Adewale Ogunleye News

Bears linebacker Lance Briggs is not surprised people continue to condemn head coach/defensive play-caller Lovie Smith .

At least Bears coach Lovie Smith isn't trying to rationalize his team's 4-5 record or put his own positive spin on it.

As soon as Jay Cutler's fifth interception landed in Michael Lewis' hands and the clock ran out, Mike Singletary embraced his assistants with a huge sense of a relief.

The jawing between Adewale Ogunleye and Vernon Davis before the game was no joke.

NFL Network just showed a clip of Bears defensive end Adewale Ogunleye approaching tight end Vernon Davis during pre-game warm-ups. The two exchange a few heated words before Bears center Olin Kreutz comes and restrains Ogunleye and brings him back to the Chicago side of the field.

Frank Gore scored on a 14-yard touchdown run one play after Jay Cutler threw his second interception of the game to give the San Francisco a 7-3 halftime lead over the Chicago Bears on Thursday night.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. NFL players usually try to avoid saying anything negative about an upcoming opponent at all costs.

Chicago Bears players and coaches deserved every bit of the rough treatment they got from the Soldier Field crowd as they walked off the field at halftime Sunday.

CHICAGO – At least Tommie Harris came out swinging. Of course, the Bears' defensive tackle was ejected after the fourth play of the game for punching Arizona guard Deuce Lutui.

Maybe Tommie Harris wasn't the instigator. Maybe he did absorb a couple of cheap shots from Deuce Lutui early in Sunday's Bears-Cardinals game.

If the 4-3 Bears don?t put more pressure on the Cardinals ? Kurt Warner Sunday than they?ve put on opposing quarterbacks in their last three games, they?ll be looking at a .500 record at the halfway point of the season.

Okay, quick version of my intro because I just wasted the last four hours of my life watching the Cubs blow a chance to sweep their smug neighbors to the south.

Chicago Bears wide receiver Devin Hester missed practice on Wednesday after suffering an ankle injury against Cleveland this past Sunday.

LAKE FOREST – Bears reserve offensive tackle Kevin Shaffer has a pretty good idea about what to expect Sunday from the Cleveland Browns.

When we looked at the Bears schedule before the season, there was a chance that the quarterback matchup for today's game against the Giants could have been Rex Grossman against Eli Manning.

Brittney Payton shed tears. Jarrett Payton beamed with pride. And Connie Payton-Strotter said "it all had a special meaning today" when the Bears honored the late Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton , who died 10 years ago Sunday.

The Bears didn't exactly start Sunday like a house of fire against the awful Cleveland Browns, but by the end of the day did more then enough to pound Cleveland 30-6 to stop the bleeding of a two-game losing streak.

Bears coach Lovie Smith did not have his defense prepared for Atlantaa s hurry-up offense after a bye week two weeks ago.

Chicago Bears defensive tackle Tommie Harris knows expectations are high for his return to the starting lineup Sunday at Soldier Field against Cleveland.

LAKE FOREST – The word is out among NFL teams about how to stop the Bears' pass rush.