The Chicago Bears have a grand total of one Lombardi Trophy. Not great, certainly, but better than the Vikings, Bills, Bengals, Falcons, Panthers, Cardinals, Ti ...

During a majority of the press gaggles throughout his 11-year tenure as Chicago Bears coach, it was always a question as to whether Mike Ditka ... gave the Commish a middle finger of sorts ...

After all, it was on Jan. 20, 1982 that the Bears hired a former tight end named Mike Ditka, then the special teams coordinator with the Dallas Cowboys, as the 10 th coach in franchise history.

Mike Ditka landing a buyer for his Florida home as he moves back to Chicago and more. Plus: RTA pitches Springfield on $1.5 billion revamp to save and even enhance service; S&P downgrades Chicago ...

Wide receiver Lance Alworth and tight end Mike Ditka were both over 30 years old and no longer go-to receiving threats, but they proved to be reliable red zone targets for Cowboys quarterback ...

Occasionally, you caught a pass. That changed in 1961, when a rookie named Mike Ditka revolutionized the position. In just 14 games, he caught 56 passes for 1,076 yards and 12 touchdowns.

Detroit is still somewhere in the middle of the seven stages of grief ... and now he goes about it,” said veteran NBC broadcaster Mike Tirico. “There's never a lot of hemming and hawing.