Michael Keller Ditka, Jr. (born October 18, 1939 in Carnegie, Pennsylvania) is a former American football NFL player, television commentator, and coach. Ditka coached the Chicago Bears for 11 years and New Orleans Saints for 3 years. Ditka and Tom Flores are the only two people to win Super Bowls as a player, an assistant coach and a head coach. Ditka was the only individual to participate in the last two Chicago Bears' championships, as a player in 1963 and as head coach in 1985.
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Mike Ditka. (VINCENT LAFORET/AFP/Getty Images) (WSCR) This week’s Crap of the Week goes out to none other than our own Matt Abbatacola. This, from Third String Catcher in the Rye. Doesn’t anyone know anything about Score overnights? A few weeks ago, Dan ...
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Now is when Chicago’s celebrity scene gets interesting. Some of the biggest names in entertainment and sports will soon visit our city on vacation (NBA stars especially like to do this) or because they live here part-time (you can count o ...
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Lovie Smith. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images) By Steve Silverman- (CBS) This is a legacy season for Lovie Smith. If all goes well for the Bears, they will challenge the Green Bay Packers for the NF ...
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So here is some trivia for you: Here in the doldrums of the NFL offseason there isn't always a lot to talk about. So I thought I'd get an early jump on an old summer favorite; history posts. I have gathered a couple of tri ...
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A court hearing for the son of Chicago Bears coaching legend Mike Ditka highlighted an unusual possible foil for a roadside breath-alcohol test: chewing tobacco. At a hearing May 9, a Lake County judge threw out the results of a portable breath ...
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May 19, 2012, 7:38 am By TONI MONKOVIC The Jets’ defensive line coach, Karl Dunbar, said earlier this week that he looked forward to using more of the 46 defense next season. Jenny Vrentas, The Star-Ledger: Dunbar said the Jets used the ...
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