John Tait

How do you explain the failures of Caleb Hanie? Was it that management misevaluated him and he just does not have the ability? Or did the coaching staff fail to prepare him properly these past years? Or didn't he prepare himself? Is he just choking...

Former Chicago Bears offensive tackle John Tait has taken a major loss on his 15-room stucco French manor-style mansion in Mettawa, selling it recently for $1.35 million. Tait, 36, retired from pro football in February 2009. He had played with the...

Devin Hester playfully referred to it as "Secret Weapon No. 5," but the rest of the NFL knows it as the "Wildcat" offense. The direct snap to the running back has been a staple in the Miami Dolphins' attack all season. Suddenly, it has become part of the...

Look at the new Bears depth chart and one thing jumps off the page. Starting free safety Danieal Manning, the replacement for the injured Mike Brown, just became the defense's most irreplaceable player. Now nobody is suggesting Manning suddenly means as...

My favorite story It's fashionable for journalists to complain about working Super Bowls, but there are few better gigs than covering one involving your local team. It's one of those moments when you know every single word you write will be read. Play...

Using a black marker to decorate an orange pumpkin, Adrian Peterson felt right at home Tuesday at Misericordia Heart of Mercy on the North Side. The reserve Bears running back and special-teams standout visited the institution with offensive lineman John...

Brian Urlacher could have rattled off a list of excuses to explain why the Bears, touted as the best team in the NFC entering the season, are 1-3 and buried deep beneath 4-0 division foe Green Bay. He could have looked at the injuries that kept four...

John Tait wore a walking boot and a look of befuddlement, just one of many Bears who seemed unable to process Sunday's spectacular collapse. "I'm not sure what just happened," Tait said. The proof remained illuminated on the scoreboard at Cleveland...

No kids in Chicago enjoyed Halloween night more than the Bears' rookies. Rookie Nathan Vasher clinched a 23-13 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night at Soldier Field with a thrilling 71-yard interception return for a touchdown with 3...

All week, the Bears vowed to make some noise in the 86th season opener in franchise history. Instead, they couldn't hear because of it. Kyle Orton, the first rookie quarterback to start a Bears opener since Zeke Bratkowski in 1954, had his helmet...

With pained looks and pursed lips, they slowly followed the cart down the Metrodome hallway late Sunday afternoon. The cart carried Rex Grossman, sitting on the back with a tightly knotted silk striped tie around his neck and a bulky black brace...

A look at how each player on the 2004 roster came to be a Bear. Thirty-three of the 53 players on the active roster (62.2%) were either draftees of the Bears or undrafted free agents signed with the Bears. Seventeen players joined the team via free...