City Needs More Like Mike Ditka

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 7, 1993 ;     177 words ...Long before Mike Ditka was fired as the Bears head coach...sportscasters had become fond of saying that Mike Ditka is Chicago. We're not so sure, at least...we're not so sure that Chicago is Mike Ditka anymore. Is today's Chicago as intense...

We can't ignore it, Mike; Ditka's trust fund has paid only $57,000 to...

Chicago Sun-Times;  December 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ...For the right price, Mike Ditka will put his name on anything. You can book a room at Mike Ditka Resorts. You can buy a bottle of Mike Ditka wine, including the Kick Ass Red. You can devour Mike Ditka's pork chops and smoke Mike Ditka's cigars...

Miracle of Mike Ditka Will Not Be Forgotten

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 6, 1993 ;     700+ words ......you've known them, are officially dead. Mike Ditka was the last remaining vestige of the...security at his Winnetka home. A miracle, Mike Ditka would call his career later in the night...Hey," he said in the parking lot, "Mike Ditka's a guy who came out of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania...

Catch Bears' Playoff Fever at Mike Ditka's Restaurant; Reactions from the...

PR Newswire;  January 16, 2002 ;     192 words ...WHO: Coach Mike Ditka Bear Fans NFL Fans WHAT: Catch Bears...countdown to the Super Bowl begins. Mike Ditka's restaurant is the place to catch...the playoffs and Super Bowl. WHERE: Mike Ditka's Restaurant Tremont Hotel 100 East...

How will Bears fare without Mike Ditka?

Chicago Sun-Times;  November 13, 1988 ;     466 words ......Prospect The Bears will do very well without Mike Ditka - better, in fact, than with him. In...thing is for sure - Bear games without Mike Ditka should prove very exciting and unpredictable...Calumet City Chicago will never be without Mike Ditka. I was at the Tampa Bay game last ...

Sacking of Mike Ditka Was an Atrocity

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 12, 1993 ;     700+ words ......McCaskey's massacre of Bears head coach Mike Ditka will go down in the annals of Chicago...McCaskey shouldn't have made - the firing of Mike Ditka - he did. The clown. Patti Szymarek...legacy through his greed. McCaskey fired Mike Ditka after the coach gave us six division...

FIRED! MIKE DITKA WAS A REAL BEAR

Post-Tribune (IN);  January 16, 1993 ;     157 words ...PHOTO MIKE DITKA THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY...stripped him of his pride and dignity. When Mike Ditka's players were ready to retire he let...greats. Papa Bear left his team with Mike Ditka as his head coach because Ditka was...

An Open Letter to Mike Ditka // Clean Up Your Act Or . . .

Chicago Sun-Times;  October 21, 1992 ;     700+ words ......and pathetic behavior. You've lost it, Mike Ditka. My question is this: Are we witnessing...For the Bears to make the playoffs, Mike Ditka, as always, must be the man. But to be...like a civil human being, then quit. The Mike Ditka we see now is a Mike Ditka no one ...

Mike Ditka - Clothing Designer?

PR Newswire;  July 9, 2004 ;     519 words ...NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Mike Ditka is a household name for his many talents...Eagle Dry Goods Company to create The Mike Ditka Hall of Fame Collection, with the first...as a clothing designer, he said. The Mike Ditka Hall of Fame Collection will be sold...

Chicago Icon Mike Ditka Joins CBS 2 CHICAGO.

PR Newswire;  July 15, 2004 ;     254 words ......coach, and Hall of Famer and sportscaster Mike Ditka joins CBS 2 CHICAGO this fall as sports...of the station. To have the legendary Mike Ditka join this team means that more and more...cover the headlines surrounding the game. Mike Ditka's intensity and passion for the game...

J.R. receives a House call from Mike Ditka ?: NFL PICKS

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  October 25, 1998 ;     700+ words ...FOR THE SUNDAY GAZETTE-MAIL For parts of the 1990s, Doug Flutie, Randall Cunningham and Steve DeBerg all were out of...a message on his answering machine from Saints coach Mike Ditka. Smartly, J.R. did not call him back.) (A Cowboys Note...

Mike Ditka Buys La. Restaurant

AP Online;  August 7, 1999 ;     173 words ...AP Online 08-07-1999 Mike Ditka Buys La. Restaurant NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Mike Ditka has spent the past two seasons trying to Ditka-i...Chicago. And, of course, there will be a new name: Mike Ditka's Restaurant. With the Saints at training camp...

MIKE DITKA TO LAUNCH SPORTSWEAR LINE

United Press International;  July 9, 2004 ;     207 words ...United Press International 07-09-2004 Mike Ditka to launch sportswear line CHICAGO, Jul...to entice former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka to run for Senate, but he's busy with...and commercial pitchman will debut the Mike Ditka Hall of Fame Collection next month. The...

Mike Ditka is said to have changed his fiery ways since becoming the...

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 19, 1997 ;     700+ words ...METARIE, La. When Mike Ditka returns to Chicago on Friday, we are...has been coaching the Saints. A new Mike Ditka? "That's bull," said Danny Abramowicz...Smell it, don't eat it." The new Mike Ditka is the old Mike Ditka. If there's...

Unlike Mike? Ditka shows his softer side

Chicago Sun-Times;  October 15, 1991 ;     482 words ..."In life . . . " Whoa, wrong Mike Ditka. The man who spoke to the Lake Forest...shelved the dime-store philosophy. This Mike Ditka turned eloquent, quoting former president...your own judgment of yourself." Mike Ditka the poet? Da coach turned Da Scholar...