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Sean Desai, the new Defensive Coordinator for the Chicago Bears. Photo: Chicagobears.com press release Brace yourselves, the Chicago Bears have become the first NFL team to hire a Desi defensive coordinator. Between chess club, mathletes and Sunday school, sports would just be a distraction that would lead to B’s on report cards…which makes Sean Desai’s rise to heading the defense of one of the most storied franchises in NFL history that much more remarkable. Desai, the son of Indian immigrants, is a learned man.  In fact, he has a PhD in educational administration from Temple Universi...

•   Kevin Fishbain and Adam Jahns of The Athletic view the Watson situation through the lens of a Bears team that (1) needs quarterback help, (2) has insinuated it will make a splash, and (3) is expected to be “big players” on the upcoming quarterback carousel. Jahns and Fishbain serve up reminders that Chicago’s ownership isn’t opposed to green-lighting big swing trades, offering the approval of the Jay Cutler deal in 2009. It’s impossible to avoid the similarities of where Matt Nagy and Ryan Pace are now and where Lovie Smith and Jerry Angelo were in 2009. •   Much like the ...

Former Bears running back Cyril Pinder passed away Saturday at the age of 74. Pinder spent two seasons with the Bears in 1971-72, appearing in 25 games with 10 starts and rushing for 611 yards and four touchdowns on 150 carries and catching 11 passes for 64 yards.  Pinder was selected by the Eagles in the second round of the 1968 draft out of Illinois. He spent his first three NFL seasons with Philadelphia before being traded to the Bears Sept. 13, 1971 in exchange for second- and fourth-round picks. He was acquired to bolster depth at the running back position while Gale Sayers was recoveri...

UpdatedThu, Dec 31, 2020 at 5:13 pm CT Replies(4) Former Bears cornerback Michael Richardson is being held on second-degree murder charges in connection with the shooting death of an Arizona man. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Department ) CHICAGO — Former Chicago Bears cornerback Michael Richardson, who started for the Super Bowl XX championship team and introduced himself as "L.A. Mike" in the iconic Super Bowl Shuffle video, has been charged with second-degree murder in Arizona, according to booking information on the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department's website. Richardson, 59, faces a co...