[CBFF] Pack to pull out stops for Bears opener

[Steve Behrens]

 <<EX-BEAR TRACKS: Former first-round pick Marc Colombo started at right
tackle for Dallas on Saturday, giving him a leg up on the job>>.


Good fot Colombo.  He worked hard to get back after a tough injury and it's
paying off. (We should have kept him IMHO)   His (Bears) deal:

-OT Mark Colombo - 5 year $5.6 Mil - $3.1 Mil Signing Bonus

  On the other hand:

<<Mired on the depth
chart in Denver, receiver David Terrell is expected to be cut.>>

A guy all too eager to let his mouth do the work instead of working to
improve his tallent.    And what really irks me:

- WR  David Terrell - 5 years $11.5 Mil - $7 Mil Signing bonus.


Life sure aint fair.

-Behr





On 8/29/06, Tom Shannon <tshanno at gmail.com> wrote:
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> http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/cs-0608290188a
> ug29,1,3523965.story?coll=cs-football-print
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> AROUND TOWN
>
> Pack to pull out stops for Bears opener
> Planning to honor Super Bowl team, Hall of Famer White
> Fred Mitchell
>
> August 29, 2006
>
> As if the Packers needed any additional motivation to knock off the Bears
> in
> the Sept. 10 season opener, the organization is planning an emotionally
> charged 10-year anniversary tribute to its Super Bowl XXXI champion squad
> at
> Lambeau Field.
>
> The defending NFC North champion Bears swept the Packers last season.
>
> The Packers also plan to honor the late Reggie White, who was inducted
> into
> the Pro Football Hall of Fame this month. White's name will be unveiled
> along the east-side facade of the stadium and join the 20 other former
> Packers who are in the Hall of Fame.
>
>
> Packers quarterback Brett Favre and fullback William Henderson are the
> only
> remaining players from the Super Bowl XXXI Green Bay team. Favre is 25
> touchdown passes shy of Dan Marino's NFL record of 420.
>
> "I know the fans will enjoy seeing the players again, and with the
> unveiling
> of Reggie White's name on the stadium, it will be a very special day,"
> Packers Chairman/CEO Bob Harlan said.
>
>
>
> Overheard
>
> Special-teams standout Brendon Ayanbadejo is getting a special kick out of
> playing for the Bears.
>
> When he was a year old, Ayanbadejo moved with his family to Lagos,
> Nigeria,
> where they lived for three years before moving back to the U.S.
>
> "I was born in Chicago," Ayanbadejo said. "I lived on Clybourn and Leavitt
> in the Lathrop Homes. I have lots of great memories and friends that I've
> had since childhood, and they come to every game. I still feel like I'm
> part
> of the city. I feel connected to the city, and I volunteer to help out
> with
> the kids in the old neighborhood at Hamlin Park when I can."
>
> When he was 10, Ayanbadejo's family moved to California.
>
> "My parents wanted to get us out of government housing, and they kind of
> wanted to start over too," he said. "So we moved out to California,
> somewhere that was a little more open-mind-ed and had a little bit more
> liberal culture at the time. We just picked up and left one day.
>
> "It was hard to say goodbye to my friends, but there were opportunities
> that
> California gave us, and not to live in the fear of gangs and drugs really
> changed our lives."
>
> In Santa Cruz, Calif., Ayanbadejo began his love affair with football,
> which
> led to a scholarship to UCLA.
>
> "In high school my parents wouldn't let me play, so I forged the paperwork
> and sneaked onto the field," Ayanbadejo said. "I just fell in love with it
> the first time I played tackle football in high school."
>
>
>
> Word on the street
>
> Jim Phillips, athletic director at Northern Illinois, will take on
> additional duties as an associate vice president at the school, joining
> NIU
> President John Peters' 10-person cabinet of senior advisers. . . . Katie
> Kirby, White Sox director of public relations the last seven years, is
> leaving to join the Edelman public-relations firm in Chicago as vice
> president of consumer marketing. "I really enjoyed my years with the White
> Sox, but this is an opportunity I couldn't afford to pass up," she said. .
> .
> . Marc Burns, cross-country and track and field coach at Loyola
> University,
> is moving on to Wichita State as cross-country coach. Neither the Ramblers
> men nor women finished lower than second in the Horizon League
> championships
> during Burns' tenure. . . .
>
> Richard Ehrenreich, principal owner of the Schaumburg Flyers, is featured
> in
> the September/October issue of Satisfaction magazine. The story examines
> the
> travails of owning a minor-league club. A lifelong Cubs fan, Ehrenreich,
> 49,
> gave up his law practice to own and run the team. ... Gene "Junior"
> Thompson, a former major-league pitcher and longtime scout, died last week
> in Scottsdale, Ariz. Thomp-son scouted for the Cubs from 1979-82. In 1940
> he
> won 16 games for the Cincinnati Reds team that beat the Detroit Tigers in
> the World Series. In 1989 he was selected by his peers as the West Coast
> scout of the year.
>
>
>
> The last word
>
> "Look at T.O. Look at that physical specimen. He's been riding a
> stationary
> bike for a week and a half. Come on, what's it all about? You've got a
> tweaked hamstring, you work it out. You run through it. You practice on
> it."
>
> Mike Ditka, talking about recalcitrant Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell
> Owens, who has missed all three exhibition games and 19 of 31 practices.
>
> ----------
>
> fmitchell at tribune.com
> Copyright C 2006, The Chicago Tribune
>
>
>
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> witnesses.
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