Archive for May, 2009

30 May

Busy day at Halas Hall

Cliff Stein and company had a busy day at Halas Hall on Friday closing a lot of deals and tying up some loose ends as the calendar turns from May to June.
First came a tweet from agent  Drew Rosenhaus about the contract extension for versatile defensive lineman Israel Idonije.  Izzy has been a valuable, jack-of-all-trades [...]

28 May

Mayor Daley Defends Bogus PSL Tax

Mayor Richard Daley is defending the City of Chicago’s amusement tax as this issue is starting to heat up.  His honor has some distorted view of fans flipping their PSL’s and turning big profits.
“They’re flipping it,” Daley said of the owners who sold the licenses that give fans the right to then purchase season tickets.
“They [...]

22 May

Rashied Davis Has a Way with Words

The Bears started their OTA’s on Wednesday and the Jay Cutler media circus has officially begun!!!  Organized Training Activities are voluntary, but really, are pretty much mandatory.  It was the first practice for the first franchise quarterback in nearly two decades (or ever, depending on who you ask).
Expectations for Cutler and the Bears offense are [...]

22 May

LOWER THE BOOM – Watch Your Wallets PSL Holders

The Chicago Tribune is reporting that some Chicago Bears season ticket holders may owe additional taxes on the Personal Seat Licenses that they purchased years ago.   Isn’t it bad enough that lifelong season ticket holders had to pay a licensing fee for the right to retain their own seats, which were often passed down from [...]

20 May

Lock up your dogs – Michael Vick Released

Former Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was released from federal prison overnight, so lock up your dogs.  I just can’t get the image of Fly Guy getting out of the slammer from the classic 80’s ‘blacksploitation’ flick I’m Gonna Get You Sucka out of my head.  Luckily, YouTube had a clip for me to share.

Fox Sports had [...]

17 May

Mother Ship gets a facelift

Bear Goggles On is proud to announce that the mother ship, Fansided.com, recently got a facelift.  Check out the new look along with the other blogs on the finest blog network around.  Nice job Adam and Zach!!!

16 May

Congratulations Matt Forte

Congrats go out to Chicago Bears second year running back Matt Forte, who returned to Tulane this weekend to graduate.  Nice job Matt!!! Unlike most kids graduating this year, Forte has a great job lined up.  You’ve got to admire a kid that goes back to get his degree despite a sensational rookie season.  [...]

14 May

Bears 4th in Peter King’s Power Rankings

Peter King recently put together his “Tick Off Half The Football Fans In America Post-Free-Agency, Post-Draft NFL Power Rankings” and the Bears rank #4 on his list.  Here is what the NFL scribe had to say about the Beloved:
I may not like how Jay Cutler babied his way out of Denver, but by Labor Day, [...]

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