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Bears president/CEO Ted Phillips to retire in February

Phillips is the fourth president in team history — and the only one not related to founder George Halas.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 2, 2022

Bears president/CEO Ted Phillips to retire after 2022 season

Bears president/CEO Ted Phillips is calling it a career at the end of the 2022 season, according to Dan Pompei.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 2, 2022

Roquan Smith’s demand was the path of most melodrama

It’s one thing to request a trade. It’s another to issue a 343-word public screed that accuses your new bosses of being “focused on taking advantage of me” and refusing to negotiate in good faith and to demand that you be sent to an “organization that genuinely values what I…

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 10, 2022

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Roquan Smith mess spun out of Ryan Poles’ control; now he must clean it up

Smith went far enough to appeal to chairman George McCaskey to intervene, which only ratchets up the pressure on Poles to solve the problem.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 9, 2022

Twitter reacts to Bears LB Roquan Smith requesting a trade

Bears LB Roquan Smith has requested a trade: "The new front office regime doesn’t value me here.” See how fans are reacting to the news.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 9, 2022

Ryan Poles getting a baptism by fire as Bears GM

Three player arrests and the aborted signing of free agent Larry Ogunjobi are among the hurdles he has faced in the early going. But those mishaps could end up being the trials of a rookie GM more than an indicator that Poles wasn’t the right guy for the job.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 16, 2022

Source: Bears fire VP of player engagement LaMar ‘Soup’ Campbell

Campbell was part of the five-person hiring committee that chose GM Ryan Poles and coach Matt Eberflus this year.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 1, 2022

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Bears players wear No. 41 to honor Brian Piccolo

On the 52nd anniversary of his death from cancer, every Bears player wore Brian Piccolo’s uniform number at practice Thursday.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 16, 2022

Olin Kreutz must apologize as well as he can analyze

Kreutz’s remaining media jobs are in jeopardy after he grabbed the neck of CHGO colleague Adam Hoge in response to a flippant remark Monday, according to sources.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 4, 2022

Behind the Bears’ quiet build

The NFL’s league year began exactly one month ago. Bears fans longing for their favorite team to finally make a splash are forgiven for thinking it’s been twice as long.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 16, 2022

Bear Necessities: George McCaskey evaluates Ryan Poles, Matt Eberflus so far

Bears Chairman George McCaskey likes what he's seen so far from the new regime.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 10, 2022

Bears Chairman George McCaskey on Ryan Poles’ approach to free agency, NFL’s OT rule change and Virginia McCaskey’s health

PALM BEACH, Fla. — At the conclusion of the annual NFL meeting Tuesday afternoon at The Breakers Palm Beach, Chicago Bears Chairman George McCaskey met with media members for 20 minutes.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 30, 2022

Bears chairman George McCaskey advises patience on potential Arlington Heights stadium

McCaskey spoke about that property and gave several other updates on the organization in a rare media availability Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 29, 2022

Bears GM Ryan Poles would be smart to wait before going all in on Justin Fields

He should keep the same emotional distance from the quarterback as he has from the rest of the roster he inherited.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 18, 2022

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Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 10, 2022

Bill Polian: Justin Fields isn’t a blue-chipper yet, but ‘give him a chance to grow’

Bill Polian knows the expectations put on Fields. He doesn’t think they’re fair.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 1, 2022

Ryan Poles calls assistant GM ‘critical,’ says he’ll evaluate rest of front office

Before Ryan Poles took the Bears’ general manager job, he told chairman George McCaskey he wanted an assistant GM — something Ryan Pace never had.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 31, 2022

Bears chairman George McCaskey got his GM — just don’t ask him for how long

McCaskey refused to detail the length of the contracts he gave GM Ryan Poles and head coach Matt Eberflus.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 29, 2022

New GM can look to Bengals as he seeks to burrow Bears out of hole

As much as chairman George McCaskey would like to compare his team to the Chiefs — he’s hired a GM and coach from there in the last four years — the Bears look a lot more like the Bengals.

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Chicago Tribune · Jan 28, 2022

Paul Sullivan: It’s hard to keep a hiring search secret in Chicago — just ask the Bears fan who shot the video of new GM Ryan Poles at O’Hare

CHICAGO — Noah Pinzur had a piece of advice for Eric Bohn.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 28, 2022

Bears wanted ‘leadership,’ yet they chose a first-time head coach and GM

Because neither Matt Eberflus nor Ryan Poles has led a team before, it’s all projection — George McCaskey’s projection.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 26, 2022

Some advice for new Bears GM Ryan Poles: Ignore George McCaskey and Ted Phillips

If they tell him to zig, he needs to know that zagging is the only way to go.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 26, 2022

New Bears GM Ryan Poles releases statement regarding goals for the franchise

The Bears made the hiring of new GM Ryan Poles official, including a statement from Poles about his goals for the franchise.

Chicago Tribune · Jan 25, 2022

The chauffeur was sent to O’Hare for ‘Canandaigua.’ Bears GM search ended a day later with the hiring of Ryan Poles.

CHICAGO — The video surfaced late Monday night, a little before 11 p.m. Undercover, of course. And shared on social media by Eric Bohn, whose Twitter bio identifies him as “your trusted resource for Chicago’s Northside and the North Shore residential real estate market.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 25, 2022

Bears name Ryan Poles their next general manager

Tuesday wasn’t Poles’ first visit to Halas Hall. It won’t be his last, either.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 25, 2022

George McCaskey spotted picking up Bears GM favorite Ryan Poles at the airport

Bears chairman George McCaskey may have just secured his team's new GM.

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