The 1985 Chicago Bears were something else again ... when the Bears were a few feet from the end zone. A head coach in Mike Ditka and a defensive coordinator in Buddy Ryan who couldn’t stand ...

following the 1985 season. He worked as an analyst at NBC and then ESPN, and was part of "Sunday Morning Countdown" on ESPN through 2016. Past coverage: Mustaches and paddles: Mike Ditka ...

(Photo: USA TODAY Sports)In the midst of his greatest season as a coach, Mike Ditka experienced one ... As head coach of the Bears in 1985, Ditka's crew dismantled Landry's Cowboys in Dallas ...

Hall of Fame NFL coach Mike Ditka sold his North Naples ... over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XX, following the 1985 season. He worked as an analyst at NBC and then ESPN, and he was ...

It sounded as if the news was revealed to Ditka by ESPN's Mike & Mike Show ... on the passing as well as what Ryan meant to the 1985 Chicago Bears in an interview on the NFL Network.