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Former Bears great Steve "Mongo" McMichael suffering from ALS
Posted on 4/23/21 at 1:45 pm
Posted on 4/23/21 at 1:45 pm
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I'm sharing the Barstool link as it has a video from WGN embedded and it really is sad to see what kind of shape he is in already. He was diagnosed in January and has already completely lost use of one of his hands and his arm.
Incredibly sad and ALS is one of those truly frightening diseases to think about what really happens as it takes over one's body.
I'm sharing the Barstool link as it has a video from WGN embedded and it really is sad to see what kind of shape he is in already. He was diagnosed in January and has already completely lost use of one of his hands and his arm.
Incredibly sad and ALS is one of those truly frightening diseases to think about what really happens as it takes over one's body.
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Posted on 4/23/21 at 1:48 pm to IAmNERD
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Former Bears great Steve "Mongo" McMichael suffering from ALS
Without a doubt my favorite member of those 80s Bears teams, prayers
Posted on 4/23/21 at 1:58 pm to ThePTExperience1969
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Without a doubt my favorite member of those 80s Bears teams, prayers
Damn pretty jealous you got to see those teams play
Those teams looked fricking deadly. Real smash mouth football.
Sucks I wasn’t alive to see it :(
Posted on 4/23/21 at 2:00 pm to IAmNERD
Had a decent WCW run in the late 1990's. Didn't like him in the Horsemen though.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 2:01 pm to IAmNERD
Not a great way to go but Mongo’s philosophy, as explained to Ric Flair, was “I’ve got more money than I have time.” He believed in living it up because he figured that he could go at any moment.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 2:02 pm to IAmNERD
I just saw his nickname was from the movie blazing saddles.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 2:04 pm to Oilfieldbiology
Off a character played by another all time NFL great and former pro wrestler, Alex Karras.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 2:06 pm to I Bleed Garnet
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Damn pretty jealous you got to see those teams play
Those teams looked fricking deadly. Real smash mouth football.
Sucks I wasn’t alive to see it :(
Not sure if sarcastic but I've seen highlights and watched tons of retroactive docs on those teams, I LOVED watching Mongo interviews plus he was a beast on the field
Posted on 4/23/21 at 2:06 pm to ThePTExperience1969
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Not sure if sarcastic
Huh?
I’m just jealous, this team was beast!
This post was edited on 4/23/21 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 4/23/21 at 2:07 pm to I Bleed Garnet
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Huh?
I’m just jealous, this team was beast!
I wasn't born then however you can watch those teams' games on youtube now
Posted on 4/23/21 at 2:08 pm to IAmNERD
Damn, that's awful.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 2:09 pm to ThePTExperience1969
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I wasn't born then however you can watch those teams' games on youtube now
Oh shite. My bad brother
Was gonna ask, 80s musta been a bad arse time. Especially the glory years of the NFL
Posted on 4/23/21 at 2:11 pm to I Bleed Garnet
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Oh shite. My bad brother
Was gonna ask, 80s musta been a bad arse time. Especially the glory years of the NFL
I wish I lived then, brother, though the Saints offense then would've given me fits, Dome Patrol was great though
Posted on 4/23/21 at 2:12 pm to teke184
I forgot which show I was watching when I heard this story.
After buddy Ryan gave his final speech to the bears defense at their last team meeting before they played New England in the Super bowl, McMichael picked up a chair and threw it at the chalkboard and broke the chalkboard in half.
He wasn't happy like the rest of the guys that buddy Ryan was leaving to take the eagles head coaching job.
After buddy Ryan gave his final speech to the bears defense at their last team meeting before they played New England in the Super bowl, McMichael picked up a chair and threw it at the chalkboard and broke the chalkboard in half.
He wasn't happy like the rest of the guys that buddy Ryan was leaving to take the eagles head coaching job.
This post was edited on 4/23/21 at 2:14 pm
Posted on 4/23/21 at 2:13 pm to ThePTExperience1969
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wish I lived then, brother, though the Saints offense then would've given me fits, Dome Patrol was great though
Panthers weren’t even a team back then!
But shite man, send me some of this YouTube games. I’d love to watch them
Posted on 4/23/21 at 2:16 pm to ThePTExperience1969
Dan Hampton
Steve McMichael
Refrigerator Perry
Richard Dent
That’s one hell of a defensive line.
Steve McMichael
Refrigerator Perry
Richard Dent
That’s one hell of a defensive line.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 2:18 pm to IAmNERD
He also seems to have a young daughter about 13 years old.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 2:20 pm to IAmNERD
He’s also a College Football Hall of Fame member from his time at The University of Texas. That always made it difficult to dislike him, even though I didn’t like the 80s Bears.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 2:34 pm to teke184
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Not a great way to go but Mongo’s philosophy, as explained to Ric Flair, was “I’ve got more money than I have time.” He believed in living it up because he figured that he could go at any moment.
Absolutely. I can only imagine at some of the times guys like him and McMahon and Walter Payton had out on the town in Chicago of the 80s.
And for the posters in here who didn't get to witness it, yes, that '85 Bears team was unreal. Especially defensively. They were just nasty and Buddy Ryan came up with the perfect scheme that offenses found it nearly impossible to prepare for. 3 guys on that defense went on to become NFL head coaches. 4 if you count Jeff Fisher who was on IR.
Here's a neat fact about that defense and the Super Bowl against the Patriots:
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In Super Bowl XX, the Patriots gained positive yards on only one of their first 16 plays, a 3-yard run by Craig James. The 15 plays that failed to produce positive yards consisted of three sacks, seven incomplete passes and five runs for zero or negative yards.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 2:38 pm to SCLibertarian
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Had a decent WCW run in the late 1990's. Didn't like him in the Horsemen though.
also was the 1st real "feud" that helped launch the star of another NFL'er turned WCW wrestler... Bill Goldberg
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