Garrett Wolfe

Deep inside, Dan Bazuin truly believes he can be a productive NFL player. He just knows now that it won't be with the Bears. Bazuin, a defensive end out of Central Michigan and the Bears' second-round draft pick in 2007, said he was released Friday....

It seems hard to say the Bears cut a big-name player over the weekend when the biggest name was one most fans never learned to pronounce. Yes, cutting Dan Bazuin (Ba-ZINE) acknowledged that the Bears whiffed on a pass-rusher taken in the second round...

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CLEVELAND — As he leaned in a chair next to his locker, Bears third-string quarterback Caleb Hanie paused when asked to contemplate his future. "I think anybody wants a chance somewhere," the undrafted rookie free agent said. "But obviously you...

Showing more emotion than he had since winning the job, quarterback Kyle Orton pumped his fist in the air with a smile that showed as much relief as joy. A sideline full of teammates, an organization committed to developing Orton and a football city...

When Bears general manager Jerry Angelo hasn't been busy putting out—or lighting— public-relations fires lately, he has focused on making final evaluations about the 53-man roster. Cutting four nondescript players Sunday and getting rid of...

Sen. John McCain readily admits that his football career was not the stuff of legends. Sen. Barack Obama, meanwhile, has made his sporting name playing basketball. Both presidential contenders are big fans of their home-state NFL teams — McCain for...

The pain in Garrett Wolfe's left hamstring continues to throb. The Bears running back feels it when he dips through the hole. He feels it after catching a short pass over the middle. "I'd say I'm about 80 percent,'' Wolfe said. "It's gotten better...

BOURBONNAIS — Garrett Wolfe's left hamstring continues to throb. "I'd say I'm about 80 percent," the Bears running back said. "It's gotten better from when I first hurt it, but I'm still not where I need to be. It's really starting to get on my...

Draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr.'s post-draft rant about how solid a quarterback Caleb Hanie could be obviously contained some truth. Hanie, the Bears' undrafted rookie free-agent from Colorado State, was the most-mentioned quarterback after Thursday's 24-...

When the Bears talked about rebuilding their offensive line before this season, they were not planning to need the help of surgeons to put it back together. But that was the grim reality confronting their season after Thursday night's 24-20 exhibition...

Matt Forte and Garrett Wolfe looked like the perfect combination, at least for one night. Both Bears running backs were solid Thursday night in a 24-20 exhibition loss to the Kansas City Chiefs at Soldier Field. The eagerly anticipated debut of the...