Jeff Hanisch/USA Today Sports Bears CB Artie Burns Suffers Left Knee Injury Burns left the Bears' practice early Tuesday. Chris Emma August 18, 2020 Categories:  Local NFL Sports Bears LAKE FOREST, Ill. (670 The Score) -- Bears cornerback Artie Burns left practice early Tuesday with a left knee injury, coach Matt Nagy confirmed. The Bears are still evaluating the extent of Burns' injury. He was hurt midway through the Bears' second full-contact practice of training camp at Halas Hall.  Burns, 26, was signed to compete for the Bears' starting spot at co ..read more

Joe Robbins/Getty Images For Now, Bears Have No Plans To Welcome Fans The city and the Bears will monitor the health and safety outlook as it changes. Chris Emma August 17, 2020 Categories:  Local NFL Sports Bears (670 The Score) The Bears don't currently plan to welcome fans to their home games at Soldier Field when the regular season begins, the team announced Monday evening. They left open the possibility that fans could be allowed if the health and safety outlook improves amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Bears and city of Chicago reached the  ..read more

Quinn Harris/USA Today Sports Bears Camp Brings Competition, Some Normalcy The Bears held their first full-contact practice Monday. Chris Emma August 17, 2020 Categories:  Local NFL Sports Bears LAKE FOREST, Ill. (670 The Score) -- Secluded on a tree-lined football field, the Bears were back to work. Monday at Halas Hall marked the Bears' first full-contact practice of this calendar year. With the August sun beating down, the sound of shoulder pads popping and the echo of coaches' voices across the field, it finally felt like training camp had begun. After months of playe ..read more

Mike DiNovo/USA Today Sports Bears To Stretch QB Battle Out 'As Far As We Can' The Bears held their first full-contact practice Monday. Chris Emma August 17, 2020 Categories:  Local NFL Sports Bears LAKE FOREST, Ill. (670 The Score) -- In a normal NFL year with a full schedule in the offseason, training camp and the preseason, the Bears might be close to naming a starting quarterback by now. Instead, the Bears held their first full-contact practice Monday morning, and coach Matt Nagy is making plans for the quarterback competition between Mitchell Trub ..read more

Mike DiNovo/USA Today Sports Bears' Cordarrelle Patterson Shifting To Running Back "I'm excited to see what he can do there," Matt Nagy says of Patterson. Chris Emma August 17, 2020 Categories:  Local NFL Sports Bears LAKE FOREST, Ill. (670 The Score) -- Seeking more from a Bears offense that disappointed in 2019, coach Matt Nagy is shifting one of the team's most dynamic playmakers into a new role. Cordarrelle Patterson worked primarily with the running backs as the Bears started full-contact practice at Halas Hall on Monday. The shift is part of Nagy's pl ..read more

Matt Marton/USA Today Sports Emma: Will Robinson, Bears Reach Extension? Allen Robinson is entering the final year of his contract with the Bears. August 14, 2020 Chris Emma (670 The Score) At a position in which egos often match or even exceed production, Bears receiver Allen Robinson is one of a kind. Bears teammates, coaches, executives and staffers often speak first about Robinson the person before Robinson the player. If Robinson has an ego, he sure hasn't shown it inside Halas Hall. "He means a lot to this team," receiver Anthony Miller said. "He's one of thos ..read more

Matt Cashore/USA Today Sports Nagy: QB Battle Begins With Good First Impression "It's going to be a healthy competition," Bears coach Matt Nagy says. Chris Emma August 12, 2020 Categories:  Local NFL Sports Bears (670 The Score) For the first time this calendar year, the Bears offense on Wednesday took the practice field for passing routes. In turn, it marked the beginning of the quarterback competition between Mitchell Trubisky and Nick Foles. Bears coach Matt Nagy was pleased with what he saw from both Trubisky and Foles as they ran through plays against ..read more

Douglas DeFelice/USA Today Sports Bears Waive K Ramiz Ahmed Eddy Pineiro is now the lone kicker on the Bears' roster. Chris Emma August 11, 2020 Categories:  Local NFL Sports Bears (670 The Score) The Bears have waived kicker Ramiz Ahmed, they announced Tuesday afternoon. Signed by the Bears in April, Ahmed was added to provide competition against incumbent kicker Eddy Pineiro, who's now the lone kicker on the team's roster. Pineiro converted 23 of 28 field-goal attempts and 27 of 29 extra-point attempts in 2019. Chris Emma covers the Bears, Chicago’s sport ..read more

Mark J. Rebilas/USA Today Sports Source: Bears To Sign Safety Marqui Christian Christian, 25, played with the Rams for the last four seasons. Chris Emma August 11, 2020 Categories:  Local NFL Sports Bears (670 The Score) The Bears will sign safety Marqui Christian, a source said Tuesday afternoon. Terms of the deal haven't been disclosed. ESPN first reported the news. Christian, 25, will be suspended for the first two games of the regular season, ESPN reported in June. The reason for that suspension hasn't been made clear. Christian played in ..read more

Mike DiNovo/USA Today Sports Emma: Bears' 5 Biggest Position Battles Mitchell Trubisky and Nick Foles are set for the Bears' most important competition. August 11, 2020 Chris Emma (670 The Score) When Bears general manager Ryan Pace first revealed his intention for a quarterback battle in late February, he deflected the conversation to competition across the roster -- over and over again. "Look, our players know what's best for the team," Pace said at the NFL Combine. "And what's best for the team is creating competition everywhere. That's our goal. "Throughout our team ..read more