Best friends forever: Smith, Dungy share a flight to Miami
If there is one story line that has already been beat into the ground it's that Super Bowl XLI head coaches are also best friends. The Colts' Tony Dungy and Bears' Lovie Smith are so tight the two traveled to Miami together this week, leaving their teams behind.
Top Surprises for Super Bowl XLI
• Peyton Manning will play game disguised by the fake mustache he wears in his Sprint commercial.
Trib, Sun-Times locked in Super Bowl press war
Chicago's major newspapers, the Tribune and the Sun-Times, are battling to see which paper can appear the most provincial in its coverage of the Bears' upcoming appearance in Super Bowl XLI.
Indianapolis plans to upstage Detroit riots if Colts win
Football fans everywhere will be watching the Super Bowl in Miami next weekend, but the mayor of Indianapolis hopes everyone will focus on his city after the big game. The mayor not only wants Indianapolis to be home of the number one team in the NFL, but also number one when it comes to rioting.
Chicago Tribune panics as headline pun machine breaks down
It's only day five in the Bears' pre-Super Bowl mega-media hype period but Chicago's self-proclaimed World's Greatest Newspaper has already hit the panic button.
Bears pay Eli Manning for brother’s secrets
Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith and defensive coordinator Ron Rivera are nearly a week into their meticulous breakdown of Peyton Manning and the Colts offense. Now, late-breaking news has come out of the Manning family compound that disgruntled brother and New York Giants quarterback, Eli Manning, has signed an exclusive deal with the Bears to divulge secrets about his older brother.
Grossman too short for Space Mountain
From John Elway to Emmitt Smith, the Super Bowl MVP has uttered the famous line, "I'm Going to Disney World!" For Bears QB Rex Grossman, those words bring back some unpleasant memories.