CHICAGO — Steve McMichael, the Hall of Fame defensive tackle who was one of the beloved leaders and most colorful characters ...

McMichael's family and members of the 1985 Bears, including Mike Singletary and Richard Dent, surrounded him in his suburban Chicago home ... The Bears were certainly pleased with how that turned ...

Whispers had been circulating that Chicago ... already were losing their ability to communicate with his muscles. In the cruelest fashion possible, his body was powering down. Former Bears player ...

Dan Hampton, the man they called "Danimal," was part of the legendary 1985 Bears defense, where he was a disruptive and ferocious defensive lineman during his 12 seasons in Chicago. He was a ...

Steve McMichael, a star defensive tackle on the Chicago Bears’ famed 1985 Super Bowl championship ... led to a ticket out of New England were welcomed in Chicago. In that same speech, McMichael ...

Two days later, however, the Bulls were eliminated by the Bucks 3 games to 1. Tribune political cartoonist Jeff MacNelly at his drawing board in Tribune Tower in 1985: “If you’re a balanced ...