Rumors surfaced that Pro Football Hall of Famer and legendary head coach Mike Ditka was in hospice care ... franchise's lone Super Bowl title during the 1985 season. He was a two-time Coach ...

After all, it was on Jan. 20, 1982 that the Bears hired a former tight end named Mike Ditka ... is history, as Ditka led the Bears to a Super Bowl championship in 1985, won coach of the year ...

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 ...

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.

Or at least Mike Ditka did. Matthew McConaughey did his best Ditka imitation with mustache and Bears circa 1985 sideline sweater in a commercial released during the Eagles-Commanders game.

Super Bowl XX was less of a game than it was a coronation. The Chicago Bears were the most dominant team in the NFL during the 1985 regular season, and they arrived in New Orleans as a national ...