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| Bears bring in Jeremy Bates to work with QBs |
NFL Football |
02/07/2012 |
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| Lake Forest, IL (Sportsbooks) - The Chicago Bears on Tuesday reached an agreement with Jeremy Bates to become the team's quarterbacks coach. Bates is familiar with Chicago starter Jay Cutler, having worked with him for three seasons in Denver. In 2008, his final season with the Broncos, Cutler excelled with Bates as his position coach, throwing for a franchise-record 4,526 yards. Bates mostly recently served as the offensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks in 2010. |
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| Blue Bombers name Crowton offensive coordinator |
CFL |
01/30/2012 |
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| Blue Bombers coaching staff," said Winnipeg head coach Paul LaPolice. "His experiences in the spread offense are very similar to the type of offenses that are prevalent in the CFL. He will be a great teacher for our players and his expertise at the NCAA level will be especially valuable for our younger roster." Between stints in the NCAA, Crowton spent two years as offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears. His career has also taken him to Western Illinois, New Hampshire, Georgia Tech, and Boston College. |
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| Bears tab Emery as GM |
NFL Football |
01/28/2012 |
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| Lake Forest, IL (Sportsbooks) - The Chicago Bears announced on Saturday that they have hired Phil Emery as the team's fifth general manager in franchise history. Emery joins the Bears with 14 years of NFL experience under his belt, including serving the past three seasons as director of college scouting for the Kansas City Chiefs. This will be Emery's second stint with Chicago. From 1998-2004, he served as an area scout for the team. During that time, the Bears drafted wide receiver Marty Booker, defensi |
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| Schiano leaves Rutgers for Tampa Bay |
Division I College Football |
01/26/2012 |
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| on. The Scarlet Knights have a record of 56-33 in the past seven years, with only one losing season in that span. Schiano, who had been the longest-tenured head coach in the Big East, has minimal NFL experience. He was a defensive assistant with the Chicago Bears in 1996-97 and the club's defensive backfield coach in '98. The 45-year-old New Jersey native was also an assistant at Penn State from 1991-95 and the defensive coordinator at Miami-Florida from 1999-2000 before taking over the moribund Rutgers prog |
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| Niners, Giants could be this year's party crashers |
NFL Football |
01/12/2012 |
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| -10) before joining 49ers during offseason, while Saints defensive tackle Aubrayo Franklin was four-year starter for Niners from 2007-10. Fast Fact: 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh and Saints counterpart Sean Payton were both quarterbacks for the 1987 Chicago Bears, though the two weren't actually teammates. Harbaugh was the club's first-round pick that season, while Payton was on the roster for three weeks as a replacement player during that year's strike. Prediction: Saints may have the wow factor because of |
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| Bears make Tice offensive coordinator |
NFL Football |
01/06/2012 |
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| Lake Forest, IL (Sportsbooks) - The Chicago Bears have promoted offensive line coach Mike Tice to offensive coordinator, filling the hole created when the team parted ways with Mike Martz earlier this week. Tice, who joined the Bears' staff in 2010, interviewed for the position Thursday. Head coach Lovie Smith said in a release Friday that Tice will call plays for the Bears and continue to work with the offensive line. "I'm excited to have Mike move into our offensive coordinator role," said Smith. "He h |
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| Brady, Suggs and Prater selected for AFC monthly honors |
NFL Football |
01/05/2012 |
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| reer, finished with 21 tackles, five sacks and four forced fumbles, helping the Ravens to a 4-1 record. Prater made six of seven attempted field goals, including two game-winners. He kicked two field goals in the final two minutes, including the game-winning 23-yard boot in a 35-32 win over the Minnesota Vikings in Week 13. Prater followed up that performance by kicking a 59-yarder to tie the game with three seconds left, and the game-winning 51-yarder in overtime to top the Chicago Bears, 13-10 in Week 14. |
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| Bears fire GM Jerry Angelo; Martz also out |
NFL Football |
01/03/2012 |
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| Lake Forest, IL (Sportsbooks) - The Chicago Bears fired general manager Jerry Angelo on Tuesday, while parting ways with offensive coordinator Mike Martz and quarterbacks coach Shane Day. Angelo was under contract through 2013, but the team decided change is needed after finishing 8-8, the fourth time in five seasons the franchise has not reached the playoffs. His dismissal comes less than a year after the Bears hosted the 2010 NFC Championship Game. Chicago won three division titles and reached Super Bo |
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| Martz out as Bears offensive coordinator |
NFL Football |
01/03/2012 |
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| Lake Forest, IL (Sportsbooks) - The Chicago Bears have parted ways with offensive coordinator Mike Martz, another part of a house cleaning which included the firing of general manager Jerry Angelo earlier Tuesday. Martz was hired by Chicago in February of 2010, taking over for Ron Turner. He led the offense to 334 points, an 11-5 record and NFC North title last season, but in 2011, the Bears stumbled to an 8-8 mark despite scoring 353 points. The 60-year-old made his mark as the offensive whiz behind the |
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| Bears fire GM Jerry Angelo |
NFL Football |
01/03/2012 |
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| Lake Forest, IL (Sportsbooks) - The Chicago Bears fired general manager Jerry Angelo on Tuesday. Angelo was under contract through 2013, but the team decided change is needed after finishing 8-8, the fourth time in five seasons the franchise has not reached the playoffs. His dismissal comes less than a year after the Bears hosted the 2010 NFC Championship Game. Chicago won three division titles and reached Super Bowl XLI -- in which the Bears fell to Indianapolis to end the 2006 season -- under Angelo, w |
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