Bob LeGere
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Bears agree to terms with RB ForteJul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Rookie Matt Forte, who is expected to be the Bears' featured running back when training camp opens July 23, signed a four-year contract Wednesday afternoon. The second-r...
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Bears sign DT Harrison, reach terms with 2 picksJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - The Bears signed defensive tackle Marcus Harrison to a four-year, $2.4 million contract Tuesday that includes a $690,000 signing bonus. Harrison, the Bears' second thir...
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Harris ready to justify Bears' $40 million dealJun 20, 2008 11:00 pm - It cost the Bears $40 million in new money to get three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Tommie Harris to agree to a four-year contract extension that runs through 2012, b...
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Bears reward Harris with $40M extensionJun 19, 2008 11:00 pm - The Bears agreed to a lucrative contract extension late Thursday with perhaps the most important member of their defense, and it wasn't middle linebacker Brian Urlacher....
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Bears don't expect to bring in more running backsJun 18, 2008 11:00 pm - With five weeks to chill until the start of training camp, Bears coach Lovie Smith expressed confidence in a running game that features unsigned second-round pick Matt F...
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Not everyone on Bears happy to see Benson leaveJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - The people at Halas Hall who were closest to Cedric Benson expressed their feelings about him Wednesday, two days after he was released following a pair of recent alcoho...
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Forte jumps right in with first teamJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Rookie running back Matt Forte worked with the first team at Wednesday's OTA, during which the Bears were short-handed at the position. Veteran Adrian Peterson, the most...
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Forte says he's ready to run with No. 1 roleJun 10, 2008 11:00 pm - With the sudden exit of Cedric Benson, rookie Matt Forte will go to training camp as the team's de facto featured running back. And that's just fine with the second-roun...
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Bears release Cedric BensonJun 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Another No. 1 bites the dust. Despite his lofty draft status and the $13 million he received in guaranteed bonus money, the Bears decided Monday afternoon that running b...
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Angelo taking Benson DUI situation 'very seriously'Jun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Cedric Benson's DUI arrest early Saturday in Austin, Texas, seems to indicate that he has failed to learn an important lesson, according to Bears' general manager Jerry ...