. Royal has missed the last three games, and has not suited up since October 4. He did not participate in practice on Wednesday and took limited reps on both Thursday and Friday. In addition, cornerback Anthony Madison did not practice Friday and is questionable with a non-football related reason. Madison has only played in two games this season. |
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| Jeff Feagles still learning in 22nd NFL season |
Headlines |
10/29/2009 |
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| id Feagles, who is averaging 40.1 yards on 26 punts this season. Unlike some of the NFL's current punters who boom it down the field and rely on coverage teams, Feagles is one of the league's few directional punters, along with Brad Maynard of the Chicago Bears. His game is punting geometry 101. He gets the snap, picks an angle toward either sideline and punts the ball downfield around 40 or 45 yards. On a good day, the ball will land just over the sideline and there will not be a return. On the so-s |
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| Palmer's breakout sends Bengals into bye |
NFL Football |
10/29/2009 |
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CINCINNATI (AP) -Carson Palmer rolled to his right, deftly avoided several Chicago Bears chasing him across the field, and spotted Chris Henry slipping away from flummoxed defenders in the back of the end zone. The pass was perfect. Easy touchdown. And it was just getting started. For the first time in years, Palmer had his way for an entire game, one that felt like a flashback. He threw five touchdown passes and only four incompletions in a 45-10 victory that sent the Cincinnati Bengals (5-2) into th |
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| Palmer, Meriweather and Moorman take home AFC weekly honors |
NFL Football |
10/28/2009 |
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| New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills punter Brian Moorman have been selected as the AFC's top players for Week 7 of the NFL season. Palmer got the offensive award as he went 20-for-24 with 233 yards and five touchdowns as the Bengals destroyed the Chicago Bears, 45-10. His five touchdowns were the second-best effort of his career while his 146.7 passer rating was a personal best. In helping Cincinnati to a 5-2 record, its best since 2005 when the team won the AFC North division, he garnered his second week |
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| AFC North: Bengals' Benson gets his redemption |
NFL Football |
10/27/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Cincinnati Bengals running back Cedric Benson said several times after Sunday's win over the Chicago Bears that wasn't about revenge. And it really shouldn't have been. The Bears selected Benson fourth overall in the 2005 draft and gave the Texas product enough opportunities to be their back of the future. After his Chicago career was delayed due to a contract dispute, Benson fought through injuries and eventually showed enough promise that the Bears traded Thomas Jones and make him their |
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| NFC North: Vikes live by the Favre, die by the Favre |
NFL Football |
10/27/2009 |
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| side. Do I know what that will feel like? I have no idea, because I've never been on the other side. But I know our team needs a win, and I know it'll be a tough place to play because it always is." BEARS: There is video evidence to suggest that the Chicago Bears did indeed take the field at Paul Brown Stadium on Sunday. As best as can be discerned, there were 11 players on the field for Chicago at all times, and the Bears did, at various points, take snaps from center, as well as run, block, and tackle. Tho |
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