The Chicago Bears will be on the clock two weeks from now in the NFL draft. Their choice at No. 25, unless traded, will also become the team’s 100th first-round pick since 1936. Unlike the spectacle ...

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 11, according to the Tribune's archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Front page flashback: April 12, 1979 ...

The careers of Joe Stydahar and Danny Fortmann were intertwined even before they were both selected by the Bears in the first NFL Draft in 1936. Stydahar, a big and powerful tackle from West Virginia, ...

Prior to the inaugural National Football League draft in 1936, players were free to sign with any club of their choosing. This largely made the strong teams even stronger and created disparity ...

In the third of a five-part series counting down the best drafts in Bears history, I've ranked the 1936 crop at No. 3. Here's why: The Bears hit a pair of home runs in the very first NFL draft in 1936 ...

The Bears of the 1940s were the most successful group in franchise history. By all accounts they were the closest too. Each player had a specific role before, during and after a play. Joe Stydahar, ...