McCaskey famously did away with the Bears cheerleading squad, "The Honey Bears," in 1986, arguing their presence was "sexist and degrading to women." Always a bit of a firecracker, McCaskey was ...

She also was given the credit — or blame — for getting rid of the Honey Bears cheerleaders after the 1985 season. “Michael came to me and said, ‘How would you feel about eliminating the ...

In 1986, she disbanded the team's cheerleading squad, the "Honey Bears", after ten years, arguing that their field performances were "sexist and degrading to women". However, the team struggled in ...

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She also cut the team's cheerleading squad, the Honey Bears, because she deemed the performances to be 'sexist and degrading to women.' The Bears struggled in 2024 but won the final game of the ...

In her mind, the Bears would always be a football team first and foremost, with unbreakable ties to those humble origins and an image that she protected fiercely. On her orders, the popular Honey ...

When a resident in Southern California returned home in the aftermath of devastating wildfires, an unlikely guest was there to greet him: a huge 525-pound black bear. Altadena resident Samy Arbid ...

Virginia McCaskey, the longtime principal owner of the Chicago Bears, has died. She was 102. McCaskey controlled Chicago's NFL franchise since 1983, when she inherited ownership following the ...

Former Chicago Bears and Buffalo Bills head coach Dick Jauron has died at age 74 after a brief bout with cancer, the Bills announced on Saturday. Jauron led the Bears from 1999 to 2003 and won the ...

With the 2024 NFL season almost over now that Super Bowl 59 weekend is here, it's time to run our first Bears on SI Staff Mock Draft. In this Mock Draft 1.0, our awesome group of writers takes a ...

Just one year after signing D’Andre Swift to a three-year, $24 million deal in free agency last offseason, the Chicago Bears unexpectedly find themselves in need of a running back once again.

Beyond football, Virginia made significant decisions that impacted the culture of the Bears. In 1986, she disbanded the team's cheerleading squad, the Honey Bears, citing their performances as ...